Education
Student, University Berlin, U. Vienna Doctor of Medicine, U. Vienna, 1942.
consultant aerospace medicine professor
Student, University Berlin, U. Vienna Doctor of Medicine, U. Vienna, 1942.
Flight, brigade and division surgeon, Luftwaffe, Germany, 1942-1945;
senior medical specialist to medical director, Tbc Hospitals Amberg, Woellershof, Bassum, Germany, 1949-1958;
medical staff and task officer, chief of branch, German Ministry Defense, 1958-1967;
command surgeon to surgeon general, German Air Force, 1967-1972;
commanding general, German Armed Forces Medical Command, 1972-1977;
associate professor to professor of aerospace medicine, Justus Liebig U., Giessen, Germany, since 1974. Member Executive Council DGLR, 1974-1987, 93-96. Committee Space Research (COSPAR)/International Council Science Unions, United Nations, Paris, 1982.
Consultant Federal Ministry Research and Technology, Bonn, 1977-1989, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm-Entwicklungsring Nord Aerospace Industries, Bremen, 1978-1989. Member aerospace medical panel Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development/North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Paris, 1968-1977, chairman, 1974-1976.
Major General German Air Force Medical Corps (retired). Fellow Associate of Applied Science, ACCP, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aerospace Medical Association, Bank for International Settlements, RAes, Air Force CASI, New York Academy Science. Member Academie National de l'Air et de l'Espace (honorary, France), Chinese Academy Space Research, Accademia di Storia dell 'Arte Sanitaria (Italy), Medical & Aerospace Socs.
(worldwide, honorary), International Academy.Aviation and Space Medical, International Academy Astronautics, International Academy Chest Physicians, Academy Cosmologica Nova.