Maglev, Transport, Mobility, Transrapid, L0, Linimo, Rotem, Linear, Ecobee, Magnetbahn, Magnetschnellbahn, EMS, EDS, levitation, magnetic, traffic, photo, MAGLEV, LDIA, conference, Non Profit https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam 2026-05-25T05:48:40+00:00 The International Maglevboard johannes.kluehspies@th-deg.de Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2015-09-27T16:31:25+00:00 2015-09-27T16:31:25+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/313-detlev-j-schubsky

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/Detlev_Schubsky_TVE_2_www.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Detlev Schubsky (1953-2006) was a sociologist and a public relations manager for the Transrapid project at the Emsland test facility in Germany.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/Detlev_Schubsky_TVE_2_www.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Detlev Schubsky (1953-2006) was a sociologist and a public relations manager for the Transrapid project at the Emsland test facility in Germany.</p> 2018-05-23T02:48:35+00:00 2018-05-23T02:48:35+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/305-prof-dr-vladimir-shmatchenko

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/schmatchenko-vv.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Russian Federation</strong></p> <p>Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shmatchenko served as a professor at Saint-Petersburg Alexander I. State Railway University.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/schmatchenko-vv.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Russian Federation</strong></p> <p>Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shmatchenko served as a professor at Saint-Petersburg Alexander I. State Railway University.</p> 2015-11-27T18:05:19+00:00 2015-11-27T18:05:19+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/140-prof-dr-anatoly-a-zaitsev

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/in_memoriam/Prof_Anatoly_A_Zaitsev.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Russia, Russian Federation</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Prof. Dr. Anatoly A. Zaitsev was the State Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Scientific and Educational Engineering Cluster "Russian Maglev".</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/in_memoriam/Prof_Anatoly_A_Zaitsev.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Russia, Russian Federation</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Prof. Dr. Anatoly A. Zaitsev was the State Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Scientific and Educational Engineering Cluster "Russian Maglev".</p> 2015-09-27T16:31:25+00:00 2015-09-27T16:31:25+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/312-gerhard-hugenberg

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/IMG_6311awww.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Gerhard Hugenberg was a pioneer in the development of maglev transportation systems in Germany.&nbsp; In cooperation with German ministries, he succeeded in building the famous Transrapid test facility in Emsland, northern Germany.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/IMG_6311awww.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Gerhard Hugenberg was a pioneer in the development of maglev transportation systems in Germany.&nbsp; In cooperation with German ministries, he succeeded in building the famous Transrapid test facility in Emsland, northern Germany.</p> 2015-09-27T16:31:25+00:00 2015-09-27T16:31:25+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/384-dieter-rogg

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/in_memoriam/Dieter_Rogg_Detail.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Dieter Rogg was a well-known protagonist in the research and development of magnetic levitation systems in Germany, in particular the TRANSRAID system.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/in_memoriam/Dieter_Rogg_Detail.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Dieter Rogg was a well-known protagonist in the research and development of magnetic levitation systems in Germany, in particular the TRANSRAID system.</p> 2015-10-11T12:17:35+00:00 2015-10-11T12:17:35+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/77-karl-hartmut-blesik

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/karl-hartmut-blesik.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Hartmut Blesik passed away unexpectedly on November 8, 2006. He was one of the founders of the former German "Magnetbahnforum".</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/karl-hartmut-blesik.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Hartmut Blesik passed away unexpectedly on November 8, 2006. He was one of the founders of the former German "Magnetbahnforum".</p> 2015-10-11T09:28:53+00:00 2015-10-11T09:28:53+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/268-dr-john-harding-memo

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/dr-john-harding.jpg" /></p><p><b>United States of America</b>&nbsp;</p> <p>John Harding was the Chief Maglev Scientist for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). </p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/dr-john-harding.jpg" /></p><p><b>United States of America</b>&nbsp;</p> <p>John Harding was the Chief Maglev Scientist for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). </p> 2015-10-11T09:28:53+00:00 2015-10-11T09:28:53+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/371-emile-bachelet

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/in_memoriam/Emile_Bachelet_small_header.jpg" /></p><p><b>France / United States of America<br /></b></p> <p>Emile Bachelet was born in France in 1863. His invention is one of the premier and fundamental predecessors of the technologies surrounding modern electromagnetically levitated trains.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/in_memoriam/Emile_Bachelet_small_header.jpg" /></p><p><b>France / United States of America<br /></b></p> <p>Emile Bachelet was born in France in 1863. His invention is one of the premier and fundamental predecessors of the technologies surrounding modern electromagnetically levitated trains.</p> 2015-10-11T09:28:53+00:00 2015-10-11T09:28:53+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/370-boris-petrovich-weinberg

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/in_memoriam/Boris_Weinberg_Russia_small.jpg" /></p><p><b>Russia</b></p> <p>Boris Petrovich Weinberg&nbsp;(Вейнберг, Борис Петрович)&nbsp;headed the Department of Physics at the Tomsk Institute of Technology (1909-1924).</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/in_memoriam/Boris_Weinberg_Russia_small.jpg" /></p><p><b>Russia</b></p> <p>Boris Petrovich Weinberg&nbsp;(Вейнберг, Борис Петрович)&nbsp;headed the Department of Physics at the Tomsk Institute of Technology (1909-1924).</p> 2015-09-27T16:28:40+00:00 2015-09-27T16:28:40+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/44-prof-dr-jur-dr-ing-dieter-spethmann

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/prof-dr-jur-dr-ing-dieter-spethmann.JPG" /></p><p><strong>Germany, European Union<br /></strong></p> <p>Dieter Spethmann (* March 27, 1926 in Essen, † February 1, 2016 in Dusseldorf) was a German lawyer and industrial manager. He was CEO of Thyssen AG.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/prof-dr-jur-dr-ing-dieter-spethmann.JPG" /></p><p><strong>Germany, European Union<br /></strong></p> <p>Dieter Spethmann (* March 27, 1926 in Essen, † February 1, 2016 in Dusseldorf) was a German lawyer and industrial manager. He was CEO of Thyssen AG.</p> 2015-09-27T16:31:25+00:00 2015-09-27T16:31:25+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/45-rolf-tullum-trauernicht

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/rolf-trauernicht.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Rolf "Tullum" Trauernicht was an entrepreneur and the founder of the Trauco Group. Rolf Trauernicht actively promoted a Trans-European Maglev network.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/rolf-trauernicht.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>Rolf "Tullum" Trauernicht was an entrepreneur and the founder of the Trauco Group. Rolf Trauernicht actively promoted a Trans-European Maglev network.</p> 2018-05-23T02:48:09+00:00 2018-05-23T02:48:09+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/375-andrey-galenko

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/Dr_Andrey_Galenko_IMB.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Russian Federation <br /></strong></p> <p>Dr. Andrey Galenko was an electrical engineer and the chief designer of magnetic suspension transport with linear electric drive of JSC Engineering Scientific Center "TEMP".</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/Dr_Andrey_Galenko_IMB.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Russian Federation <br /></strong></p> <p>Dr. Andrey Galenko was an electrical engineer and the chief designer of magnetic suspension transport with linear electric drive of JSC Engineering Scientific Center "TEMP".</p> 2015-10-11T09:28:53+00:00 2015-10-11T09:28:53+00:00 https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/372-hermann-kemper

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/Kopf_200x150.png" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;Hermann Kemper (* April 5, 1892 Nortrup, Germany, in the district of Osnabrueck, † July 13, 1977) was a German engineer.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.maglevboard.net/images/Professionals/Kopf_200x150.png" /></p><p><strong>Germany</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;Hermann Kemper (* April 5, 1892 Nortrup, Germany, in the district of Osnabrueck, † July 13, 1977) was a German engineer.</p>