Background
Wendel, Eberhard Karl Hermann August was born on February 20, 1925 in Bechstedt, Thuringia, Germany. Son of Wilhelm Hermann and Charlotte Emilie (Mueller) Wendel.
Wendel, Eberhard Karl Hermann August was born on February 20, 1925 in Bechstedt, Thuringia, Germany. Son of Wilhelm Hermann and Charlotte Emilie (Mueller) Wendel.
Diploma in engineering, University Mining & Metallurgy, Clausthal, Germany, 1951. Doctor in Engineering, University Mining & Metallurgy, Clausthal, Germany, 1954.
Assistant research superintendent, Bergische Stahlindustrie, Remscheid, Germany, 1951-1953;
assistant blast furnaces superintendent, Metallhuettenwerke, Luebeck, Germany, 1953-1955;
assistant department director, Krupp Industriebau, Essen, Germany, 1955-1960;
managing partner, Mueller & Schmidt Pfeilringwerk, Solingen, Germany, 1960-1988;
partner, Chairman of the Board, Mueller & Schmidt Pfeilringwerk, Solingen, since 1989. Member Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gem. Selbstaendiger Unternehmer, Bonn, Germany, 1965.
Majority partner Industrias de Componentes Electrônicos Limitadas, Timbo South Carolina., Brazil, 1978.
Councilor Council of the City of Solingen, Germany, 1964-1967. Member board directors Christian Democratic Union Solingen, Germany, 1964-1976, Christian Democratic Union Mittelstandsvereinigung, Cologne, Germany, 1964-1976. Ensign Navy, 1943-1945.
Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Verein Deutscher Eisenhuettenleute, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, Rotary Club Solingen (president 1974-1975).
Married Christa Renate Brangs, August 11, 1951 (divorced January 1987). Children: Helga, Ingrid, Joachim, Eva. Married Margret Karla Heller, February 27, 1987.