Erhard Bouillon

Erhard Bouillon (born February 2, 1925 in Horchheim near Koblenz ) was a member of the Board of Management of Hoechst AG from 1969 until his retirement in 1988 , from 1988 to 1997 a member of the supervisory board , and from 1993 its chairman.

education

After graduating from high school in 1944 , he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and taken prisoner of war . From 1946 he studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau and Mainz . Since 1951 he has been a member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Burgundia Munich.

Farbwerke Hoechst AG / Hoechst AG

Initially working as a lawyer , he joined what was then Farbwerke Hoechst AG on June 1, 1957 . From 1964 he was responsible for human resources and social institutions, later labor director of the globally growing company for employees, social issues and the administration of the main plant in Höchst. He was a member of the Hoechst AG supervisory board from 1988 to 1997, and was its chairman from 1993. Despite the inevitable conflicts, he attached great importance to a good relationship with the unions .

Under his aegis were employee shares introduced the basic conditions for workers and employees , such as the monthly salary and the company pension equalized and the internal qualification comprehensively developed and expanded.

Associations

From 1978 to 1983 he was chairman of the Federal Chemicals Employers' Association , and continued to work for the raw materials and chemical industry trade association .

engagement

Bouillon is one of the founders of the German Foundation for Monument Protection and has been President of the German Foundation for Music Life for several years . In 1983 Bouillon initiated the foundation of the community of donors Justinuskirche Frankfurt-Höchst . Numerous sponsorships by Hoechst AG go back to his initiative, for example for series of events in the Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt , then the Centennial Hall Hoechst, the Höchst Castle Festival or the renovation of the old town of Frankfurt-Höchst, especially the Dalberger Haus .

Erhard Bouillon is committed to numerous social projects and the Christians in the Holy Land . He is a member of the German Association of the Holy Land . In 1976 he was appointed Knight of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Maximilien Cardinal de Fürstenberg and invested in Trier Cathedral on May 8, 1976 by Franz Hengsbach , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . He is a member of the Frankfurt Commandery of the Papal Laity Order.

Honors

• 1976 Knight of the Holy Sepulcher
• 1979 plaque of honor of the city of Frankfurt am Main
• 1982 Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• 1987 Wilhelm Leuschner Medal from the State of Hesse
• 1989 Large Federal Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1997 Hessian Order of Merit
• 2003 Dr. Sieghardt von Köckritz Prize of the German Foundation for Monument Protection . He made the associated prize money of 25,000 euros available for the restoration of the crucifixion group on the Höchst Justinuskirchplatz.

Web links

• Barbara Schmidt: Erhard Bouillon "Hoechst was my life" , Höchst Kreisblatt , February 2, 2015
• "Erhard Bouillon 90 years"