{geni:about_me} Henry Hausner was a pioneer in powder metallurgy. After working closely with Paul Schwarzkopf (http://www.geni.com/people/Paul-Schwarzkopf/6000000013592537599) in Reutte in Austrian Tyrol, who played a key role indeveloping the use of Wolfram in incandescent lamps, he moved to the USA to escape Nazi persecution after Hitler occupied Austria, as did Schwarzkopf. In the USA he rapidly became involved in war work, and contributed to developing ignition systems in the Manhattan Project. After serving as Professor at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute he led the metallurgical research lab for Sylvania Electric Products in New York and then worked for the nuclear engineering division of Penn-Texas Corporation, NY. He kept his association with Schwarzkopf who had returned to Austria to run Metallwerk Plansee and edited a journal for him as well as becoming consultant and editor of the International Journal of Powder Metallurgy with his assistant Helen Friedmann for the American Powder Metallurgy Institute at Princeton.

Prof. Hausner's other main interest was classical music, and this already led him in the late 1950s to return regularly to the Austrian city of Salzburg that he so loved and set up a home there in addition to his flat on Long Island. His Salzburg home was built in typical alpine style high up on the slopes of the Kapuzinerberg overlooking the river and the city. But a couple of years after he had set up house there, his first wife Lisl died. Circumstanceswere not kind to Hausner in his married life - only six years later his second wife died. Ten years later Hausner married again, Ada Pick, and when she lay dying in 1984 she urged him to marry their close friend Lotte Sieber. whoin the end survived him by 9 years.

Hausner's love of music led him to undertake a thorough study of Mozart's and Salieri's student Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who was best known for completing and publishing Mozart's Requiem after the great composer's death. After completing his research Hausner authored the monograph "Franz Xayer Süßmayr" published by Bergland-Verlag in Wien in 1964, which became a standard work on Süssmayr.

Hausner was the youngest son of Helene and Hans, and was born ten years after his two brothers. He kept a close relation to his jewish-born but catholic mother and rushed back to Austria as soon as the war ended to try find her. Helene had been deported to Theresienstadt, where she survived by a miracle. Hausner took her back to Vienna, but could not persuade her to come with him to the USA. She never really recovered from the terror of Theresienstadt anddied two years later.


Obituary by John Keith Beddow:
http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1002/ppsc.19950120411

Source of vital data on Hausner family: Peter Tritsch (Melbourne) private communication 2000; SSDI.
Source of personal information on Prof. Hausner: Gertrude Hausner (Vienna).
Source of career information: internet.

Date of birth conflict: Peter Tritsch (Vienna records) 30 June, SSDI 1 June.


August 2014 additions by pip:

Professor Dr. Henry "Heinz" Hermann HAUSNER: b. 1 June 1901, Wien /Vienna - d. 4 July 1995, New York?
Engineer. Expert on powder metallurgy etc.
cf. amongst various other sources:
Hausner ratio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausner_ratio
The Hausner ratio is a number that is correlated to the flowability of a powder or granular material. It is named after the engineer Henry H. Hausner (1900–1995).[1][2]
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Professor Dr. Henry H. Hausner, 1900–1995 - Beddow - 2004 - Particle & Particle Systems Characterization - Wiley Online Library

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppsc.19...0C307BAA18B0A.f03t04

Professor Dr. Henry H. Hausner, 1900–1995
John Keith Beddow
Article first published online: 15 SEP 2004
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.19950120411
Copyright © 1995 Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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HENRY HAUSNER (1901-1995) | Social Security Death Index | Death Records
http://www.mocavo.com/Henry-Hausner-1901-1995-Soci...07165319590855750843

First Name: Henry
Middle Initial: H
Last Name: Hausner
Birth Date: 1901-06-01
Death Date: 1995-07-04
Last Residence ZIP: Xx972
Birth Month: 06
Birth Day: 01
Birth Year: 1901
Death Month: 07
Death Day: 04
Death Year: 1995
SSN: 097-14-4647
State of SSN Issue: New York

About Henry H Hausner
Henry H Hausner was born on Saturday, June 1st, 1901 and died on Tuesday, July 4th, 1995 at the age of 94. Henry is a member of the Hausner Family. HENRY 's last known place of residence was XX972 .


as well as ...
Men of Metals and Materials: My Memoires - Gopal S. Upadhyaya - Google Books

http://books.google.de/books?id=w9_-VuflpjoC&p...HICA&redir_esc=y

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Beryllium, Its Metallurgy and Properties - Google Books

http://books.google.de/books?id=FCnUN45cL1cC&p...HICA&redir_esc=y

N.B. Middle name: "Herman".