Career
After graduating, 1911–1913 and 1918–1919, Professor Hoffman worked as an engineer for the Garbe Lahmeyer company in the electric machine laboratory and in the construction department, in Aachen, Westphalia. He was active in social and cultural organizations, including the youth movement Sokół and local choirs.
At the end of the war, between 1918 and 1920 he became politically involved and advocated for the return of Pomerania to newly independent Poland.
In 1922 Hoffmann worked out the first plan for the electrification of Province of Pomerania. During the Stalinist era, Hoffmann was removed from any position which would have a direct effect on the development of Polish power engineering industry.
He became an instructor at the Gdańsk University of Technology in the Engineering Department working under Professor Kazimierz Kopecki. Alfons Hoffmann died on 30 December 1963 and was buried in the Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz cemetery.
In 1992, Professor A. Hoffman"s Medal was created by the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers as the Patron of all Polish Power Engineering (APEE).
Award recipients:
In 2004 Professor Xose M. Lopez-Fernandez for his activity in promoting the knowledge on Electrical Power Transformer. In 2007 Pierre Boss for outstanding merits in the field of the Power Engineering.