Background
Weicker, Helmut Georg was born on March 6, 1920 in Mainz, Germany. Son of Heinrich and Christine (Vollrath) Weicker.
Weicker, Helmut Georg was born on March 6, 1920 in Mainz, Germany. Son of Heinrich and Christine (Vollrath) Weicker.
Doctor of Medicine, Medical School, Frankfurt, 1946. Doctor habilitatus, Medical School, Heidelberg, 1957.
Assistant, Internal Medical County Hospital, Darmstadt, Germany, 1946-1951; chief assistant, Medical Policlinic, Heidelberg, Germany, 1952-1958; research fellow, Tufts Medical School, Boston, 1959-1961; head of department metabolic research, U. Heidelberg, 1970-1972; department chairman sportsmedicine, U. Heidelberg, 1974-1990; retired, U. Heidelberg, 1990; research associate, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1967-1969. Consultant scientific committee DSB, Frankfurt, 1975-1985, Scientific Committee Bundesinstitut, Cologne, Germany, 1976-1988.
Member Scientific Committee of Sportsmedicine (scientific publications, 1970-1985), Society of Sportsmedicine (section of teaching and research 1975-1988), American College of Sportsmedicine.
Married Irmgard Laule, August 3, 1947. Children: Ulrike, Karin.