Arthur Burkhardt (Manager)

Arthur Burkhardt (born March 10, 1905 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † October 12, 1990 in Stuttgart ) was a German engineer and manager .

Life

Burkhardt studied natural sciences at the Technical University of Stuttgart and received his doctorate in 1928 as Dr.-Ing. He initially worked as an assistant at the university. From 1929 to 1935 he was a research assistant at the metal company in Frankfurt am Main, where he researched in the field of non-ferrous metals . Between 1935 and 1941 he was the manager of the mining company Georg von Giesche's heirs in Berlin. During this time he developed several new materials . In 1941 he moved to the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) in Geislingen / Steige as a technical board member , where he became chairman of the board in 1950. In addition, he was chairman of the supervisory board of Bumix-Mischlicht GmbH and a member of the supervisory board of several companies.

He published extensively in the metallurgical field. The Arthur Burkhardt Foundation , which he set up , has been awarding an award named after him for promoting science since 1984 .

Honors

• 1955: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1966: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Stuttgart
• Doctor rer. nat. honorary

literature

• Karl Ritter von Klimesch (ed.): Heads of politics, economy, art and science. Naumann, Augsburg 1953.
• Albert Köhler (Ed.): Europäische Profiles = European Profiles = Portraits Européens: Vol. II: Federal Republic of Germany. Ed. Europa Unita, Milan 1954
• Arthur Burkhardt , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 08/1955 of February 14, 1955, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
• Arthur Burkhardt. For the 100th birthday and the 20th anniversary of the Arthur Burkhardt Foundation . Arthur Burkhardt Foundation, Essen 2005 ( SWB online catalog )