Hermann Goecke
Hermann Wilhelm Paul Goecke (born November 12, 1900 in Cologne , † June 19, 1994 in Münster ) was a German gynecologist , obstetrician and university teacher .
Live and act
Goecke was born in Cologne in 1900 as the son of Paul Goecke, then chief physician at the municipal hospital in Cologne-Mülheim. He studied human medicine from the winter semester of 1918/1919 in Marburg, Freiburg, Munich and Cologne. There he was in 1924 at the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne Dr. med. PhD. After receiving his medical license, Goecke worked at the Hygiene Institute in Düsseldorf in 1925, then until 1933 as an assistant at the Pathological Institute in Cologne and at the gynecological clinic at the University of Cologne.
From January 1934 he worked at the University Women's Clinic in Münster, from July 1934 as a senior physician. Goecke completed his habilitation in 1935 with the habilitation thesis "The behavior of the male sex hormone (testicular hormone) in the female body at the end of pregnancy" and was appointed lecturer in 1936, and an extraordinary professor in 1942.
Goecke joined the NSDAP in 1933. In addition, he was a member of the National Socialist German Medical Association and the National Socialist Old Men Association . From 1933 to 1936 he acted as block leader and from 1936 as cell leader of the cell clinics, Münster in Westphalia.
In 1951, when he was appointed director of the Münster University Women's Clinic and at the same time full professor and chair holder, Goecke headed this clinic until his retirement in 1969. From 1952 he also held the position of director of the clinical institutions at Münster University until 1971 out. In 1954/55 he worked as dean of the medical faculty and in 1961/62 as rector of the University of Münster.
Honors
- Decoration of Honor of the German Red Cross (1958)
- Large Merit (1969)
- Dr. med. hc from the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster (1980)
- Paracelsus Medal (1982)
Web links
- Laudation for the award of the Paracelsus Medal . Deutsches Ärzteblatt 1982; 79 (20): A-84
- Hermann Goecke on his 85th birthday
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Goecke: Carcinomas of the worm process . Dissertation, Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne, 1924
- ↑ Birthe Franziska Heitkötter: The history of the gynecological clinic of the university clinic of the Westphalian Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Westf.) In the years 1925-1950 with special consideration of the years during National Socialism under the direction of the clinic director Peter Esch. Dissertation, Medical Faculty, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 2012 , page 133
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Bernhard Kötting | Rector of the University of Münster 1961–1962 |
Joachim Ritter |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goecke, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goecke, Hermann Wilhelm Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gynecologist, obstetrician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1994 |
| Place of death | Muenster |