Artur Woll

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Artur Woll (born October 30, 1923 in Duisburg ; † March 14, 2020 ) was a German economist .

Life

Artur Woll, son of a Duisburg miner, graduated from high school in 1954 at the evening grammar school in Duisburg. From 1954 to 1957 he studied economics , law and political science at the University of Cologne , where he passed the diploma examination for economists. In 1958 he received his doctorate from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and then worked as a research assistant and, after his habilitation, as a lecturer in Freiburg im Breisgau .

In the winter semester of 1964/65, Woll was appointed to the Chair of Economics at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen . In 1972 he accepted a full professorship for economics at the University of Siegen , where he was also the founding rector of the Siegen University from 1972 to 1980 . He turned down offers to the Universities of Bochum and Zurich.

Woll was appointed to the Science Council by Federal President Karl Carstens in 1979 , and in 1986 he was a consultant and visiting professor at the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in the People's Republic of China on behalf of the World Bank . Woll retired on February 8, 1989.

In the early 1990s, Woll was the founding representative at the University of Düsseldorf for the business administration course there.

Until 2013 he taught competition policy regularly in the summer semester. He finally retired at the end of 2013.

Woll was co-signer of the Euro-critical manifesto The Monetary Policy Decisions of Maastricht: A Danger for Europe (1992).

honors and awards

In 1981 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his work as founding rector of the University of Siegen . For his services to higher education and economics, Artur Woll received the Order of Merit First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1993. On March 16, 1990 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Artur Woll has also been an honorary senator of the University of Siegen since 1992 for his work as founding rector. He was awarded an honorary doctorate for his economic research from the University of Düsseldorf and for his excellent economic achievements by the University of Giessen. A modern building complex for start-ups and research groups at the University of Siegen bears his name "Artur-Woll-Haus".

In his honor, the Artur Woll Prize has been awarded since 2012 by the Association for the Promotion of the Faculty of Economics, Business Informatics and Business Law at the University of Siegen e. V. awarded to the best graduate of each graduation year (Bachelor and Diploma / Master).

Arthur Woll's academic students included Dieter Cassel, Herbert Müller, Klaus Schöler, H. Jörg Thieme, Gerald Vogl.

Fonts (excerpt)

  • Artur Woll: Growth as a goal of economic policy. JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1968, ISBN 3-16-329461-8
  • Artur Woll (Ed.): Inflation. Definitions, causes, effects and control options. Vahlen, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-8006-0725-5
  • Artur Woll: Economic Policy. 2nd edition, Vahlen, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-8006-1668-8
  • Artur Woll (Ed.): Wirtschaftslexikon. 10th edition, Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-25492-1
  • Artur Woll: Economics. 16th edition, Vahlen, Munich 2011, ISBN 3-8006-3396-5
  • Artur Woll et al: Monetary Policy. Basic knowledge of economics. Uni-TB. GmbH., Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-437-40028-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Artur Woll on the website of the University of Siegen, March 2020. Retrieved on March 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ Obituary notice Artur Woll , FAZ from March 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Scrolled back ...", Siegener Zeitung of March 5, 2011
  4. ↑ http://www.uni-siegen.de/start/news/personalia/554865.html
  5. ↑ see list of signatories for the online reproduction of the manifesto in the economic blog Wirtschaftliche Freiheit , blog entry from December 11, 2016; accessed July 12, 2020.
  6. ↑ Merit holders since 1986. (PDF) State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
  7. ^ Obituary by Artur Woll , FAZ from March 28, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Woll, Artur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist and textbook author
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 2020