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Dr. Theodor Hettinger
Theodor Hettinger (March 20, 1922 - March 9, 1994) was a German physician and co-founder of modern occupational medicine.
He was born in Niederselters, Germany and attended at the Medical Faculty ...view moreTheodor Hettinger (March 20, 1922 - March 9, 1994) was a German physician and co-founder of modern occupational medicine.
He was born in Niederselters, Germany and attended at the Medical Faculty of the University of Frankfurt am Main, graduating in 1948. Following his studies, he was employed at a hospital in Katzenelnbogen (near his birthplace) and at the Max Planck Institute in Dortmund. He was also intermittently stationed at the Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia. He was also the manager of the business center at Rheinstahl AG in Mülheim from 1960-1976.
He completed his thesis at the RWTH Aachen University in 1968 and subsequently became a Privatdozent (denotes the ability to teach a designated subject at university level, without being a professor), a position he held until 1976, at which time he moved to the Bergische Universität Wuppertal (founded in 1972) and took up a professorship at their Institute for Occupational Medicine, Safety and Ergonomics (ASER). He retired a few days after his 65th birthday.
He was awarded the Ruhr Prize for Art and Science from the City of Mülheim in 1972 and the Prize of the Congress for Occupational Safety and Health in 1981.
Hettinger died in Mülheim an der Ruhr in 1994.view less