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Files of Christian Roche

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Conditions of access and use [Top]

Conditions governing access

See file level description and the CERN operational circular No 3: rules applicable to archival material and archiving at CERN. In general, records on any subject that are over 30 years old, and all records of a purely scientific nature, may be consulted.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright is retained by CERN, no reproduction without permission.

Language / scripts of material

Most of the material is written in English and French, but some also in Italian, Spanish, and German.

Finding aids

Listed to file level in the CERN Archive Database (CDS).

Content & Structure [Top]

Scope and content

This collection documents Christian Roche’s time at CERN between the 1980s and 1997. During this period, he held various roles, including Associate Director for Forecasting and Planning and Adviser to the Director-General. It also covers his role as Deputy Director of Research, his work in the High Energy Physics division of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), as the Head of Planning and Administrative Data Processing Services, Coordinator for the Americas, General Coordinator of the cooperation between CERN and the SSC Laboratory, and Chairman of the Resources Planning Group (RPG).

It contains correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, notes, photographs, presentations, newspaper clippings, articles, scientific papers, prospectus and other working documents. Most of these concern the Energy Amplifier (EA), the Emerging Energy Technologies Unit (EET), relations with CERN Member States and Non-Member States, relations with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Scientific collaboration in Europe, the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) and the SSC Laboratory, the LEP, the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP), the Resource Planning Group (RPG), the CERN Review Committee (CRC), and the European Commission (EC).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Nothing was destroyed.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

The original order of the files has been maintained, although the overall structure of the collection has been slightly modified, as no clear hierarchy was defined when it was received.

Context [Top]

Name of creator

Christian Roche.

Biographical history

Christian Roche completed three Master’s Degrees at the University of Toulouse in Applied Physics (1964), Engineering Science (1965) and Arts (1967). He then obtained a PhD in Business Administration in 1979 at the University of Paris.

Roche joined CERN in 1967, and from 1967 to 1973, he worked as an applied physicist in the Accelerator Department and then as an assistant to the PS Department Director. From 1973 to 1977, he worked as an administrator as the Head of the DG Program (then Planning) Office.

Christian Roche began working as a Senior Administrator in 1977, then held the following positions :

  • 1980-1985 : Leader of the Management Information Department, and a member of the CERN Management Board.
  • 1986-1987 : Deputy and Administrative Adviser to the Research Directors, Member of the steering committee on Management Information Systems and on Policy for Relations with Industry, and Member of the CERN Review Committee (CRC).
  • 1987-1988 : High Energy Physics division of the US Department of Energy (DOE).
  • 1988 : Adviser to the Director-General (at the time Carlo Rubbia and Christopher Llewellyn-Smith).
  • 1990s : Associate Director for Forecasting and Planning (DFP).
  • 2000s : Adviser for Elected regional authorities and Environmental Issues.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Veyrat Myriam in May 2014.

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Archivist’s note

This collection was processed by Caroline Ricci in July 2024.

Processing included physical re-housing and the creation of this description. Titles were transcribed from the original folders; titles enclosed in brackets were devised by the archivist.

Identity Statement [Top]

Reference code(s)

CERN-ARCH-ROCHE-C-001 to 063

Title

Files of Christian Roche.

Date(s)

Dec 1956 to Feb 1997.

Level of description

Sub-fonds.

Physical extent

40 boxes ; 5.25 linear meters.