Rudolf Hauschka (born 6 November 1891 in Vienna, Austria, died 28 December 1969 in Bad Boll, Germany) was an Austrian chemist, author, inventor, entrepreneur and anthroposophist.
Hauschka' is the brand name given to the range of skin care and cosmetics made by the Wala company from his research.
He was introduced to Anthroposophy by Karl Schubert [de], a Waldorf educator, and became president of the Wandervogel movement in Austria.
According to Hauschka himself, one of the most prominent people he met during this period was Otto Ohlendorf, the Nazi war criminal.
[1][2] In 1942 while in Vienna Hauschke married the anthroposophical doctor Margaret Stavenhagen whom he had first met in the Ita Wegman Clinical Therapeutic Institute in Arlesheim in 1929.