Frederick Schumann Kempe

Background

Kempe, Frederick Schumann was born on September 5, 1954 in Salt Lake City. Son of Fritz Gustav and Johanna Irmgardt Kempe.

Education

Bachelor in Comm. magna cum laude, U. Utah, 1976; Master of Arts in journalism, Columbia University, 1977; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Maryland., 1995.

Career

Copy editor, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, 1974-1976; free-lance writer, Chicago Daily News, Christian Science Monitor, Rome, 1977-1978; Frankfurt correspondent, Associated Press-Dow Jones, Germany, 1978-1979; Bonn correspondent, Newsweek, Germany, 1979-1981; London correspondent, The Wall St. Journal (United States of America), 1981-1984; Vienna bureau chief, The Wall St. Journal (United States of America), Austria, 1984-1986; chief diplomatic correspondent, The Wall St. Journal (United States of America), Washington, 1986-1989; founder, managing editor, Center European Economics Review, 1993-1994; editor, Center European Economics Review, 1995-1996; managing editor, Wall St. Journal Europe, Brussels, 1992-1996; editor, associate publication, Wall St. Journal Europe, since 1998.

Achievements

• Frederick Schumann Kempe has been listed as a notable Newspaper editor, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Siberian Odyssey: A Voyage Into the Russian Soul

    (An account of an expedition down Siberia's Ob River descr...)

  • Siberian Odyssey: A Voyage Into the Russian Soul by Frederick Kempe (1992-07-17)

Membership

Member Council Foreign Rels., International Institute Strategic Studies.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, skiing, basketball.

Connections

Father:

Fritz Gustav Kempe

Mother:

Johanna Irmgardt Kempe