Franz Josef Mayer-Gunthof

Franz Josef Mayer-Gunthof (born August 18, 1894 in Guntramsdorf , Lower Austria; † February 2, 1977 in Vienna ) was an Austrian entrepreneur.

Career

After studying law, Franz Josef Mayer-Gunthof took over his father's cotton weaving mill in Mährisch-Trübau. His father was Oscar Veit Karl Mayer von Gunthof (1867–1913).

Since he was also a member of the Fatherland Front before the war and was also known as a Nazi opponent, Mayer-Gunthof was imprisoned several times and was also in Mauthausen concentration camp , where he was released again.

After the Second World War he became chairman of the board of the Vöslauer worsted yarn factory . In the Federal Chamber of Commerce he became head of the Association of the Textile Industry. As a co-founder of the Federation of Industrialists , he became its president in 1960 and remained so until 1972. As the latter he was an advocate of social partnership , as he also saw a social responsibility for entrepreneurs. Since he also recognized the importance of foreign language skills in business, he founded the Language Institute for Industry (SPIDI) in 1961.

His grandson was the Austrian journalist Hubertus Czernin .

Mayer-Gunthof also has a foundation that deals with language promotion and grants scholarships.

Honors

1959: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
1966: Honorary Senator of the University of Vienna

literature

New Austrian biography
Josef Mentschl: Mayer von Gunthof. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 556 ( digitized version ).
Franz Mayer-Gunthof , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 15/1977 of April 4, 1977, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Uwe Harten : Franz Josef Mayer-Gunthof. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .

Web links

Entry on Franz Josef Mayer-Gunthof in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Entry on Franz Josef Mayer-Gunthof in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Who was Franz Josef Mayer-Gunthof on the side of the Federation of Industrialists

Individual evidence

↑ Baptismal register Sign. 1-11, Guntramsdorf St. Jakob, fol. 243a. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
↑ Commemoration and reminders in Lower Austria from 2011, accessed on March 22, 2015
^ The Waldheim Affair on WSWS accessed on August 30, 2009
↑ Mayer-Gunthof-Scholarship ( Memento of the original from February 10th, 2009 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. Retrieved August 30, 2009 @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Mayer-Gunthof, Franz Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Guntramsdorf , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH	2nd February 1977
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Baptismal register Sign. 1-11, Guntramsdorf St. Jakob, fol. 243a. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .

[2] Commemoration and reminders in Lower Austria from 2011, accessed on March 22, 2015

[3] The Waldheim Affair on WSWS accessed on August 30, 2009

[4] Mayer-Gunthof-Scholarship ( Memento of the original from February 10th, 2009 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. Retrieved August 30, 2009 @1@ 2