Adolf Slaby

With the generous support of an industry he established in 1884 which was an electro-technical laboratory,[3] making Berlin the most important training center for the recently developed field of electrical technology.

He recognized immediately the meaning of this invention, and repeated the experiments in Berlin, leading to the development of essential kinetic and technical concepts.

[citation needed] Radio communications were also transmitted at several places, by Slaby at the AEG, by Marconi Wireless telegraph Co. and by Ferdinand Braun at Siemens & Halske.

Slaby became both chairman of Verein Deutscher Ingenieure and in 1893 the first chairmen of VDE, and a personal audience with William II, German Emperor.

This accomplished the social recognition of engineers and the complete equal rights of the Technische Hochschulen (institutes of technology) with the universities.

Slaby was then named chairman of the board for the Akademischer Verein Hütte (Association of Students) a position he held until 18 January 1912.