Background
Wädekin, Karl-Eugen was born on May 21, 1921 in Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany. Son of Carl Alwin Friedrich and Ilse Heilwig (von Harder) Wädekin.
Wädekin, Karl-Eugen was born on May 21, 1921 in Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany. Son of Carl Alwin Friedrich and Ilse Heilwig (von Harder) Wädekin.
Student, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Leipzig, Germany, 1950.
Lecturer, U. Leipzig, 1951-1952; assistant editor, Osteuropa monthly, Stuttgart, Germany, 1955-1961; co-editor, Osteuropa monthly, Aachen, Germany, since 1961; assistant to professor, U. Aachen, 1961-1965; grantee, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, Germany, 1965-1968; professor agrarian policies, U. Giessen, Germany, 1969-1986; professor emeritus, U. Giessen, Germany, since 1986. Temporary consultant Organization of European Cooperation and Development, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), WFC, since 1988.
Member Advisory board Soviet Studies, Glasgow, since 1973, studies in Comparative Communism, Los Angeles, since 1978, Land Use Policy, London.
Married Irmingard Anna Haugg, August 18, 1945. Children: Bernhard, Martina, Till.