Joachim Hans Less

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Joachim Hans Less (born February 22, 1925 in Plauen ; † September 28, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German agricultural scientist and university lecturer for animal breeding .

Live and act

Joachim Hans Less was born in the Saxon Vogtland and had to do military service in World War II after graduating from high school . This was followed by two years of practical training and then from 1947 studying agricultural sciences at the universities in Jena and Halle (Saale) . After the final exam as Agronomist (1951) was less research assistant, later senior lecturer at the Institute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg , doctorate 1951/52 Dr. agr., passed the state animal breeding leader examination in Berlin in 1955 and qualified as a lecturer in animal breeding in Halle in 1956.

In the summer of 1958 he moved to the Institute for Animal Breeding and Domestic Animal Genetics at the Georg-August University in Göttingen to Prof. Fritz Haring , worked in 1959 as a private lecturer and from 1962 as an adjunct professor for animal breeding. In 1969, less full professor and director of the Institute for Animal Production at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Technical University of Berlin in Dahlem . Here the teaching and research area expanded to include animal breeding and keeping in tropical and subtropical areas. He also held teaching positions in the Department of International Agricultural Development and Veterinary Medicine, where he also supervised doctorates.

After his retirement, less headed the evaluation in 1991, accompanied the redesign of the previous research center in Dummerstorf and paved the way for the establishment of the local research institute for the biology of farm animals , today's Leibniz Institute for farm animal biology .

tomb

He is buried in the Evangelical Churchyard Nikolassee in Berlin.

Works (selection)

  • Studies on the fattening and slaughtering performance of different pig breeds with different feeding and their feed conversion. Diss. Univ. Halle, 1951/52
  • with K. Funk: attempts at cannibalization and slaughtering methods on pigs, taking into account their fat utilization. In: Arch. F. Animals. 3, 1953, p. 145.
  • The body and organ growth of pets with special consideration of the domestic pig. Habilitation thesis. Univ. Halle, Landw. Fac. 1956
  • with Diether Steinhauf and Gerda Henrietta Margot Pahl: Muscle topography of the carcass. FSVO, 1963.
  • with Hans Otto Gravert and Rudolf Waßmuth: Introduction to the breeding, feeding and keeping of farm animals. Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1979.
  • Studies on the carcass quality of cattle and pigs in the countries of the European Economic Community. Extra Office of the Europ. Communities, Bruxelles 1966. (German / French)
  • Examples of German agricultural research in the tropics and subtropics. ICT, Berlin 1988.
  • Production of animal food in the area of ​​tension between excess production and lack of food. On the retirement of Prof. Joachim Hans Less. Berlin 1990, DNB 910943435 .

Honorary positions and memberships

  • 1958 Member of the German Society for Züchtungskunde (DGfZ) with the following active participation in the main committee and other bodies of the association
  • Member of the board of the Society for Animal Science (GfT)
  • Member of the Senate and Main Committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1970–1972 President of the EVT Study Commission for Pig Production
  • 1972–1979 President of the European Association for Animal Production (EVT)
  • 1973–1981 Vice President of the World Association for Animal Breeding
  • 1975 co-founder and president of the German-Japanese community for animal production
  • Member of the Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research working group
  • Chairman of the Advisory Board for Technological Cooperation at the TU Berlin
  • Chairman of the working committee for animal husbandry at the tropical and subtropical location of the DGfZ
  • Co-editor of the magazine "Livestock Production Science"
  • Co-editor of the publication organ of the World Association for Animal Production "World Review of Animal Production"

Appreciation

As a result of his activities in Halle and Göttingen, Less initiated a more objective assessment of the meat quality of cattle, pigs and sheep. Later he dealt with stress research on farm animals and the influence of these factors on production performance and quality. During the time in Berlin, animal welfare and use-related aspects became the focus of animal husbandry studies. By including tropical and subtropical animal production in teaching and research at the TU Berlin with study trips and the establishment of diverse contacts, Less gained great national and international recognition. It is also evident from his successful work on many committees. Less published more than 300 scientific articles, supervised almost 100 doctoral students from the fields of agriculture and veterinary medicine and began the series of joint meetings between the two societies for breeding science and animal breeding science in Berlin in 1970, on which around 100 young authors a first platform for the presentation of their Receive research results.

Awards and honors

literature

  • Theophil Gerber: personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine. 4th, exp. Edition. NORA-Verlag, Berlin 2014, pp. 849/850.
  • D. Smidt: Professor Dr. Joachim Hans Less 65 years. In: Zkde. 62, 1990, pp. 161-164.
  • Peter Horst, Bettina Klotz: Obituary for Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Joachim Hans Less. TU Berlin press office
  • Peter Horst, Bettina Klotz: Obituary for Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Joachim Hans Less. Press office of the Life Sciences Faculty of the HU Berlin
  • Peter Götz Horst: Obituary for Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Joachim Hans Less. In: Zkd. 88, 2016, pp. 1–2.
  • University Archives Halle: Proof of studies at the Univ. Halle from October 1, 1949 to WS 1950/51

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Winner of the Hermann von Nathusius Medal
  2. ^ Winner of the Theodor Brinkmann Prize
  3. ↑ Bearer of the Cross of Merit on ribbon
personal data
SURNAME Less, Joachim Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Plauen
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 2015
Place of death Berlin