Karl Wilhelm Roskamp

Background

Roskamp, Karl Wilhelm was born on August 19, 1923 in Leer, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany. Came to the United States, 1954. Son of Jan and Anna Bertha (Witt) Roskamp.

Education

Bachelor, University Frankfurt, 1954. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1959.

Doctor Honoris Causa (honorary), Pantheon-Assas University, Paris, 1981.

Career

Assistant professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1959-1960; assistant professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1960-1962; associate professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1962-1965; professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1965-1988; associate professor, U. Nice (France), 1974; associate professor, U. Paris 2, 1977-1984, 86; professor emeritus, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1988. Visiting professor U. Saar, Saarbrucken, 1963. President International Institute Public Finance, 1984-1987, Academy Scholars, Wayne State University, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Karl Wilhelm Roskamp has been listed as a noteworthy economics professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Capital Formation in West Germany
  • The Structure of the East German Economy

Membership

Member American Economics Association, National Tax Association, Verein für Sozialpolitik, Economistes de Langue Francaise, International Institute Public Finance (honorary).

Connections

Married Jacqueline Odette Labesse, May 25, 1957. Children: Eric Jan, Jeannette Anne.

Father:

Jan Roskamp

Mother:

Anna Bertha (Witt) Roskamp

Spouse:

Jacqueline Odette Labesse

child:

Eric Jan Roskamp

child:

Jeannette Anne Roskamp