Otto Stange
Otto Stange (born November 3, 1870 in Lübeck , † September 19, 1941 in Cologne ) was a German chemist and from 1923 to 1936 a member of the board of directors of the "Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co. ” in Leverkusen .
Life
As a pupil he attended the Katharineum in Lübeck . After attending school he studied chemistry at the LMU in Munich until 1894, followed by a doctorate with Johannes Thiele . He entered on November 27, 1894 at the "paint factories vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co ”, Elberfeld at the invitation of Carl Duisberg . He was initially an industrial chemist; in the field of intermediate products, he also worked in the field of rubber synthesis .
In 1912 he was granted power of attorney . In 1921 he was appointed deputy director and in 1923 a member of the board.
In 1918 he became deputy chairman of the recently founded employers' association of German chemistry . In 1923 he became head of the Alizarin department and was the predecessor of Kurt Hansen .
He was chairman of the “ Intermediate Product” commission of IG Farben , the so-called “Zetko”. Stange was head of the factory office committee and member of the commission for alizarin and vat colors .
In 1936 he resigned from the position of deputy board member of IG Farben.
Honors
- Iron Cross on a White Ribbon (1918).
- Naming of a street in Leverkusen-Steinbüchel in Otto-Stange-Strasse (1962).
literature
- Curt Duisberg: Just one son. A life with large-scale chemistry . Seewald Verlag. Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 978-3-512-00614-2 , p. 133.
- H.-J. Flechtner: Carl Duisberg: From chemist to business leader . Econ Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf 1959.
- Jens Ulrich Heine: Understanding & Fate - The Men of IG Farbenindustrie AG (1925-1945) . Wiley-VCH publishing house. Weinheim, New York, Basel, Cambridge 1990. p. 143.
- Dr. Hermann Pinnow: factory history of the paint factories vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1938. pp. 204f.
- Kordula Kühlem (Ed.): Carl Duisberg (1861-1935): Letters from an industrialist . Oldenbourg science publisher. 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-71283-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pinnow, Dr. Hermann: factory history of the paint factories vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1938. pp. 204f.
- ^ Kordula Kühlem: Carl Duisberg (1861-1935): Letters from an industrialist. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2012. p. 406.
- ^ Curt Duisberg: Only one son. A life with large-scale chemistry . Seewald Verlag, Stuttgart 1981. p. 55.
- ^ Andreas Born, Leverkusen, www.leverkusen.com/born: Leverkusen, Otto-Stange-Str. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rod, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1941 |
Place of death | Cologne |