Biography:Gerhard Raspé

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Short description: German chemist (1928–1974)

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.

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