Erich Reuleaux
Erich Wilfried Reuleaux (born February 3, 1883 in Berlin , † October 18, 1967 in Darmstadt ) was a German civil engineer and transport scientist.
Life and career
Erich Wilfried Reuleaux was the son of Max and Cäcilie Reuleaux from Berlin. His maternal grandfather was the important mechanical engineering professor Franz Reuleaux (1829–1905), who taught at the Technical University in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Erich Reuleaux studied civil engineering at the TH Berlin and graduated in 1907 with the diploma examination. He then worked as a research assistant at the university and passed the Grand State Examination in 1912. He joined the Prussian State Railways in 1908 . In 1926 he followed a call to the chair for railways and transport at the Technical University of Darmstadt . From 1931 he worked as an expert for the Hessian government.
From 1934 to 1937 he was a professor and advisor to the Ministry of Railways at Tongji University in Shanghai, China. In this role he was involved in the expansion of the Chinese railway network. During this time, an extensive slide collection was created that documents the economic and social conditions in the country at that time. The collection is now in the university archive of the TU Darmstadt.
Erich Reuleaux was Dean of the Civil Engineering Department in 1928–30 and 1938–41. He was also rector of the TH Darmstadt in 1931/32. Alongside Max Muss and Wilhelm Schlink (physicists) , he was a member of the three-person committee of trust since April 28, 1945. In November 1945 he was elected the first rector of the TH after the end of the Second World War. It is mainly thanks to him that the badly damaged Darmstadt University was the first German TH to reopen on January 7, 1946.
After significant violations of the denazification regulations had occurred at the TH Darmstadt, Reuleaux resigned from office on July 8, 1946, under pressure from the American military government and from Minister of Education Franz Schramm .
Reuleaux, who retired in 1952, was also involved as an academic teacher and researcher at the TH Darmstadt. He died in Darmstadt at the age of 84.
Erich Reuleaux was married to the second oldest daughter Irmgard (1888–1970) of the sculptor Ernst Herter . The couple had two daughters.
Honors
- 1951: Honorary doctorate from TH Karlsruhe
- 1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1966: Plaque of honor of the TH Darmstadt.
literature
- Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German Who's Who. 12th edition of Degeners Wer ist's, Arani, Berlin 1955, DNB 1005793840 .
- Christa Wolf, Marianne Viefhaus: Directory of professors at TH Darmstadt. Short biographies 1836 - 1945. Verlag des Historischen Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1977, p. 165, OCLC 611985164
- Alfred Mehmel. In: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. Theiss, Stuttgart 2006, p. 748, ISBN 978-3-8062-1930-2 .
- Isabel Schmidt: After National Socialism: the TH Darmstadt between past politics and future management (1945-1960) . Carlo and Karin Giersch Foundation at the TU Darmstadt , Wissenschaftliche Buchgemeinschaft , Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-534-26748-4 (also dissertation at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt 2014).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Konrad Herter: Encounters with people and animals . Duncker, Berlin 1979. ISBN 3-428-04549-1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reuleaux, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reuleaux, Erich Wilfried (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and transport scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1967 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |