Background
Oksche, Andreas was born on July 27, 1926 in Riga, Latvia.
Oksche, Andreas was born on July 27, 1926 in Riga, Latvia.
Doctor of Medicine, U. Marburg, Germany, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy (Habilitation), U. Marburg, Germany, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy (Habilitation), U. Kiel, Germany, 1961; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (honorary), University Giessen, Germany, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Lund, Sweden, 1986; Drhc, U Strasbourg, France, 1995; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Lund, Sweden, 1986.
Research associate, U. Marburg, Germany, 1952-1960; research associate, Washington State University, Pullman, 1957; German Academic Exchange Service scholar, Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1957; lecturer, U. Kiel, Germany, 1961-1964; professor anatomy, U. Giessen, Germany, 1964-1994; department chairman anatomy, U. Giessen, Germany, 1966-1973; dean faculty medicine, U. Giessen, Germany, 1968-1969; department chairman anatomy and cytobiology, U. Giessen, Germany, 1973-1989; professor emeritus, U. Giessen, Germany, since 1994. Chairman of the Board curators W.G. Kerckhoff Institute, Max Planck Society, Bad Nauheim, Germany, 1979. District visiting scholar U. Adelaide Australia, 1982.
Fellow Royal Physiographical Society Academy Lund. Member German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Anatomische Gesellschaft (honorary member), New York Academy of Sciences, Latvian Academy of Sciences, American Association Anatomy (honorary member).
Married Gudula Vaupel, March 29, 1956. Children: Martin, Jan, Alexander.