Background
Fassbender, Hans Georg was born on January 29, 1920 in Koblenz, Germany. Son of Klaus and Anne (Odenhausen) Fassbender.
Fassbender, Hans Georg was born on January 29, 1920 in Koblenz, Germany. Son of Klaus and Anne (Odenhausen) Fassbender.
Graduate, University Cologne, Germany, 1945. Habilitation, University Mainz, Germany, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, University Mainz, Germany, 1945.
Professor general pathology and pathological anatomy University Mainz, Germany, 1957, research assistant Institute Pathology, 1946-1951, assistant director, 1951-1957, vice-director, 1960-1964. Associate director Institute Pathological University Zurich, Switzerland, 1958-1959. Director German Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Mainz, 1965-1977, Center for Rheuma-Pathology, World Health Organization Center, Mainz, since 1977.
Annual chairman Regensburg Board Medical Continuing Studies, 1975-1976. Visiting professor pathology Rush University, Chicago, since 1984, visiting professor biochemistry, since 1989. Visiting professor rheumatology Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, since 1984.
Visiting professor pathology University Zagreb, since 1997. Adjunct professor medicine, director section pathology World Health Organization Center, University Alabama, Birmingham, since 1984. Honorary professor Federal University Pernambuco, Brazil, 1980.
President Rheinland-Pfalz regional unit German League Against Rheumatism, Mainz, 1976-1980. Captain Medical Service, German Navy, 1965-1977. Member German Society Pathology, German Society Rheumatology, Orthopaedic Research Society, also honorary member 13 international science societies.
Married Regine Kurth, March 1957. Children: Klaus, Manuel, Susanne.