Imanuel Lauster
Imanuel Lauster (born January 28, 1873 in Münster (Stuttgart) ; † March 15, 1948 in Leitershofen ) was a German technician and CEO of MAN .
The son of a shoemaker was supposed to become a craftsman and began his technical training in the Gotthilf Kuhn machine factory , where he worked as a designer of internal combustion engines from 1888–92.
On January 1st, 1896, he joined the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg (from 1908 MAN) to support Rudolf Diesel , became an authorized signatory and senior engineer in 1902, a member of the management board in 1913 and chairman of the management board of MAN in 1932.
Lauster constructed the first practical diesel engine (see picture), he developed in 1897 the first two-cylinder prototype, from 1898 to 1900, he created the marketable crosshead engine of MAN and then the engine without Phillips, who was the model for the construction of diesel engines in many countries. He was also instrumental in the development of submarine diesel engines .
From October to December 1926 he visited various American companies with the engineer Paul Rieppel and another manager. As he reported, the German constructions are usually too complicated for the Americans.
From 1931 to May 9, 1933, Lauster was a board member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI). In 1934, the secret building officer Dr.-Ing. E. h. the golden medal of the Shipbuilding Society . After his son-in-law had done business in Romania that led to the confiscation of payments to MAN, he had to resign as CEO at the beginning of July 1934.
As an active Christian, Lauster bequeathed money and a piece of land to the Evangelical community in Leitershofen so that the Lutherans from Leitershofen no longer had to go to Göggingen to attend church services. He died after a long illness.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hist. Spelling Imanuel , not Immanuel : Bähr, Banken, Flemming: Die MAN. A German industrial history . 3. Edition. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-57762-8 , p. 612 .
- ^ Bähr, banks, Flemming: The MAN. A German industrial history . 3. Edition. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-57762-8 , p. 173 .
- ^ Friedrich Sass: History of the German internal combustion engine construction from 1860 to 1918, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 1962, ISBN 978-3-662-11843-6 . P. 469
- ^ Marie-Luise Heuser , Wolfgang König : Tabular compilations on the history of the VDI . In: Karl-Heinz Ludwig (Ed.): Technology, Engineers and Society - History of the Association of German Engineers 1856–1981 . VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-18-400510-0 , p. 585-586 .
- ↑ http://www.stg-online.org/stg/geschichte/1931-60.html
- ^ Bähr, banks, Flemming: The MAN. A German industrial history . 3. Edition. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-57762-8 , p. 289 .
- ↑ augsburger-allgemeine.de
literature
- Klaus Luther: Lauster, Imanuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 725 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Imanuel Lauster , In: Shipbuilding Society: 100 Years Shipbuilding Society - Biographies on the History of Shipbuilding , Springer, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-540-64150-5 , pp. 264/265.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lauster, Imanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German technician and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munster (Stuttgart) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1948 |
| Place of death | Leitershofen |