Background
Loeber, Dietrich André was born on January 4, 1923 in Riga, Latvia. Son of August J. and Emilie E. (Mentzendorff) Loeber.
Loeber, Dietrich André was born on January 4, 1923 in Riga, Latvia. Son of August J. and Emilie E. (Mentzendorff) Loeber.
Diploma, The Hague (Netherlands) Academy International Law, 1951. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1953. Doctor iuris, University Marburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1951.
Exchange scholar, Moscow State University, 1961. Doctor iuris (honorary), University Latvia, 1991.
Senior research fellow Max-Planck Institute, Hamburg, 1958-1966. Professor law University Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, 1966-1989, dean Federal Republic Germany, 1985-1987, professor emeritus Federal Republic Germany, from 1989. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1970, 74, Stanford University, 1971, 73, Adelaide University, 1977, Columbia University, 1980-1981, 83, University California, Berkeley, 1985, 86, University Latvia, 1991, Tartu University, Finland, 1991.
Research associate, Harvard Law School, 1963-1964. Board directors Federal Institute Communist and International Studies, Cologne, 1984-1990.
Member Association des Auditeurs de l'Academie de Droit International de La Haye (life), American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (life, board directors 1986-1994), Latvian Academy of Sciences (foreign, Great medal 1995), Baltic Society (honorary, presidium since 1991).
Married Anita B. Hasselblatt, April 7, 1955. Children: Tatjana, Silvia, Alexis, John.