B.Sc. (Honours) Faculty of Engineering Cairo University, 1933.
Diploma de l'Ecole Superieure d'Electricite de Paris, 1934/
M.Sc. Military Sciences with distinction – The General Staff College of the Egyptian Army, 1943
Diploma of Tourism from UOTO with honours, 1968.
Ph.D. with distinction in applied biology – Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble 1979.
Awarded First Order of Merit of the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts, 1981.
Career
1935 Chief Maintenance Engineer at Ramleh Electric Railway, Alexandria. 1939 Captain in the Corps of Engineers – Egyptian Army. 1944 Director of the Army Survey Department. 1945 Colonel Military Attaché – The Egyptian Embassy in Washington 1948 General Director and Founder of the Department of Research & Development of the Egyptian Armed Forces. 1952 Under Secretary of State, Ministry of War, Chairman Armament Factories. 1953 Founder of the Egyptian Youth Hostels. 1954 Founder of the Egyptian Marine Scout Association. 1956 First Ambassador of Egypt to the People's Republic of China. 1959 Ambassador of Egypt to Italy. 1961 Ambassador of Egypt to Yugoslavia. 1962 Chairman of the General Egyptian Organization for Aquatic Resources. 1964 Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Tourism. 1965 The First to rediscover the secret of papyrus-making. 1968 Founder of the Papyrus Institute. 1985 Founder of the Pharaonic Village. 1990 First Chief of the Egyptian Green Party. 1991 Won the State prize – the highest decoration in Arts. 1992 Founder of the Replica tomb of Tutankhamun.
* He wrote more than 30 research works and scientific books, and was awarded many honours.
Inventions
Ragab Sun Compass 1942
Universal Compass 1945
Ragab's Cryptograph 1948
Papyrus Restoration Machine 1982
The first Hieroglyphic typing machine 1990
Languages
Arabic – English – French – Italian – Chinese – Hieroglyphic.
Dr. Hassan Ragab - The Founder
Born on May 14, 1911 in Cairo.
Career