Rudolf Zernick

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Rudolf Zernick , called Rudi Zernick , (born April 26, 1929 in Meuro , Niederlausitz ; † March 22, 1997 in Magdeburg ) was a German chemical engineer and for many years director of the engineering school for chemistry "Justus von Liebig" in the Magdeburg district of Westerhüsen .

Life

From 1935 to 1943 Zernick attended the elementary school in Meuro. This was followed by an apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory worker at BRABAG in Schwarzheide until 1945 . He started studying at the Altenburg technical college and later in Zwickau . There he graduated as a chemical engineer . He then completed his studies as a chemical engineer in Dresden in 1951 .

Zernick took up a job as a production engineer in the old training company, which is now known as VEB Synthesewerk Schwarzheide . As early as 1952, however, he went as a lecturer for analytical and physical chemistry and laboratory manager at the recently established business school for chemistry of the VEB Fahlberg-List in Magdeburg. In 1956 he became director of the "Justus von Liebig" school, which had been known as the engineering school for chemistry since 1953. Under his direction, the school was built up and expanded and, with several 100 direct students and many distance students, developed into the second largest institution of its kind in the GDR . The engineering school produced a significant part of the middle management staff in the chemical industry in the GDR. Together with its diverse social and cultural institutions, the school represented Zernick's life's work. In 1963, Zernick was awarded the title of Honored Teacher of the People . He remained director of the school until his retirement in 1986.

Grave site at the Westerhüsen cemetery, 2011

Zernick lived in the Arnold-Knoblauch-Strasse settlement in Magdeburg-Westerhüsen. A vocational school for the city of Magdeburg is housed in the buildings of the chemistry school, which no longer exists today. He was buried in the Westerhüsen cemetery .

Works

  • How do we train chemical engineers? In: New Germany . March 25, 1959, page 4

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Busch: Zernick, Rudolf (Rudi). In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 , p. 828f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of June 13, 1963 p. 6
  2. ↑ Telephone book district Magdeburg 1987, page 194
  3. ^ Address book City of Magdeburg 1994/95, page 610
personal data
SURNAME Zernick, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zernick, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Meuro Niederlausitz
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1997
Place of death Magdeburg