Herbert Koller (Manager)
Herbert Koller (born July 19, 1911 in Wösendorf , Lower Austria ; † April 27, 1995 in Krems an der Donau ) was an Austrian manager and General Director of VÖEST from 1961 to 1977 .
Life
Koller attended the Stiftsgymnasium Melk , where he was one of the best students. He then studied law at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1934. He was first a research assistant at the university, then secretary of the industrialists' association in St. Pölten . During the time of National Socialism , Koller was a member of the SS and advanced to the position of Untersturmführer . From 1938 to 1944 he was a consultant at the Reich Labor Administration in Vienna and Graz , and in the spring of 1944 he was transferred to the Reich Security Main Office. From 1944 he served in the Navy and from 1945 to 1947 he was a British prisoner of war.
He came to VÖEST in 1949 as a clerk, until 1955 he worked his way up to the works director of the Krems ironworks . In 1961 he finally became general manager of the entire group. He made particular contributions to the reconstruction and restructuring of the nationalized steel industry. After his retirement he was a functionary of the Chamber of Commerce . In 1980 he was appointed to the General Council of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank , from 1981 to 1988 he was its 1st Vice-President.
Koller was an honorary senator of the Johannes Kepler University Linz .
Web links
- Entry on Herbert Koller in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Herbert Koller in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ^ Contemporary history: The red Nazi washing machine , profile , January 15, 2005. Accessed November 7, 2011.
- ↑ Honorary doctors and honorary senators ( Memento of the original dated May 13, 2011 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. of the JKU Linz
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| SURNAME | Koller, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian manager, general director of VÖEST |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wösendorf , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1995 |
| Place of death | Krems at the Donau |