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The third generation of the Linde AG Executive Board: Dr. Hermann Linde as speaker of the Executive Board (1972-1976).
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| The fourth son of Richard Linde was born on November 12, 1917 in Munich, studied physics at the Technical University in Munich, receiving his Dr. rer. nat. degree in 1948. He began his professional career in January 1949 in the chemical department in Höllriegelskreuth. One year later he transferred to the process technology office. |
In 1957 he became manager of the technical office, assembly office, calculation office and manufacturing areas in Höllriegelskreuth and in Schalchen with power of attorney.
In 1961 he was appointed as a deputy member and in 1965 as a regular member of the Executive Board of Linde AG with responsibility for the low temperature engineering and process technology section of the Munich plant group. Under his leadership the former equipment manufacturer went into large plant engineering, in which Linde acted as general contractor for the customer with overall responsibility for the individual projects.
In 1970 Hermann Linde also took on the supervision of the Sürth division and a year later of refrigerated buildings as well. In 1972 he was appointed speaker of the Executive Board, a position which he held until 1976.
The ongoing restructuring of the Executive Board’s responsibilities and the centralization of the company management in Wiesbaden were left to his successor at the top of the company, Dr. Hans Meinhardt.
On September 30, 1976 Hermann Linde stepped down from the Executive Board of Linde AG and went to TU Munich as an honorary professor. He lives in Pullach, near Munich.