Dietrich Wilhelm von Menges
Dietrich Wilhelm von Menges (born October 26, 1909 at Gut Wangritten, Bartenstein district (East Pr.) ; † June 14, 1994 in Essen ) was a German industrial manager, most recently chairman of the Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH).
Life
The son of an East Prussian landowning family, after graduating from high school in Königsberg , studied law at the Georg-August University in Göttingen from 1928 and became active in the Corps Saxonia Göttingen . He later continued his studies in Berlin and Konigsberg on, taking after obtaining his doctorate to Dr. jur. a position as legal advisor at a Berlin credit bank. For a while, von Menges was a consultant in the Reich Ministry of Economics , before he switched to the Essen trading company Ferrostaal , a wholly owned subsidiary of GHH, in 1938 . He took part in the Second World War from 1939 to 1945, most recently as a captain and general staff officer.
Released from captivity, v. Menges resumed his work at Ferrostaal in 1945. He became a board member in 1947 and chairman of the board in 1949. From 1961 he was also a member of the board of the parent company and in 1966 he succeeded Hermann Reusch as CEO of Gutehoffnungshütte . Under his leadership, the traditional Oberhausen company developed into a global plant and mechanical engineering group. He was particularly successful in building trade relations with Eastern Europe and the Third World . In 1975 he retired. His successor at the GHH head was Manfred Lennings .
Menges was a member of numerous supervisory boards, president or honorary president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Essen and consul of Peru .
His daughter Elisabeth married Peter Rohde .
Awards
- 1969: Large Federal Cross of Merit
- 1978: Large Federal Cross of Merit with a star
- before 1980: Order of El Sol del Perú
- before 1980: Commander's Cross 1st class of the Royal Swedish North Star Order
literature
- Johannes Bähr, Ralf Banken, Thomas Flemming: The MAN. A German industrial history. Beck, Munich 2008 ISBN 978-3-406-57762-8 , Google preview .
- International Biographical Archive 34/1994 from August 15, 1994
- Wolfgang von der Groeben : Directory of the members of the Corps Saxonia zu Göttingen 1844 to 2006 , Düsseldorf 2006, p. 143.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 142 , 801
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 45, March 6, 1979.
- ↑ a b Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Menges, von, Dietrich Wilhelm, p. 304 f .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Menges, Dietrich Wilhelm von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Menges, Dietrich von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German industrial manager, CEO of Gutehoffnungshütte |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gut Wangritten, Bartenstein district (East Pr.) |
DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1994 |
Place of death | eat |