Lothar Göttsching

Lothar Göttsching (born August 7, 1936 in Berlin ; † September 26, 2018 in Roßdorf ) was a German scientist and from 1971 to 2002 head of the Institute for Paper Manufacture at the Technical University of Darmstadt .

Life

Göttsching was born in Berlin in 1936 as the son of Robert and Margarete Göttsching. In 1943 he was evacuated to his mother's home in Neumark in eastern Brandenburg . At the end of the Second World War , the family was expelled by the Red Army and Göttsching grew up in Bad Soden am Taunus .

In 1956 he began studying at the Technical University of Darmstadt and graduated in 1961 with a diploma as a paper engineer. From 1961 to 1966 he worked as a research assistant at the Finnish Pulp and Paper Research Institute (KCL) in Helsinki . From 1966 to 1971 he worked as head of research and development for the Vereinigte Verpackungsgesellschaft GmbH in Monheim / Rhineland . In 1969 he became a Dr.-Ing. PhD.

Göttsching was appointed to succeed Walter Brecht at TH Darmstadt in 1971 .

Honors

Honorary Doctorate, Grenoble

Works (selection)

(Ed.): Paper in our world. A manual. Econ-Verlag, Düsseldorf et al. 1990. ISBN 3-430-13252-5
(Ed., Together with Casimir Katz): Paper Lexicon . 3 volumes u. CD, Deutscher Betriebswirte-Verlag, Gernsbach 1999. ISBN 978-3-88640-090-4
The paper professor. Life memories. Medu, Dreieich near Frankfurt a. M. 2011. ISBN 978-3-941955-39-4

Individual evidence

↑ Lothar Göttsching, died. In: apr.de. September 28, 2018, accessed October 4, 2018 .
↑ Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. hc L. Göttsching, born during the Xth Olympiad in Berlin as the son of a lecturer at the University of Music, turned 60 on August 7, 1996. In: Wochenblatt für Papierfabrikation 124 (1996), No. 14/15, p. 682.
↑ Lothar Göttsching: The strength behavior of paper under static and dynamic stress. Darmstadt, TH, F. f. Mechanical engineering, diss. 19th July 1969.
↑ Professor Dr.-Ing. Dr. hc Lothar Göttsching Head of the Institute for Paper Manufacture at the TH Darmstadt for 25 years. In: Das Papier 50 (1996), No. 4, pp. 210-211.
^ Lothar Göttsching: Words of thanks on the occasion of the award of the honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lothar Göttsching in Grenoble. In: Das Papier 48 (1994) No. 6, pp. 409-411.

personal data
SURNAME	Göttsching, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German paper engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 7, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	26th September 2018
Place of death	Rossdorf

[1] Lothar Göttsching, died. In: apr.de. September 28, 2018, accessed October 4, 2018 .

[2] Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. hc L. Göttsching, born during the Xth Olympiad in Berlin as the son of a lecturer at the University of Music, turned 60 on August 7, 1996. In: Wochenblatt für Papierfabrikation 124 (1996), No. 14/15, p. 682.

[3] Lothar Göttsching: The strength behavior of paper under static and dynamic stress. Darmstadt, TH, F. f. Mechanical engineering, diss. 19th July 1969.

[4] Professor Dr.-Ing. Dr. hc Lothar Göttsching Head of the Institute for Paper Manufacture at the TH Darmstadt for 25 years. In: Das Papier 50 (1996), No. 4, pp. 210-211.

[5] Lothar Göttsching: Words of thanks on the occasion of the award of the honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lothar Göttsching in Grenoble. In: Das Papier 48 (1994) No. 6, pp. 409-411.