History
The CERN Car Club was formed in 1957 by members of the CERN personnel and under the patronage of the Staff Association with negotiations between the President of the Association, Mr T. Ball and Professor C.J. Bakker, CERN Director.
Since its very first days, the main purpose of the Club has been to give members the possibility of being able to carry out “Do-It-Yourself” maintenance on their vehicles.
The Club started with sales of oil and antifreeze.
The installations available were still quite primitive: we had draining vats, barrels for the recovery of used oil, compressed air to control the tyre pressure and a site for washing cars. The maintenance work was done out in the open air!
The Club had to expand and change in order to answer the growing needs due to increasing popularity.
Towards the end of the 70s – thanks to the authorisation of the Administration – CERN put part of its territory appropriate for our activities at our disposal which has been the site of the CERN Car Club ever since.
In order to satisfy the increasing number of registered members (with a maximum of 1183 members in 1987), the installations were extended with this criterion: to meet the needs of the members according to their interest in learning the art of DIY.
The maintenance work for our vehicles has thus become a rational, economic and sometimes passionate necessity, which forms part of our modern life.
We would like to thank all the people whose contributions enabled the evolution and successful running of our Club:
- The Former Presidents:
| H. Burridge | 1957 – 1958 | N. Blazianu | 1982 – 1983 |
| Nilsson | 1959 | G. Primadei | 1984 – 1989 |
| Rousseau | 1960 | C. Zanaschi | 1990 – 1993 |
| Ferger | 1961 | A. Currat | 1994 – 1995 |
| Burridge | 1962 | C. Zanaschi | 1996 – 1998 |
| Blin | 1963 – 1965 | S. Ceschi | 1999 |
| Fogli | 1966 – 1967 | A. Currat | 2000 – 2001 |
| Johnsen | 1968 – 1969 | E. Squadrani | 2002 – 2006 |
| Kux | 1970 – 1971 | J. Pierlot | 2007 – 2012 |
| G. Leroy | 1972 – 1976 | S. Chalaye | 2013… |
| M. Angeloz | 1978 – 1981 |
- All the people who formed part of the committees
- The “site managers” who were in particular appreciated by all the members for their devotion to the activity of the Club and for their availability:
| Gabriel Durmelat | 1969 – 1982 |
| Giovanni Pesante | 1983 – 1991 |
| Louis Even | 1992 – 1995 |
| Tonio De Oliveira | 1995 – 1997 |
| Giovanni Pesante | 1997 – 2000 |
| Willy Bode | 2000 – 2002 |
| Jean-Pierre Reniche | 2002 – 2004 |
| André Courrat | 2004 – 2010 |
| Mustapha Khouja | 2011 |
| Willy Bode | 2011… |
- The Staff Association
- The CERN Administration