Hans G. Hachmann

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Hans G. Hachmann (* 29. May 1923 in Berlin , † 22. October 2007 in Forest Hills, New York City ) was a from Germany originating American lawyer . He was President of the Max Kade Foundation in New York from 1999 to 2003.

Life

Hachmann emigrated to the USA with his parents in 1928. After studying law and obtaining a doctorate from Harvard College and Harvard Law School , he worked as a consultant to a large international oil company and as a lawyer with an office on Park Avenue in New York. He was the owner of the "Liederkranz Building" at 6 East 87th Street in New York, which is also the seat of the "Liederkranz Club of New York".

He was married to his wife Evangeline since 1948. The children Peter, Margaret, Heidi and Barbara emerged from the marriage.

Act

He was involved in numerous organizations and committees for German-American relations, including the German Round Table (GART) and the Advisory Council of the German House of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at New York University , the largest private university in the United States . Until 2003 he was President of the Max Kade Foundation in New York and has promoted scientific and cultural exchange with Germany since the end of World War II; He supported the construction of canteens, libraries and many of the 22 student dormitories (“Max-Kade-Haus”) of the German Student Union . In 1979 he co-founded the German School New York (DSNY) .

Hans G. Hachmann was made an honorary member of the German Student Union in 2002. For his commitment, he was honored with the title of Honorary Senator of the Bauhaus University Weimar , the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2001) and the Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg (2002) as well as an honorary membership of the University of Potsdam (2002). He was also an honorary member of the council of the University of Rostock .

In 2003 he was awarded the Medal of Honor "Bene Merito" by the Austrian Academy of Sciences for his "continuous pursuit of the goals of the founder of the Max Kade Foundation and his commitment to make this scholarship program attractive for young scientists in Austria even in difficult financial times" .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "German Student Union mourns Hans G. Hachmann" , German Student Union on idw, November 20, 2007
  2. ↑ "The Origin of the German School New York"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dsny.org  
  3. ^ "Friendship sown" , University of Potsdam, May 2002
  4. ↑ "New Honorary Senators of the University of Heidelberg" ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2007 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. , University of Heidelberg, October 19, 2002  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-heidelberg.de
  5. ↑ "Council of the University of Rostock in the 2006-2008 election period" ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , University of Rostock September 13, 2007  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-rostock.de
  6. ↑ "Awarding of the" Bene Merito "medal to Hans G. Hachmann, President of the Max Kade Foundation, New York" ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , OeAW, May 14, 2003  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oeaw.ac.at
personal data
SURNAME Hachmann, Hans G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American attorney, President of the Maxe Kade Foundation New York
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 2007
Place of death Forest Hills, New York City