Herbert Kupfer

Herbert Kupfer (born March 26, 1927 in Munich ; † December 30, 2013 ) was a German civil engineer and university professor .

Life

Kupfer studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich from 1946 to 1949 . In 1949 he became a member of the Corps Germania Munich . With a dissertation on the calculation of prestressed concrete beams under load up to breakage with special consideration of the adhesive stresses he was awarded a Dr.-Ing. In 1955 by Hubert Rüsch . PhD . He then worked for the construction company Dyckerhoff & Widmann for twelve years , where he was responsible for the calculation and construction of major projects in building construction and bridge construction. In 1967 he took over the chair for building construction and timber construction at the Technical University of Munich, and in 1969 he was appointed full professor for solid construction. He was Vice President 1984–1988 and Acting President 1986/1987 of the Technical University of Munich. In his private life, he was world-famous for his finger wrestling skills .

Honors

• Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (1987)
• Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (1988)
• Emil Mörsch Medal of the German Concrete Association (1991)
• Honorary doctorate from the University of Innsbruck (1992)
• Oskar von Miller Gold Medal from the Deutsches Museum (1998)
• Leo von Klenze Medal of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior (2005)
• Honorary Chairman of the Corps Germania Munich (2006)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Congratulations on your 80th birthday, with portrait photography of Kupfers (TUM 2/2007)