Franz Felix Betschon

Franz Felix Betschon (born November 29, 1941 in Airolo ; † August 27, 2015 in Heiden AR ) was a Swiss officer ( Colonel i. G. ), industry manager and author .

Life

Betschon comes from Baden AG on his father's side . He grew up with seven siblings; the mother had Czech ancestors. He studied mechanical engineering (engineer) at the ETH Zurich and was 1977 W. Hans Krause with the dissertation Theoretical and experimental contributions to the clarification of the static and dynamic stress of knitting machines for Dr. sc. techn. PhD . He also completed the International Senior Management Program at Harvard Business School (HBS) in Cambridge.

He then started at Brown, Boveri & Cie. , for which he also worked abroad. Later he worked for Adolph Saurer AG in Arbon and for the Wild Leitz Group in Heerbrugg. Until 1990 he was on the board of Leica AG . He then worked for Stamag AG in Saxony and Baden-Württemberg. In 1998 he became chairman of the management board of Starrfräsmaschinen AG . He was also an author on security issues and between 2010 and 2013 Vice President of the Giardino Group .

He was an officer in the Swiss Air Force and completed the general staff course at the GST S general staff school in Lucerne. Betschon worked, among other things, as Deputy Chief of Logistics for the Air and Flab Troops and in the Army Staff section of the Intelligence Service subgroup. From 1985 to 2005 he was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. From 2010 to 2013 he was vice-president of the Giardino group , which campaigns for the militia army ; but he resigned from this.

He was honorary president of the FDP Heiden. Betschon was married with three children and lived in Heiden.

Fonts (selection)

As an author

• Theoretical and experimental contributions to clarify the static and dynamic loads on knitting machines . Juris, Zurich 1977, doi: 10.3929 / ethz-a-000133494 ( dissertation , ETH Zurich, 1977, abstract: PDF ).
• Decide quickly! Military leadership for everyday business . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-05089-8 .
• The Eurasian chess tournament: crises, backgrounds and prognoses . Rita G. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8301-1234-1 .

As editor

• with Louis Geiger: Memories of the Army 61: A contemporary historical documentation. Huber, Frauenfeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7193-1513-9 .
• with Stefan Betschon, Jürg Lindecker, Willy Schlachter: Engineers build Switzerland: first-hand history of technology . Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03-823791-4 .

As an employee

• with Judith Barben: Courage to change course. Swiss security policy at a turning point . Eikos Verlag, Baden 2013, ISBN 978-3-033-03917-9 .

literature

• Daniel Meier: At the engineer’s honor: Franz Betschon, defender of Swiss mechanical engineering, nuclear power and the army, died at the age of 73 (obituary). In: NZZ am Sonntag , September 6, 2015, No. 36, p. 25.

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Felix Betschon in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Franz Felix Betschon  in the German Digital Library
• Search for "Franz Felix Betschon" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
• Franz Felix Betschon at Eikos Verlag

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dissertation curriculum vitae , p. 210 (PDF file).
2. ↑ Dr. Franz Betschon died. In: das-bulletin.com from August 28, 2015, accessed on September 1, 2015
3. ↑ Ursula Klein: In the flash ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Handelszeitung , February 25, 1998.