Background
Muench, Richard Friedrich was born on May 13, 1945 in Niefern, Germany. Son of Richard F. and Lisa A. (Issel) Muench.
Muench, Richard Friedrich was born on May 13, 1945 in Niefern, Germany. Son of Richard F. and Lisa A. (Issel) Muench.
Master of Arts, University Heidelberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Heidelberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1971.
Assistant, U. Augsburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1970-1974; associate professor, U. Cologne, Federal Republic Germany, 1974-1976; professor sociology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Germany, 1976-1995; professor sociology, Otto-Friedrich-U. Bamberg, Germany, since 1995. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1985, 86, 88, 89.
Member Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Soziologie, American Sociological Association, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Sigrun Sterzenbach, April 22,1966 (divorced December 1992). 1 child, Patrick; married Petra Mittendorf, February 10, 1995.