Albrecht Pfeiffer

Background

Pfeiffer, Albrecht was born on September 4, 1931 in Halle, Germany. Son of Franz and Elisabeth (Hilmer) Pfeiffer.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, A-H-Francke-Oberschule, Halle, 1964.

Career

Senior agronomist, Machinery-Tractor Station, Nöbdenitz, Germany, 1955-1958; assistant, Faculty of Agriculture, Halle, 1958-1990; senior assistant, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Leipzig, 1960-1964; science cooperative, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Leipzig, 1968-1970; associate professor, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Leipzig, 1971-1983; professor agriculture, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Leipzig, since 1983; director, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Leipzig, since 1991. Member Working Group Research in Tropical Agriculture, since 1993. Guest professor of University of Oriente, Santiago, Cuba, 1965-1967.

Achievements

• Albrecht Pfeiffer has been listed as a noteworthy Agricultural engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocation: ornithology.

Connections

Married Ingeborg Neumann, July 30, 1955 (divorced 1990). Children: Ute, Beate. Married Mechthild Dahms, June 11, 1993.

Father:

Franz Pfeiffer

Mother:

Elisabeth (Hilmer) Pfeiffer

Spouse:

Mechthild Dahms

Spouse:

Ingeborg Neumann

child:

Ute Pfeiffer

child:

Beate Pfeiffer