Walter Grosse
Robert Walter Große (born September 20, 1894 in Leipzig ; † 1973 ) was a German economist and professor at the University of Leipzig .
Life
Große took part in the First World War from 1915 to 1918 (officer since 1916) and was wounded four times. He studied law and political science in Leipzig. During his studies he became a member of the Ghibellinia Leipzig fraternity . In 1920 he obtained a diploma in insurance science and then became an assistant at the insurance institute of the University of Leipzig. In 1921 he received his doctorate as Dr. rer. pole. at the University of Leipzig with work: The war risk in private German life insurance . 1922-23 he was a full professor of economics at the universities of Innsbruck and Graz. From 1924 to 1926 he worked in insurance, banking and other private companies. Since 1924 he had a teaching position at the Institute for Insurance Science at the University of Leipzig (since then member of the examination committee). In 1928 he completed his habilitation.
Große became a member of the NSDAP in 1933 . In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges . From 1934 to 1937 he was a non-scheduled adjunct professor for economics and insurance. From 1930 to 1936 and again in 1938 he was visiting professor for economic policy at the German Herder University of Riga . From 1937 he was director of the Institute for Insurance Science at the University of Leipzig and was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty in 1944/45. Since 1940 he became seriously ill several times. After 1945 he built the German Insurance Academy in Cologne (today Cologne University of Applied Sciences ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Große in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walter Große in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members of the Frankenburg-Bau-Verein eV Berlin 1940, p. 24.
- ^ Peter Mantel: Business Administration and National Socialism: An Institutional and Personal History Study . Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8349-8515-6 , p. 702
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Great, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Große, Robert Walter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1973 |