Hansruedi Züst

Hansruedi Züst (born November 11, 1921 in Rheineck ; † November 22, 2005 in Zurich ; resident in Wolfhalden and Zurich) was a Swiss electrical engineer, television pioneer and director of the Swiss radio and television company from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Hansruedi Züst was a son of Albert Züst, teacher, and Margareta Pfeiffer. In 1946 he married Maud Wohlwend, a daughter of Bartholome Wohlwend, an electrician. He studied low-voltage technology at the ETH Zurich . From 1947 to 1951 he was involved in the development of the Eidophor projector in the industrial research department of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology . From 1951 to 1953 he prepared television operations on behalf of the postal, telephone and telegraph companies . As technical director of Swiss television from 1953 to 1973 and as the first technical director of the Swiss Radio and Television Company from 1974 to 1983, he played a key role in the technical development and expansion of television in Switzerland. He played a crucial role in the introduction of color television and the decentralization of the production of the daily news .

literature

• Caroline Meyer: The Eidophor: a large-screen projection system between cinema and television 1939–1999. Zurich: Chronos 2009.
• Theo Mäusli and Andreas Steigmeier (eds.): Radio and television in Switzerland. Baden: Hier + Jetzt 2006, pp. 215–225.

Web links

• Adrian Scherrer: Hansruedi Züst. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 28, 2013 , accessed April 3, 2020 .

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