Carl Ruberg

Carl Ruberg (born March 26, 1892 in Niederhemer , Westphalia , † August 6, 1985 in Bonn ) was a German economist and professor and full professor of business administration at the University of Bonn .

Life

Since the parents of Carl Ruberg, a master baker and his wife, could not afford a university course for their son, he first attended the rectorate school in Menden and the teacher training institute in Rüthen . In parallel to his work as a primary school teacher , Carl Ruberg then passed the university entrance qualification. He started studying at the University of Cologne , which he financed through part-time jobs. After military service during the First World War , he continued his studies at the commercial college and at the Technical University of Berlin . In the summer of 1921, he finally successfully passed the examination to become a commercial teacher. He obtained his doctorate in economics and social sciences (Dr. rer. Pol.) In 1923 for the work Influence of Costs on the Choice of Settlement Areas and Locations of the Small Iron Industry in Bergisch-Märkisches Land .

In the following seven years, Carl Ruberg worked in various companies, including as operations manager and commercial clerk and as a consultant for trade and craft at the German Economic Institute . He qualified as a professor at the beginning of the 1930s with the thesis “The short-term success control in retail operations” and has held a chair at institutes and universities since then. Between 1931 and 1934 he worked at the Vocational Education Institute in Frankfurt am Main and from 1934 as an associate professor at the University of Frankfurt .

Ruberg, who belonged to the center in 1931 , was a member of the Reiter- SS after the transfer of power to the National Socialists in 1933 and a member of the NSDAP from 1937 .

In 1938, Carl Ruberg first accepted a position at the University of Bonn when he took over at the business administration chair for two years before finally taking it over. During the Second World War he was stationed as a major in the reserve in Russia and was taken prisoner of war . After his return, Carl Ruberg first worked again in the private sector. In 1950 he returned to the University of Bonn and from then on headed the administration of the business administration chair. Carl Ruberg was in charge of commercial management and was in charge of the examination office for economists. At the state chamber of North Rhine-Westphalia, he chaired the examination commission for examinations and fiduciary services.

He held the chair in Bonn until his retirement in 1960. As a scientist, he published around 200 articles and books.

Publications

• Wholesale and retail statistics. Business administration Verl. Gabler, Wiesbaden 1965.
• Community business enterprises. Reckinger, Siegburg 1962.
• Sales organization. Girardet, Essen 1952.
• The retail operation. Girardet, Essen 1951.
• Statistics in commercial and industrial companies. Gabler, Wiesbaden 1950.

literature

• Max Benzler: From village school teacher to university professor . In Bürger- und Heimatverein Hemer eV (Hrsg.): The key. Hemer 1972.
• Peter Mantel: Business Administration and National Socialism: A Study of Institutional and Personal History . Gabler, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8349-8515-6 , p. 811.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 512.