Waldemar Croon
Waldemar Croon (born May 18, 1916 in Aachen ; † February 7, 2013 there ) was a German textile manufacturer and entrepreneur .
Life
Croon was the son of the father of the same name and cloth manufacturer Waldemar Croon (1880-1967) and Isabella Geulen. After graduating from secondary school, he attended the technical college for the textile industry and completed his training as a textile engineer . Then he joined the cloth factory GH & J. Croon in Aachen, founded in 1862, as managing partner and partner . He worked there until 1968, when the merger with the companies "Dechamps & Drouven Nachf." And "Nickel & Müller GmbH" took place. In 1970 he left the company with the sale of his shares in the new merged company. The company "Dechamps Textil AG", which emerged from the merger, had to cease operations on June 30, 2002 decades later.
From 1968, Croon went into business for himself. He was also involved as a member of the advisory and supervisory boards of other companies. In addition, Croon had been a member since 1940, later an honorary member, of Club Aachener Casino and for many years was a member of the club's board of directors.
Charitable activities
Waldemar Croon established a foundation in 1999 which he called the Waldemar and Irene Croon Foundation . His wife Irene (born August 30, 1921) had died in 1982. With this foundation for social purposes, he significantly supported the regional aid organization People Help People eV of the Aachener Zeitung .
For 50 years (1952–2002), Croon was on the board of the Evangelical Hospital Association in Aachen from 1867 , which runs the Luisenhospital Aachen . The Croon family was one of the founders of the hospital in 1867. After his departure, he was made honorary chairman.
Awards
- 1981: Crown cross in gold of the Diakonisches Werk
- 2002: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2012: Paul Harris Fellow with three sapphires from Rotary International for the highest level of social commitment. Croon was a founding member of the Rotary Club Aachen-Land in 1964.
literature
- Eduard Arens, Wilhelm Leopold Janssen : Club Aachener Casino , new ed. by Elisabeth Janssen and Felix Kuetgens , Druck Metz, Aachen 2nd edition 1964, p. 262
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Jochen Buhren: The cloth factory GH & J Croon , on the pages cloth factory Aachen
- ↑ http://www.rotary1810.de/aachen_land/00_aktuell/36882_PHF_Croon.php ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Croon, Waldemar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cloth manufacturer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2013 |
| Place of death | Aachen |