Education
Doctor of Philosophy, U. Gottingen.
astrophysicist meteorology institute director
Doctor of Philosophy, U. Gottingen.
Director, Max Planck Institute Physics, 1963-1972; president, Max Planck Association, 1972-1984; director general, European Space Agency, 1984-1990; president, Alexander von Humboldt Society, Bonn, Germany, since 1989.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bavarian Academy Science, Royal Astronomical Society, Austrian Academy Science, Royal Academy Sciences Madrid, International Academy of Astronautics, National Academy Air and Space, European Academy, German Academy Naturforscher Leopoldina, German Naturforshcer und Arzte, European Physical Society, German Physical Society.