Gerhard Junghähnel
Gerhard Junghähnel (born March 15, 1926 in Wünschendorf , † June 2, 2004 in Potsdam ) was a German physicist, professor of experimental physics and rector of the University of Mechanical Engineering Karl-Marx-Stadt and the PH Potsdam .
Life
Young chicken grew up the son of a railroad worker. After attending elementary school, he first worked for the Reichsbahn before attending the pedagogical college in Gera. In 1947 he graduated from the workers 'and farmers' faculty and then studied physics from 1947 to 1953 at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . Then worked as a senior assistant in Jena before in 1955 with the theme of the spectral and photochemical behavior hemin depending on its complex formation doctorate .
In 1956 he was appointed professor for experimental physics at the Karl-Marx-Stadt University of Mechanical Engineering. From 1957 to 1964 Gerhard Junghähnel was Director of the Institute for Physics and from 1957 to 1960 Vice Rector for Student Affairs. In the period from 1959 to 1961 he was the acting rector of the Karl-Marx-Stadt University of Applied Sciences. His habilitation with the subject of investigations into solutions of halogens in benzene and the halobenzenes: He completed his degree in 1962, paying special attention to the formation of charge transfer complexes .
In 1964 he was appointed professor for experimental physics at the Pädagogische Hochschule Potsdam (PHP); he held this position until his retirement in 1991. He was temporarily - from 1965 to 1973 - rector of the PH Potsdam and from 1969 to 1988 director of the mathematics / physics section. In his function as Rector of PHP , he congratulated the former culture / education officer of SMAD in Potsdam, Professor PS Oreschkow , on October 7, 1965, on being awarded an honorary doctorate from the PHP Faculty of History and Philology .
From 1968 to 1972 he was a member of the FDGB federal executive committee.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Junghähnel was President of the Brandenburg State Sports Association from 1990 to 1993 and a member of the DSB Presidium.
Publications (selection)
- Gerhard Junghähnel (with the assistance of F. Bauer): Thermodynamics. German Science Publishing House , Berlin 1984.
Web links
- Horst Kant : Junghähnel, Gerhard . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- tu-chemnitz.de: Short biography of Gerhard Junghähnel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Caption to the photo about the congratulations course in the Pädagogische Hochschule Potsdam. Scientific journal , year 12/1968; Issue 1 p. 39; Social and Linguistic Series; ISSN 0138-290x, DNB 011139439 .
- ^ Dieter Dowe , Karlheinz Kuba , Manfred Wilke , Michael Kubina : FDGB Lexicon, Function, Structure and Development of a Mass Organization of the SED (1945–1990). Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86872-240-6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Young cockerel, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist, professor, university rector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wish village |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 2004 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |