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| Information concentrates on a few facts and does not repeat the CIAM Record (next page) and the list of built models. - I am married and have one son. | ||
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| 1941 | Born in Obernkirchen, a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Despite the Nazi regime and WW II life seemed to be comfortable and peaceful: Grandpa led a big factory. Parents were Protestants. |  |
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| 1952 | Paper swallows and carton bombers refused to fly properly. A book, printed in Switzerland, informed about basic aerodynamics and building techniques of semi scale paper gliders. Within the following years a white 1:50 Luftwaffe had been built, without engines, however, and of short, but peaceful life span. | |
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| 1955 | Athletics began to fill the afternoons. For 30 years it became a constant source of vitality, with countless successes and defeats. 1984 I competed the last time on national level. One year later I stopped jumping and sprinting in favour of a daily jogging path in the morning. | |
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| 1960 | I got my school leaving certificate without having any idea about further studies and profession. For some personal reasons I finally studied theology. | |
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| 1967 | The university was followed by a further education period and a second examination in 1969. But instead of serving a parish I signed a contract to become press officer of the protestant student's community in Germany. | |
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| 1972 | I started a new career with Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods conglomerate, with the German headquarters in Hamburg. For 27 years I was employed as an editor of house magazines. | |
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| 1991 | The employees of the German Unilever Holding elected me into the works council, and the council made me its chairman. Employees and council re-elected me twice. | |
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| 1995 | A new task emerged for the part time assignment I held during the commitment to the works council. Research of Unilever's history became my main field of work for more than ten years. | |
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| 1999 | I was granted an early retirement scheme, left Unilever as an employee, founded an own company and continued to publish on demand and provide expert's advice. The new freedom left time to engage in model flying organisation. It turned out that having been in the chair over hundreds of works council meetings was a useful experience to lead even the most controversial aeromodelling committee. | |
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| 2006 | Work with industrial history was almost finished. With the editors of Flugmodell + Technik a series of articles had been agreed. |  |
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| 2008/ 2009 |
Within two years 28 articles have been published; seven of them appeared in the German magazine "Aufwind". |
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