Hans Sennholz

Hans F. Sennholz
Born(1922-02-03)3 February 1922
Bergkamen, Unna, Germany
Died23 June 2007(2007-06-23) (aged 85)
Resting placeSaint Johns Union Cemetery, Farmers Mills, Pennsylvania
NationalityGerman-American
Academic career
Fieldmacroeconomics, political science
InstitutionFoundation for Economic Education
(1992–1996)
Grove City College
(1956–1992)
Iona College
(1954–1955)
School or
tradition
Austrian School
Alma materNew York University
(PhD) 1955
University of Cologne
(Dr. rer. pol.) 1949
University of Marburg
(M.A.) 1948
University of Texas
InfluencesLudwig von Mises

Hans F. Sennholz (/ˈzɛnhɔːlts/; German: [ˈzɛnhɔlts]; 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 returned to the United States to study for a Ph.D. at New York University where he became Mises' first Ph.D. 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.