Gerhard Raspé

Gerhard Raspé (born 20 January 1928 in Bucharest, died 1 September 1974 in West Berlin) was a Romanian-born German organic chemist, who served as research director at Schering AG and a member of the company's executive board.

Grave of Gerhard Raspé at Friedhof Heerstraße, Berlin

Education and career

Following his studies of organic chemistry at the Brunswick University of Technology and the University of Madrid, he obtained a doctorate in chemistry (Dr.rer.nat.) and worked as a researcher in the field of steroid hormones and biochemistry at the pharmaceutical company Schering AG. In 1964, he became a member of the executive board of Schering and the company's director of research.[1] He was a board member of the Max Planck Society[2] and a member of the German Council of Science and Humanities. He died in 1974, aged 46.[3]

References

  1. ^ Schering Symposium on Endocrinology, Berlin, May 26 to 27, 1967: Advances in The Biosciences, p. 307, Elsevier, 2013
  2. ^ Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, vol. 27, p. 470
  3. ^ Chemische industrie: Zeitschrift für die deutsche Chemiewirtschaft, vol. 26, p. 696, 1974
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