Background
Schmidt, Klaus Walter was born on July 19, 1938 in Berlin. Son of Walter J. and Elisabeth H. (Förster) Schmidt.
Fiber manufacturing company executive
Schmidt, Klaus Walter was born on July 19, 1938 in Berlin. Son of Walter J. and Elisabeth H. (Förster) Schmidt.
Diploma physics, University Frankfurt, Germany, 1963. Doctor, University Frankfurt, 1967. Philosophicum, University Munich, 1961.
Researcher University Frankfurt, 1964-1967. Professor agregado University de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, 1967-1969. Researcher Kernforschungs Zentrum, Karlsruhe, 1970.
Group leader process/product development Carl Freudenberg Nonwovens, Weinheim, Germany, 1971-1979. Manager process development Spunweb Freudenburg, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1980-1982. Tech.dir. Freudenberg Spunweb Co, Durham, North Carolina, 1983-1987, director international operations Kaiserlautern, since 1988.
Board directors Freudenberg Spunweb, Durham, 1990, Colmar, France, 1992. Director international support operations The Freudenberg Nonwovens Group.
Presbyter church, Kaiserslautern, since 1988. Member Insead Alumni (Sigma challenge 1988).
Married Ulla M. Mendelsohm, July 30, 1967. Children: Dirk, Christian.