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Eric Gabriel

1927 – 2015

British mechanical engineer

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Lived 1927 – 2015 (aged 87–88). Eric Gabriel was a mechanical engineer.

Eric Gabriel (2 April 1927 – 2015) was a British mechanical engineer in the construction industry and 4th president of the International Project Management Association, known for his contribution to the development and professionalism of project management.

Biography Gabriel was born in Leeds in 1927, the son of Louis Gabriel, a tailor, and Fanny (Stone) Gabriel. After attending the Cockburn School, he obtained his Bsc in mechanical engineering in 1947 at the University of Leeds. as successor of the Danish Steen Lichtenberg, and was succeeded by the German Roland Gutsch. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was project manager at the construction of the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery, and at the rebuilding of the opera house at Glyndebourne. Gabriel, Eric. "The lean approach to project management." International Journal of Project Management 15.4 (1997): 205–209. Gabriel, Eric. "The cultural dimensions of project management," in: Hasso Reschke & Heinz Schelle. Dimensions of Project Management: Fundamentals, Techniques, Organization. Applications. 1990. p. 79–84

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Cockburn School

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British mechanical engineer

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Eric Gabriel was born on 2 April 1927.

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Eric Gabriel died in 2015.

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Eric Gabriel was a mechanical engineer.

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