From 1908 to 1921, Friedrich Springorum became general director and sole board member of Hoesch AG. Springorum was also a co-founder of the Society of Friends and Sponsors of RWTH Aachen e. V. (ProRWTH), which has been awarding the Springorum commemorative coin since 1925.[2]
On 24 October 1920, Springorum was awarded honorary citizenship by the RWTH Aachen. He was also awarded the title of a council of commerce and received an honorary doctorate from the TH Breslau and University of Leeds. Springorum was also politically active and was a member of the city council of Dortmund.Шаблон:Cn Springorum was married. His sons were Fritz Springorum (1886-1942) and Otto Springorum (1890-1955).
Publications
Springorum, Friedrich. In: Robert Volz: Reich Handbook of German Society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , pp. 1814-1815.
Walter Bertram: Friedrich Springorum (1858-1938). In: Rheinisch-Westfälische *Wirtschaftsbiographien, Volume V. Aschendorff, Münster 1953, pp. 122–146.
Karl-Peter Ellerbrock: Springorum, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, Шаблон:ISBN , p. 763 f. ( Digitized ).
