Sir Denis Rooke, OM, CBE, FRS, FREng (born 2 April 1924) is a British industrialist and engineer. For other Orders see Order of Merit (disambiguation). ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

He was educated at Westminster City School and Addey and Stanhope School, and at University College London, from which he graduated in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering. He served 1944 with REME in India and Britain, promoted to Major. Addey and Stanhope School is a voluntary-aided, comprehensive co-educational school located in New Cross, London, United Kingdom. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, or simply UC is one of the colleges that makes up the University of London. ... The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers cap badge The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; usually pronounced phonetically as Reemee) is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance of all electrical and mechanical equipment. ...

From 1949 he worked in the gas industry, first as an engineer, rising in 1976 to become Chairman of British Gas. In 1986 he oversaw the privatisation of the company, retiring in 1989. He was President of The Royal Academy of Engineering from 1986 to 1991, having been elected to the Academy in 1977. He was awarded a CBE in 1970 and knighted in 1977 for his service to the gas industry. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1978. In 1997 he was appointed to the Order of Merit. He was Chancellor of Loughborough University from 1989 to 2003. This page is about the former gas monopoly in the United Kingdom for infromation about the successor companies please see Centrica, BG Group and Transco. ... The Royal Academy of Engineering is a British learned society concerned with engineering. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... For other Orders see Order of Merit (disambiguation). ... Loughborough University is a university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire in the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom. ...

He has served on many national advisory committees on both energy policy and education. He has been Chairman of the Trustees of the Science Museum, Chairman of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (now the National Media Museum) in Bradford and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.He is a Trustee of the National Gas Museum Trust. A typical exhibit at a modern science museum. ... The National Media Museum, Bradford The National Media Museum (formerly The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television) is part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry, and was founded in 1983. ... Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the international exhibition of 1851, officially called the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, held in The Crystal Palace. ... THE NATIONAL GAS MUSEUM TRUST Aims and Objectives The National Gas Museum Trust was established in 1997 to take over the responsibility for the former gas museums. ...