Wilhelm Reerink
Wilhelm Reerink (born February 12, 1905 in Witten ; † December 15, 1999 ) was a German mining scientist.
Career
Reerink came as the son of the court director Gerhard Reerink and his wife Anna, geb. Rath, to the world. He studied chemistry in Tübingen, Darmstadt and Karlsruhe. From 1929 on he worked in several scientific organizations in the coal industry. From 1937 he coordinated all research activities in the field of coal refinement and use of coal.
In the 1950s he initiated the expansion of the mining research institute in Essen-Kray. After its inauguration in 1958, he was its managing director until it retired in 1970.
Honors
- 1973: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1974: Carl Engler Medal of the German Scientific Society for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Coal (DGMK)
- "For his extraordinary services in the field of coking technology and coal chemistry and as initiator and founder of the mining research institute"
- Honorary doctorate and golden doctoral diploma from RWTH Aachen
- Carbonization Science Medal (as the first German)
- Coker Medal from the Association of German Coking Experts
- Naming of the Wilhelm-Reerink-Platz in Essen
Web links
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. rer. nat. hc Wilhelm Reerink (PDF; 99 kB), short biography at DGMK
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 43, March 9, 1973.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reerink, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mining scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Witten |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1999 |