Roland Hüttenrauch

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Roland Johannes Hüttenrauch (born January 26, 1928 in Oberlungwitz ; † January 12, 2006 on a plane from Luxor to Istanbul ) was managing director from April 1967 and from 1972 to 1994 board member of Stiftung Warentest in Berlin .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1946, Roland Hüttenrauch studied at the University of Leipzig and at the Technical University of Berlin , where he graduated in 1955 with a diploma in physics. There he received his doctorate in 1961 in the field of electron optics to engineer doctor . He then taught engineering training until 1964 and worked as a freelancer in the working group of consumer associations.

Services

Shortly after the establishment of the Stiftung Warentest in 1964, he was appointed head of the technology department , played a key role in establishing the Stiftung Warentest and made it a successful and internationally respected institution. In 1967 he succeeded Olaf Triebenstein as managing director of Stiftung Warentest and in 1972 board member. During this activity he developed the methodology of comparative product testing. In 1994 Hüttenrauch retired , but remained with Stiftung Warentest as a member of the Board of Directors until 1999 , while Werner Brinkmann succeeded him.

Hüttenrauch had been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class , since 1988 . In Germany he is considered the father of comparative product tests .

Hüttenrauch died during a flight from Luxor to Leipzig before a stopover in Istanbul .

Publications (selection)

  • Quality management manual - Chapter 35 - Usability and practical value , Hanser Fachbuchverlag (1999) 4th edition
  • On the methodology of the comparative product test , in: Comparative product test: Testpraxis, Testwerbung, Jurisprudence , Verlag Moderne Industrie, Landsberg / Lech (1986), pages 13 to 21
  • Some influences of the jurisprudence on the working methodology of the Stiftung Warentest , in: Comparative goods test: Testpraxis, Testwerbung, Jurisdiction , Verlag Moderne Industrie, Landsberg / Lech (1986), pages 25 to 34
  • Market transparency through hotel classification: Documentation of an expert discussion on April 10, 1986 in Berlin , Stiftung Warentest, Berlin (1986)
  • With Hans-Dieter Lösenbeck and Peter Loose: Environmentally friendly heating - Documentation of a colloquium on November 7, 1985 in Berlin , Stiftung Warentest, Berlin (1986)
  • Environmental protection and consumer behavior with special consideration of the comparative product test - Documentation of a colloquium on January 11, 1985 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Stiftung Warentest , Stiftung Warentest, Berlin (1985)
  • The comparative product test - guide for suppliers and consumers , presentation of a specialist event by Bild in cooperation with marketing advertisements on April 23, 1985, Axel Springer Verlag, Stuttgart (1985)
  • With Ulrich Becker, Klaus Düts, Peter Hintze and Hans-Dieter Lösenbeck: Measures to reduce the fuel consumption of passenger cars - Documentation of a colloquium on May 5, 1983 in Berlin , Stiftung Warentest, Berlin (1983)
  • The methodology of comparative product testing , Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer Netherlands, 1 , 2 (March 1977), pages 143 to 150
  • The simultaneous coupling of two electron beams in opposite directions with different partial waves of a leaf helix delay line , dissertation, Technische Universität Berlin (1961)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Dieter Lösenbeck : Stiftung Warentest - Ein Rückblick , Berlin, 2002, ISBN 3-931908-76-3 .
personal data
SURNAME Hüttenrauch, Roland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hüttenrauch, Roland Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and manager, board member of Stiftung Warentest (1972–1994)
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberlungwitz
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2006
Place of death Istanbul