Background
Polter, Dirk Meints was born on April 15, 1942 in Oranienburg, Germany. Son of Hans Rudolf and Aafke Friederike Polter.
Polter, Dirk Meints was born on April 15, 1942 in Oranienburg, Germany. Son of Hans Rudolf and Aafke Friederike Polter.
First State Exam, University Hamburg, Germany, 1967; 2d State Exam, University Mainz, Germany, 1972; doctorate in law, 1975.
Junior lawyer, various public authorities, Rhineland, Palatinate., Germany, 1968-1972; research assistant, University, Mainz, Germany government official, Federal Research Ministry, Bonn, Germany, 1973-1975; trainee, European Space Agency, Paris, 1976; private secretary to state secretary, Federal Research Ministry, 1977-1981; science counselor, German Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1981-1984; Executive Board, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany, 1985-1989; Executive Board member, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Munich, since 1989. Secretary general European Association Contract Research Organisation, Paris, since 1989.
Married Annette Doris Stenderhoff, May 2, 1974. Children: Caroline, Moritz, Cornelius.