Leander Petzoldt

Background

Petzoldt, Leander was born on August 28, 1934 in Rennerod, Hessen, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Walter Gustav Adolf and Maria (Normann) Petzoldt.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Joh. Gutenberg U., Mainz, Federal Republic Germany, 1964; staatsexamen, U. Mainz, Federal Republic Germany, 1965, 67; habilitation, U. Giessen, 1974.

Career

Research assistant, Akademie d. Wissenschaften u.d. Literature, Mainz, 1963-1965; assessor, Gymnasium (High School), Wiesbaden, Federal Republic Germany, 1965-1967; assistant professor, U. Freiburg (Federal Republic Germany), 1967-1973; professor, Pedagogical Higher School, Weingarten, 1973-1984; professor, head of institute, Institute European Ethnology, U. Innsbruck (Austria), since 1985. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1985.

Lecturing professor of University Zürich, Switzerland, 1988-1989.

Achievements

• Leander Petzoldt has been listed as a noteworthy Cultural anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Society International d'Ethnologie et de Folklore, International Society forFolk-Narrative Research, Academy for Children's and Juvenile Literature.

Connections

Married Leonie Sanner, Aug.27, 1965. Children: Ruth, Bettina.

Father:

Walter Gustav Adolf Petzoldt

Mother:

Maria (Normann) Petzoldt

Spouse:

Leonie Sanner

child:

Bettina Petzoldt

child:

Ruth Petzoldt