Hans Sennholz
| Hans F. Sennholz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 February 1922 Brambauer, Unna, Germany |
| Died | 23 June 2007 (aged 85) Grove City, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | German-American |
| Institution |
Foundation for Economic Education (1992–1996) Grove City College (1956–1992) Iona College (1954–1955) |
| Field | macroeconomics, political science |
| School or tradition |
Austrian School |
| Alma mater |
New York University (PhD) 1955 University of Cologne (Dr. rer. pol.) 1949 University of Marburg (M.A.) 1948 University of Texas |
| Influences | Ludwig von Mises |
| Influenced | Joseph Salerno, Ron Paul, Peter Boettke, Lawrence W. Reed |
Hans F. Sennholz (3 February 1922 – 23 June 2007) was a German-born American Austrian School economist and prolific author who studied under Ludwig von Mises. A Luftwaffe pilot during World War II, he was shot down over North Africa on 31 August 1942, and spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp in the United States.
After returning to Germany, Sennholz took degrees at the universities of Marburg in 1948 and Köln in 1949. He then moved to the United States to study for a Ph.D. at New York University where he became Mises' first PhD student in the United States. He taught economics at Grove City College, 1956–1992. After he retired, he became president of the Foundation for Economic Education, 1992–1997.
Joseph Salerno and Joseph Schumpeter have both praised Sennholz for his exceptional prose clarity in defense of the Austrian school.
Hans F. Sennholz was a German-born American Austrian School economist who studied under Ludwig von Mises. He was drafted into the Luftwaffe during World War II and became the pilot of a Messerschmitt Bf-109, earning the Iron Cross for valor from his engagements in Norway, France, and Russia. He was shot down over North Africa on August 31, 1942, at a time when the battle for north Africa was intensifying, and spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp in the United States, ultimately located to a POW camp in Wilson, Arkansas, where he worked from 1945 to 1946 at the Wilson dairy farm "milking 20 cows twice a day".
During his stay in Arkansas, he maintained a journal of his time as a POW prisoner. When he was transferred back to Germany in 1946, he gave the journal to a trusted guard. "Please send this to my home when the time comes." But the journal never arrived.
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