Paul Haensel [SEP] date of birth
Paul Haensel
Paul Haensel (, "Pavel Petrovich Gensel"; 8 February 1878 – 28 February 1949) was Russian and American financier, economist and scholar.
Early life.
Paul Haensel was born in Moscow in 1878 in the family of merchant. In 1902 he graduated Moscow Practical Commercial Academy. He became a professor of Moscow University in financial law department and in 1918-1920 he worked as a dean of the law school.
In 1921-1928 he was a consultant for the Soviet finance ministry (
Vladimir Haensel
Vladimir Haensel (1 September 1914 – 15 December 2002) was an American chemical engineer who invented the platforming process - a "plat"inum catalytic process for re"forming" petroleum hydrocarbons into gasoline. In addition, he was influential in the creation of catalytic converters for automobiles.
Life.
Haensel was born 1 September 1914 in Freiburg, Germany, but grew up in Moscow where his father Paul Haensel was a university professor of economics. He emigrated to the US in 1930 when his father took up an academic position