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Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Klauditz, was born on February 24, 1903 in Vechelde near Brunswick. He studied chemistry at the Technische Hochschule Braunschweig and in 1928 he conferred a doctor's degree on engineering science. In 1929 he joined the central laboratory of the Koholyt GmbH in Cologne. After the takeover of the company by the Feldmühle AG in 1934, in 1936 he was promoted to the position of the deputy leader of Feldmühle's research laboratory in Stettin. In 1939 he changed to the Reichsanstalt für Holzforschung (German National Institute for Wood Research). |
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| In 1941 he became the deputy leader and in 1944 the leader of the chemical-technological institute of the Reichsanstalt für Holzforschung.In 1946 he essentially contributed to the foundation of the »Testing and consulting body for technical wood utilisation of the Verein für Technische Holzfragen« and became its director. In 1950 he received the lectureship for »Wood research and wood technology« at the Technische Hochschule Braunschweig. From 1951 on he published the trade journal »Holzforschung«. In 1953 he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Distinguished Service Cross). From 1954 on he worked in international organisations (OEEC, FAO, ECE). On a business trip to Munich he died in a car crash on June 30, 1963. | ||
 Prof. Schulz (left) und Dr. Stegmann (right) |
Dr. rer. nat. Günther Stegmann was born on January 20, 1914 in Berlin. After his graduation diploma he studied natural science at the Friedrich-Wilhelm University in Berlin. In 1939 he conferred a doctor's degree on natural science. From 1940 to 1941 he worked as scientific employee at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie in Berlin in the department for fibre research and from 1942 on as research officer and head of department in the chemical-technological institute of the Reichsanstalt für Holzforschung (German National Institute for Wood Research) in Eberswalde. |
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| From 1946 on he worked at the »Testing and consulting body for technical wood utilisation of the Verein für Technische Holzfragen«, the later Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute. After the death of Dr. Klauditz in 1963 he took over the temporary leadership of the institute and the publication of the journal »Holzforschung«. In 1977 he retired and died on December 28, 1999. | ||
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Prof. Dr. forest. Horst Schulz was born on November 6, 1924 in Berlin. After his graduation diploma he studied at the Humbolt University in Berlin/Eberswalde and he finished his studies with a diploma in forestry. Until 1953 he worked as quarter-ranger assistant in the forest superintendent's office of Joachimstal, as officer in charge at the State government for forest exploitation of Brandenburg and as assistant and senior assistant respectively at the Humbolt University in Berlin. In 1954 he conferred a doctor's degree on forestry which was followed by his habilitation in 1960 at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen. |
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| Within the scope of a one year's research scholarship he enrolled at the Harvard University, Mass./USA. From 1965 to 1968 he acted as FAO expert within the framework of the UNDP program (university lecturer and consultant of the wood industry in Chapingo/Mexico). From 1968 to 1973 he was the successor of Dr. Klauditz as director of the Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute. Prof. Schulz died on February 6, 2002. |
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gert Kossatz was born on April 14, 1929 in Dresden. After his graduation diploma he first made an apprenticeship as a cabinet-maker which he finished as a journeyman in 1949. Then he studied at the technical university, special subject industrial architecture, which he finished in 1955 as a graduate engineer. At the same time he worked as assistant manager in the enterprise were he took his apprenticeship. From 1955 to 1960 he was scientific assistant, later senior scientific assistant and lecturer at the institute for wood and fibre technique at the Technical University/College for advanced technology of Dresden. |
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| In 1957 he conferred a doctor's degree at the faculty for constructional engineering of the College for advanced technology in Dresden. Then he workedas head of a trade group at the institute for building materials of the German Academy of Construction in Berlin, as consulting engineer for light construction and construction physics, and as project engineer for the wood and building material industry. In 1969 he habilitated at the faculty for machinery of the Technical University in Dresden. From 1974 on he was director of the Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute and senior lecturer in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and honorary professor at the Technical University of Brunswick. In 1986 he was elected a member of the International Academy of Wood Science, and he was awarded the Technology Transfer Prize of the Federal Minister for Research and Technology. After his retirement in 1989 he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Distinguished Service Cross) in October 1991. |
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Prof. Dr. Rainer Marutzky was born in 1947 in Halle an der Saale. From 1968 until 1973 he studied chemistry at the Technical University of Brunswick. Until 1975 he worked as research officer in the Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung (GBF) in Brunswick. In 1975 he conferred a doctor's degree on the subject of enzyme chemistry and biophysics. Then he took his post-doctorate at the GBF. Since 1976 Dr. Marutzky was employed at the WKI, first as research officer and later as head of the special department for environmental research and since 1989 he was the temporary director of the WKI. In 1992 took place the official appointment as Director of the WKI. |
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| Already in 1991 he habilitated at the faculty of science of the Technical University in Brunswick and in May 1996 him was offered a chair as senior lecturer. At the end of 2009 he was handing over responsibility for the institute although he will continue to be active in the field of standardization and in university teaching. In addition, he assists the International Association for Technical Issues relating to Wood (iVTH) which is located in Braunschweig. | ||
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Prof. Dr. Tunga Salthammer Tunga Salthammer was born in Braunschweig, Germany in 1960. He holds a diploma degree in chemistry (1986) and a Dr. rer. nat. in physical chemistry (1990) from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. In 1988-1989 he conducted research at the Applied Physics Department of the Strathclyde University in Glasgow, UK. Salthammer joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood-Research WKI in 1990 and was appointed as head of the Department of Material Analysis and Indoor Chemistry in 1996. Since 2010 he is the acting director of WKI. Salthammer became a member of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) in 1993 and served in the Board of Directors from 2003-2006. |
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| From 2003-2009 he was Professor of Indoor Hygiene at the University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfenbuettel. Since 2007 Salthammer has been an Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. In June 2008 he received his state doctorate from the Faculty of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Braunschweig. At the Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby (2006-2007) and at the Tsinghua University of Beijing, China (May 2007) Salthammer was a Visiting Professor. He is a member of the Indoor Air Hygiene Commission of the German Federal Environment Agency and since 2008 he serves as the Secretary of the ISIAQ Academy of Fellows. His research interests include analytical chemistry, VOC/SVOC emission studies on indoor materials using test chambers and cells, indoor chemistry, airborne particles and settled dust. | ||
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| Sources »40 Jahre Holzforschung in Braunschweig: Vom Stamm zur Platte« Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, 1986 and »50 Jahre Verein für Technische Holzfragen« Festschrift, 1996 |
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