In memoriam - Maglev https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam Mon, 25 May 2026 05:48:40 +0000 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb johannes.kluehspies@th-deg.de (The International Maglevboard) Detlev J. Schubsky † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/313-detlev-j-schubsky https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/313-detlev-j-schubsky

Germany

Detlev Schubsky (1953-2006) was a sociologist and a public relations manager for the Transrapid project at the Emsland test facility in Germany.

]]> In memoriam Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:31:25 +0000 Prof. Dr. Boris Petrovich Weinberg (Вейнберг, Борис) † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/370-boris-petrovich-weinberg https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/370-boris-petrovich-weinberg

Russia

Boris Petrovich Weinberg (Вейнберг, Борис Петрович) headed the Department of Physics at the Tomsk Institute of Technology (1909-1924).

]]> In memoriam Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:28:53 +0000 Emile Bachelet † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/371-emile-bachelet https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/371-emile-bachelet

France / United States of America

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.

]]> In memoriam Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:28:53 +0000 Prof. Dr. jur. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Spethmann † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/44-prof-dr-jur-dr-ing-dieter-spethmann https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/44-prof-dr-jur-dr-ing-dieter-spethmann

Germany, European Union

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.

]]> In memoriam Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:28:40 +0000 Dr. Andrey Galenko † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/375-andrey-galenko https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/375-andrey-galenko

Russian Federation

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".

]]> In memoriam Wed, 23 May 2018 02:48:09 +0000 Rolf "Tullum" Trauernicht † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/45-rolf-tullum-trauernicht https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/45-rolf-tullum-trauernicht

Germany

Rolf "Tullum" Trauernicht was an entrepreneur and the founder of the Trauco Group. Rolf Trauernicht actively promoted a Trans-European Maglev network.

]]> In memoriam Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:31:25 +0000 Prof. Dr. Anatoly A. Zaitsev † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/140-prof-dr-anatoly-a-zaitsev https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/140-prof-dr-anatoly-a-zaitsev

Russia, Russian Federation

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".

]]> In memoriam Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:05:19 +0000 Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shmatchenko † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/305-prof-dr-vladimir-shmatchenko https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/305-prof-dr-vladimir-shmatchenko

Russian Federation

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shmatchenko served as a professor at Saint-Petersburg Alexander I. State Railway University.

]]> In memoriam Wed, 23 May 2018 02:48:35 +0000 Karl-Hartmut Blesik † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/77-karl-hartmut-blesik https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/77-karl-hartmut-blesik

Germany

Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Hartmut Blesik passed away unexpectedly on November 8, 2006. He was one of the founders of the former German "Magnetbahnforum".

]]> In memoriam Sun, 11 Oct 2015 12:17:35 +0000 Dr. John Harding † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/268-dr-john-harding-memo https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/268-dr-john-harding-memo

United States of America 

John Harding was the Chief Maglev Scientist for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

]]> In memoriam Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:28:53 +0000 Gerhard Hugenberg † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/312-gerhard-hugenberg https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/312-gerhard-hugenberg

Germany

Gerhard Hugenberg was a pioneer in the development of maglev transportation systems in Germany.  In cooperation with German ministries, he succeeded in building the famous Transrapid test facility in Emsland, northern Germany.

]]> In memoriam Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:31:25 +0000 Hermann Kemper † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/372-hermann-kemper https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/372-hermann-kemper

Germany

 Hermann Kemper (* April 5, 1892 Nortrup, Germany, in the district of Osnabrueck, † July 13, 1977) was a German engineer.

]]> In memoriam Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:28:53 +0000 Dieter Rogg † https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/384-dieter-rogg https://www.maglevboard.net/en/about/in-memoriam/384-dieter-rogg

Germany

Dieter Rogg was a well-known protagonist in the research and development of magnetic levitation systems in Germany, in particular the TRANSRAID system.

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