Background
Petzow, Günter Edmund was born on July 8, 1926 in Nordhausen, Germany. Son of Edmund and Margarethe (Fillbrandt) Petzow.
Petzow, Günter Edmund was born on July 8, 1926 in Nordhausen, Germany. Son of Edmund and Margarethe (Fillbrandt) Petzow.
Bachelor in Chemistry, University Stuttgart, Germany, 1953. Master of Science in Engineering, University Stuttgart, Germany, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Sciences, University Stuttgart, Germany, 1959.
Doctorate (honorary), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1981. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 1984. Doctorate of Mining Engineering (honorary), Montanistische University Leonen, Austria, 1989.
Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Technology University Dresden, Germany, 1992. Doctorate of Industrial Chemistry (honorary), University Genova, Italy, 1992. Doctorate (honorary), University Cluy-Napoca, Romania, 1993.
Doctorate (honorary), Academy of Sciences, Slovakia, 1995.
Research associate, Max-Planck-Institute Metals Research, Stuttgart, 1960-1965;
head powder laboratory, Max-Planck-Institute Metals Research, Stuttgart, 1965-1994;
director, Max-Planck-Institute Metals Research, Stuttgart, 1973-1994;
director general, Max-Planck-Institute Metals Research, Stuttgart, 1989-1992;
professor, U. Stuttgart, 1957-1960;
emeritus honorary professor, U. Stuttgart, 1994. Member international advisory board Kanagawa Academy Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan, since 1987. Schlumberger professor University of Michigan, 1978.
Honorary professor Technology U. Berlin, 1986, Shanghai Institute Ceramics, 1988, Institute Metals Academy Sinica, China, 1994. American Society for Microbiology-Intellectual Property Multimedia Subsystem Distinguished lecturer on metallagraphy, United States, 1989.
Trustee Fraunhofer Institute Silicate Research, Würzburg, Germany, since 1980. Chairman Cooperation in Science and Technology (European Action), Brussels, 1984-1995. Vice-chairman Ministry of Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia, since 1994.
Reviewer, advisor Ministry of Science and Technology, Bonn, Germany, 1978-1992. Fellow American Society for Microbiology (honorary), American Ceramic Society (honorary). Member German Ceramic Society (board directors 1985-1988), German Society Material (president 1989-1991), Academy of Sciences Artium Europaea (Austria), European Academy of Sciences and Arts (London), International Academy Ceramics (board trustees 1988), International Metallography Society (Pres's. award 1995), Korean Society Ceramics (honorary), Japan Institute Metals (honorary), Indian Institute Metals (honorary), Japanese Materials Research Society (honorary), Powder Metallurgy Association India (honorary), Korean Society Metals (honorary).
Married Helen Amalie Mohring, January 28, 1958. Children: Heinz, Günter.