Hans Dinger

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Hans Dinger (born June 22, 1927 in Stuttgart , † October 28, 2010 in Friedrichshafen ) was a German manager. He was Chairman of the Management Board of MTU Munich and Friedrichshafen from 1985 to 1989 and a member of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG from 1986 to 1989.

Life

Dinger studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Stuttgart . In 1951 he joined Daimler-Benz AG and initially worked as a designer in the development department for large engines. In parallel, he was in 1955 at the Technical University of Stuttgart with a dissertation on hydrodynamic behavior of the connecting rod bearings for Doctor of Engineering PhD . In 1967 he took over the management of the large engine development department at Daimler-Benz AG. In 1968 he switched to the management of the Daimler-Benz subsidiary, Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau GmbH in Friedrichshafen, which was combined with the large engine production of Daimler-Benz , from which MTU Friedrichshafen emerged in 1969 . Dinger played a key role in the merger and took over the development department in Friedrichshafen as managing director, and from 1973 also took over development at MTU Munich .

In 1985, Hans Dinger succeeded CEO Ernst Zimmermann, who was murdered by the Red Army parliamentary group on February 1, 1985, as chairman of the management board of MTU Munich and MTU Friedrichshafen. In 1986 Dinger also became a member of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG. In 1989 he retired.

Dinger was honored with the Cross of Merit First Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his commitment to business and society . Since 1987 he has been an honorary senator at the University of Konstanz and in 1987 received the Medal of Honor from the city of Friedrichshafen. In 2007 he received an honorary doctorate from Dr.-Ing. of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich and appointed professor .

Dinger was chairman of the board of the Research Association for Combustion Engines eV (FVV) (1979–1988) and its honorary chairman since 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Things will be MTU boss" , DER SPIEGEL 24/1985, June 10, 1985.
  2. ^ "Former MTU boss died" , Südkurier , October 30, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Things, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 2010
Place of death Friedrichshafen