Dr. Rudolf Weber

Rudolf Florian Maria Weber—his full name—was born the son of attorney Arthur Maria Weber. In October 1902, Arthur Weber became embroiled in a heated dispute with a member of the Brixia fraternity, who challenged him to a duel—which he naturally refused. In March 1903, as a reserve officer, he was demoted to the rank of private by a military court-martial. Along with Josef Hintner-Aschauer and Roman von Ramponij zu Rosenhof, among others, he was one of the CV members who had their reserve officer rank revoked before 1914 for refusing to duel.

After graduating from high school in 1944, Rudolf Weber was able to begin his studies at the University of International Trade in Vienna under difficult circumstances and, in early May 1945, took part in the liberation of Innsbruck under the leadership of his future fraternity brother Ludwig Steiner.

In the fall of 1945, Weber began his studies at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Innsbruck, where he joined the Austria Innsbruck fraternity. However, he transferred to the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Vienna (Dr. iur. 1948). Later, he also became a member of the Norica fraternity.

After completing his studies, Weber initially worked in the private sector but went on to become one of the first Austrians after the war to win a Fulbright scholarship. Thanks to this scholarship, he was able to study economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States during the 1950–51 academic year. After returning to Austria and spending another year in the private sector, he joined the corporate division of Creditanstalt-Bankverein AG. Later, he held various executive positions at different companies, including Deputy General Manager of Leykam-Mürztaler Papier- und Zellstoff AG.