Heinrich Praxenthaler

Heinrich Praxenthaler (born May 20, 1926 in Munich ) is a German civil engineer .

Career

Praxenthaler studied civil engineering from 1944 to 1950. In 1952 he passed the state examination to become a government master builder and subsequently entered the service of the Federal Ministry of Transport . Between 1958 and 1963 he took on a managerial role in the construction of the motorway through the Spessart and then returned to the Ministry of Transport, where he was most recently head of the road construction research department. In 1969 he received his doctorate .

From 1971 until his retirement in 1991 he was President of the Federal Highway Research Institute . During his tenure, the accident research department was set up and the headquarters of the authority moved from Cologne to Bergisch Gladbach.

In 1981 he accepted a teaching position at RWTH Aachen University , where he was appointed honorary professor in 1990.

Honors

1988: Golden Diesel Ring from the Association of Motor Journalists
1990: Federal Senator Lothar Danner Medal against alcohol and drugs in road traffic
1991: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
1992: Badge of honor from the Research Association for Roads and Transportation

Web links

Retired President Heinrich Praxenthaler turns 80 , press release of the Federal Highway Research Institute No. 07/2007, May 17, 2006

Literature by and about Heinrich Praxenthaler in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ Harry Niemann, Armin Hermann (ed.): History of road safety in the interplay between vehicle, roadway and people (= scientific series of the DaimlerChrysler corporate archive; Vol. 1). Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1999, ISBN 3-7688-1168-9 .

personal data
SURNAME	Praxenthaler, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 20, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich

[1] Harry Niemann, Armin Hermann (ed.): History of road safety in the interplay between vehicle, roadway and people (= scientific series of the DaimlerChrysler corporate archive; Vol. 1). Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1999, ISBN 3-7688-1168-9 .