Willem van der Oord

Willem Johan van der Oord (born 27 September 1919) is a Dutch hydraulic engineer. He involved in setting up the Mekong Committee and served as its Executive agent from December 1969 until June 1980. He also worked for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

Van der Oord was born in Haarlemmermeer. He was elected a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969.