David Haunfelder

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David Haunfelder (born March 21, 1912 in Roth / Nbg. , Bavaria , Germany ; † November 19, 1989 in Münster ) was a German dentist and university professor .

Life

Melanchthon high school with Egidienkirche in Nuremberg

David Haunfelder, son of the dentist David Haunfelder from Roth near Nuremberg, came from a Catholic family. In 1932 he passed his matriculation examination in Nuremberg at the Egidiengymnasium, which was renamed the Melanchthon-Gymnasium in 1933 . He then turned to studying dentistry at the University of Würzburg , which he completed in 1936 with the academic degree of doctor of dentistry . A few years as an assistant followed, during which he completed a second degree in human medicine until the end of 1941 . On April 11, 1942, he married Lieselotte Busch in Neuwied . Before that, on January 15, 1942, he had been drafted into the German Wehrmacht . After deployments in reserve hospitals , as an auxiliary doctor and as a military doctor in Czechoslovakia in 1945, he was taken prisoner by Russia , from which he returned in 1949.

From 1949 David Haunfelder completed further years as an assistant doctor with his academic teacher, the Vienna-born director of the dental, oral and maxillofacial clinic in Würzburg, Hermann Wolf - from autumn 1949 to October 1956 as first assistant . In 1951 he received his doctorate as Dr. med and in 1952 the recognition as a specialist in dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine. He completed his habilitation in 1953. In the following year he became senior assistant. From 1959 he was an adjunct professor and temporarily administered the chair for maxillofacial surgery in 1962/63.

In January 1963, David Haunfelder was appointed professor of dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine at the Medical Faculty of Saarland University in Homburg . Already at the end of 1965 he received the call to the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and was appointed full professor and director of the university polyclinic and clinic for tooth, mouth and jaw diseases. He started his service in September 1966. In 1979 he retired .

Daughter Dagmar and son Bernd were born out of his marriage to Lieselotte Busch (1920–2003), a great-grandniece of the Prussian cultural politician Friedrich Althoff .

Scientific achievements

University Hospital Münster

The eminent dentist was the author of numerous dental publications. One of the most important of these is: The multi-volume edition Praxis der Zahnheilkunde, published in three editions with Lorenz Hupfauf , Werner Ketterl and Gottfried Schmuth and translated into all world languages . It is one of the standard dental works worldwide that encompasses the entire range of dentistry,

In addition, Haunfelder published extensively in German and foreign journals. He was also a pioneer of the internal breakdown of the individual fields of dentistry, which was first introduced at the University of Münster and later also practiced at other universities : prosthetics, surgery, tooth preservation and orthodontics. Separate chairs have been set up for this purpose. Among other things, the first German chair for periodontics was created in Münster .

Memberships

  • 1969–1973 chairman of the working group for maxillofacial surgery within the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine ;
  • From 1984 honorary member of the German Society for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine;
  • 1965–1967 Chairman of the Association of University Professors in Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine;
  • 1967–1980 member of the Military Medical Advisory Board at the Federal Ministry of Defense;
  • 1967–1980 Chairman of the Westphalian Society for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine;
  • 1971 co-founder and 1971–1985 chairman of the “Facility for Research into and Financing of Dental Treatment of Mentally and Physically Handicapped Children”.

Honors

  • 1977 Badge of Honor of the German Dental Association;
  • 1983 “Hermann Euler Medal” of the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine;
  • 1985 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon

Publications (selection)

  • with Lorenz Hupfauf, Werner Ketterl and Gottfried Schmuth: Praxis der Zahnheilkunde , several partial volumes and editions.
  • with Hermann Wolf: Dental Oral Surgery for Students of Dentistry, in: Volume 5 from Dental Student Library, Berlinische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1960.

literature

  • Sina-Maria Strothmeyer: David Haunfelder (1912–1989). Life and work with special consideration of his time in Würzburg . Wuerzburg 2007.
  • Bernd Klaiber (ed.): 100 Years of the Würzburg Dental Clinic 1912–2012. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary . Dettelbach 2012, p. 73f (with picture).
  • Bernd Haunfelder : Haunfelder, David. In other words: North Rhine-Westphalia - country and people. 1946-2006. A biographical manual. Aschendorff, Münster 2006, pp. 192–193.
  • Westfälische Nachrichten , Münster, November 24th, 1989 and March 21st, 1987.
  • German Dental Journal No. 32/1977.
  • University archive of Münster.
  • University archive of Würzburg.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sina-Maria Strothmeyer, Jan Steinmetzer and Dominik Groß: The development of dentistry, oral medicine and maxillofacial medicine as a specialist discipline using the example of university professor David Haunfelder (1912-1989). In: Studies of the Aachen Competence Center for the History of Science, Volume 3. Edited by Dominik Groß. Pp. 259-280.
personal data
SURNAME Haunfelder, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dentist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Roth / Nbg. , Bavaria , Germany
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1989
Place of death Munster in Westphalia