Hellmut Ley

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Robert Ferdinand Hellmut Ley , also Hellmuth Ley , (born December 23, 1909 in Bernburg (Saale) , † December 31, 1973 near St. Moritz ) was a German chemist . He was chairman of the board of Metallgesellschaft AG (1961–1973), president of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh) (1966–1967) and chairman of the board of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (1970–1973).

Life

Hellmut Ley, son from the marriage of Chief Medical Officer Nikolaus Josef Ley and Petronella, b. van der Sandt, after graduating from high school in Kleve (1928) studied chemistry at the University of Innsbruck and the Technical University of Darmstadt . In 1937 he was charged with a thesis on the Hydridverschiebungssatz and crystal structure to Dr.-Ing. PhD at THD. After scientific assistance in Darmstadt, he moved to Frankfurter Metallgesellschaft in 1936 and worked as a chemical laboratory assistant. In 1944 he became head of the department for process development, in 1949 he became general manager of the chemical laboratories of the metal company.

In 1956 Hellmut Ley became a member of the board of Metallgesellschaft AG in Frankfurt am Main and was responsible for research, chemical production and chemical plant construction. In 1961 he became CEO of Metallgesellschaft AG (MG) . Ley restructured the group, in particular the mining sector. He initiated the construction of a new IS furnace for lead / zinc ore smelting at Berzelius in Duisburg, the zinc electrolysis at the Ruhrzink Datteln smelter site and the Rheinzink rolling mill of the United German Metalworks . After his sudden and unexpected death, Karl Gustaf Ratjen became his successor.

Act

Ley was involved in numerous business associations as well as academic societies. From 1966 to 1967 he was President of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh) . His predecessor was the Nobel Prize winner Richard Kuhn , his successor was Hellmut Bredereck . From 1970 to 1973 he was chairman of the Society for Chemical Apparatus ( DECHEMA ). He was u. a. President of the Max Buchner Research Foundation. In 1960 he became a board member of the Association of Friends of the Technical University of Darmstadt eV

Hellmut Ley was chairman of the board of the Stifterverband from 1970 to 1973; his successor was Hans-Helmut Kuhnke (Ruhr coal). The Hellmut Ley Endowment Fund was established in 1974 by Hellmut Ley's Circle of Friends.

Hellmut Ley became a member of the Catholic student union AV Austria Innsbruck in 1928 and of the KDStV Nassovia Darmstadt in 1961 .

In 1954, he was from Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Cardinal Canali Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem and appointed at the Cologne Order Basilica on December 8, 1954 St. Andrew by Lorenz Jaeger invested, Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy.

Honors

Fonts

  • Hydride shift theorem and crystal structure , Hunold Braunschweig 1937 (Dissertation TH Darmstadt)

swell

  • Who's who in Atoms, Volume 2 , Vallancey Press 1969, p. 926
  • Who's who in Finance and Industry , Marquis Who's Who 1973, p. 498
  • German Biographical Encyclopedia DBE, KG Saur Verlag / Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 413

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ GDCh Presidents 1960–1969 , Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker , accessed on January 25, 2014
  2. ↑ Chronicle of the Stifterverband 1967-1985 ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2016 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. , Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft , accessed on January 25, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stifterverband.info
  3. ↑ Hellmut Ley Foundation Fund , Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft , accessed on January 25, 2014
  4. ↑ Nassovia 1896-1976. History of the Catholic German student union Nassovia zu Damstadt , 1977, p. 116
personal data
SURNAME Ley, Hellmut
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ley, Robert Ferdinand Hellmut Ley (full name); Ley, Hellmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and CEO of Metallgesellschaft AG
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Bernburg (Saale) , Germany
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1973
Place of death St. Moritz , Switzerland