Joachim Günther (transport scientist)

Joachim Günther (born October 7, 1918 in Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. , † January 5, 1976 ) was a German transport scientist . He was rector of the "Friedrich List" University of Transport in Dresden.

Life

Günther attended high school in Stollberg / Erzgeb. and graduated from high school in 1938 . He was drafted into the Reich Labor Service and later for military service. In 1941 he was released from the latter as a war disabled .

From 1941 to 1943 he studied political science at the Leipzig University . From 1945 to 1949 he continued his studies at the Martin Luther University Halle continued and worked there as an assistant in 1948/1949 and received his doctorate in 1949, Dr. rer. pole. From 1950 he worked for the Reichsbahndirektion (RBD) Erfurt and headed the finance department at the RBD Erfurt. 1951/1952 he was a lecturer at the TH Dresden. In 1952 he was appointed professor for traffic studies at the Dresden University of Transport. From 1952 to 1956 Günther was dean of the Faculty for Transport and Communications. In 1956 he received a professorship with a chair for general traffic statistics, data processing and administrative organization. From 1956 to 1960 he was the rector of the university. He then acted as director of the Institute for Industry and was chairman of the social council of the University of Transport.

Günther was a member of the SED .

Works

• Fundamentals of the economics of transportation . Verlag Technik, Berlin 1956.
• On current problems of mechanization and automation in transport . Transpress, Berlin 1961.
• Transport statistics . Transpress, Berlin 1963; 3rd, revised edition 1970.
• Post and telecommunications statistics . Transpress, Berlin 1964.
• Modern office and data technology as well as administrative organization . Transpress, Berlin 1966.
• News statistics . Transpress, Berlin 1969.
• The economic-statistical analysis as a management tool . Institute for socialist economic management of the postal and telecommunications system, Kolberg (near Königs Wusterhausen) 1969.

Awards

• Honored railroad worker of the GDR
• Medal of Merit of the GDR (1959)
• Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1967)

literature

• Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 123.
• Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 260.
• Dieter Hoffmann:  Günther, Joachim . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web link

• Joachim Günther in the Stadtwiki Dresden.