Walther Hug
Walther Hug (born April 14, 1898 in Rorschach , † April 21, 1980 in Zurich ; resident in Affeltrangen , Buch bei Märwil , Märwil and Zezikon ) was a Swiss jurist and founder .
Hug studied law and economics at the universities of Zurich , Berlin and Bern . He received his doctorate in 1924 with a dissertation on the right to terminate under August Egger .
In 1932 he was elected full professor for private and commercial law at the St. Gallen School of Business, and he played a key role in expanding it as rector from 1938 until he was appointed to ETH Zurich in 1944.
Hug's academic achievements are particularly in the field of labor law .
With the founding statute of November 24, 1978, he set up the Professor Walther Hug Foundation to promote legal research , to which he bequeathed almost all of his fortune. The Foundation gives to this day every two to four years the (big) Walther Hug Prize to researchers who are characterized by high academic achievement, and each year the Professor Walther Hug Prize for several jurisprudential theses.
literature
Web links
- Curriculum vitae on the website of the Professor Walther Hug Foundation
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hug, Walther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rorschach |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1980 |
| Place of death | Zurich |