Executives of the Karlsruhe Research Center and its predecessor institutions

Until 1974, the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center was led by Executive Directors who were on equal footing. Their portfolio was divided into scientific-technical and commercial functions. This list includes all of these individuals.

Starting in 1974, the center was led by a board composed of several executives. Of these executives, the Chairman/Chairperson of the Board is listed here for each term.

Rudolf Greifeld (*1911, +1984)
Commercial Executive Director: 1956–1974
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/03427
Author: unknown
For more on Greifeld, see the remarks by Bernd-A. Rusinek in his monograph *Der Fall Greifeld, Karlsruhe – Wissenschaftsmanagement und NS-Vergangenheit* (Karlsruhe, 2018) (= Publications from the Archive of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 5), pp. 33–241.}

Gerhard Ritter (b. 1902, d. 1988)
Scientific and Technical Executive Director: 1956–1960
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/00109
Author: unknown
For more on Ritter, see the discussion by Bernd-A. Rusinek in his monograph *The Greifeld Case: Karlsruhe—Science Management and the Nazi Past*, Karlsruhe 2018 (= Publications from the Archives of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 5), pp. 255–273.}

Otto Haxel (*1909, +1998)
Scientific and Technical Executive Director: 1956–1962
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/05276
Author: unknown
For more on Haxel, see the remarks by Bernd-A. Rusinek in his monograph *The Greifeld Case: Karlsruhe—Science Management and the Nazi Past*, Karlsruhe 2018 (= Publications from the Archive of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 5), pp. 247–253.}

Walter Schnurr (b. 1904, d. 1982)
Scientific and Technical Executive Director: 1960–1970
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/17362
Author: unknown
For more on Schnurr, see the remarks by Bernd-A. Rusinek in his monograph *The Greifeld Case: Karlsruhe—Science Management and the Nazi Past*, Karlsruhe 2018 (= Publications from the Archive of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 5), pp. 275–288.}

Otto Haxel (b. 1909, d. 1998)
Scientific and Technical Executive Director: 1970–1974
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/05276
Author: unknown
For more on Haxel, see the remarks by Bernd-A. Rusinek in his monograph *The Greifeld Case: Karlsruhe—Science Management and the Nazi Past*, Karlsruhe 2018 (= Publications from the Archive of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 5), pp. 247–253.}

Erwin Willy Becker (Professor of Nuclear Process Engineering, b. 1920, d. 2011)
Chairman/Chairperson of the Board: 1974–1975
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/03248
Author: unknown}

Rudolf Harde (b. 1922)
Chairman/Chairperson of the Board: 1976–1983
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/03869
Author: unknown}

Horst Böhm (b. 1930)
Chairman/Chairperson of the Board: 1983–1991
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/07848
Author: unknown}

Manfred Popp (Professor of Physics, born 1941)
Chairman/Chairperson of the Board: 1991–2006
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/11736
Author: unknown}

Reinhard Maschuw (born 1943, Professor of Physics)
Acting Chairman/Chairperson of the Board: 2006–2007
_{Image source: KIT Archive 28028/13848
Author: unknown}

Eberhard Umbach (Professor of Experimental Physics, born 1948)
Chairman/Chairperson of the Board: 2007–2009, President of KIT: 2009–2013
_{KIT Archive: 28028/I 3669
Author: Markus Breig}