Eberhard Ernst Rudolph

Background

Rudolph, Eberhard Ernst was born on August 11, 1941 in Tolkemit, Germany. Son of Eberhard Willi and Rose Katarina (Bury) Rudolph.

Education

Diploma Physiker, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, 1975.

Career

System programmer, International Business Machines Corporation Research, Boeblingen, Germany, 1969-1971; senior research officer, Council for Science & Industrial Research, Pretoria, 1971-1974; manager, Rank Xerox, Duesseldorf, Germany, 1974-1976; managing director, Northern Trustee Computer Bank, Hamilton, New Zealand, 1976-1980; professor, U. Auckland, New Zealand, 1980-1989; director, Eberhard Rudolph Associations, Auckland, New Zealand, 1989-1991; professor, Hochschule Bremerhaven, Germany, since 1991. Project manager International Business Machines Corporation Guide, Chicago, 1984-1986. Director Computing Futures, Lewes, England, since 1989.

Membership

Republican Allgemeiner Studenten Ausschuss, Aachen, Germany, 1965-1966. Member Student Parliament Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, 1967-1968. Member New Zealand Computers Society (national councilor 1963-1964), International Federation Information Processing, International Function Point User Group (standard committee since 1989), Association for Computing Machinery, Deutschsprachige Anwendergruppe fuer Software Mtricund Aufwandschaetzung (chairman since 1993).

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, hiking, theater, reading.

Connections

Married Inge Ellinor Thomsen, October 31, 1967 (divorced October 30, 1989). Children: Kirsten, Anne.

Father:

Eberhard Willi Rudolph

Mother:

Rose Katarina (Bury) Rudolph

Spouse:

Inge Ellinor Thomsen

child:

Anne Rudolph

child:

Kirsten Rudolph