DEUTSCH | ENGLISH | PROF. HANS ZIEGLER | TIMELINE | PUBLICATIONS | MEMORIES | ABOUT MY LIFE | OBITUARY | |
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1910 |
Born in Winterthur, SwitzerlandOn September 5th 1919 Hans Ziegler was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. There he visited all schools including gymnasium.Read more about it in his personal resume |
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1930–1936 |
Student at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)Student of Mechanical Engineering and of Mathematics and PhysicsDiploma in Physics |
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1936–1937 |
Assistant of Mechanics at ETH (Prof. Meissner)![]() |
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1937–1939 |
Research Associate of Prof. Grammel at TU Stuttgart, Germany |
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1938 |
Promotion at ETH: Dr. of Mathematical Sciences![]() |
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1939 |
Lecturer of Mechanics at ETH Zurich![]() During Second World War Military Service in the Swiss Cavalry |
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1942–1977 |
Full Professor of Mechanics at ETH![]() |
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1948–1952 |
Chairman of the Department of Mathematics and Physics of ETH![]() |
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1956–1957 |
Visiting Professor at Brown University, Providence![]() On board of the Rhinedam on the way to the USA, where Hans Ziegler was Visiting Professor at Brown University, Providence (Division of Applied Mathematics) and held a Summer Course at UCLA. |
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1963–1964 |
Jerome Clarke Hunsaker Professor at MIT, Cambridge![]() Jerome Clarke Hunsaker Professor at MIT, Cambridge (Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Summer Course at UCLA |
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1970–1971 |
Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ohio State University![]() Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ohio State University, Columbus (Dept. of Engineering Mechanics) Summer Course at Stanford University, California |
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1974 |
Promotion to Dr. -Ing. E.h.![]() Promotion to Dr. -Ing. h. c. by the Technical University Munich |
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1977 |
Retirement from ETH![]() |
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1985 |
Death in Colorado![]() On August 5th 1985 Hans Ziegler dies in his Retreat in Estes Park, Colorado. |