Background
Meissner, Rudolf Otto was born on June 15, 1925 in Dortmund, Germany. Son of Alfred Richard and Gertrud Maria (Auffermann) Meissner.
Meissner, Rudolf Otto was born on June 15, 1925 in Dortmund, Germany. Son of Alfred Richard and Gertrud Maria (Auffermann) Meissner.
Diploma, University Frankfurt, 1953. Doctor, University Frankfurt, 1955. Habilitation, University Frankfurt, 1966.
Party leader, Prakla, Europe, Africa, 1955-1959;
supervisor, Shell Oil Corporation, Tripolis, Libya, 1959-1961;
assistant professor, University Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, 1961-1969;
lecturer, University Frankfurt, Hesse, 1966-1969;
lecturer, University Mainz, Rhineland, Germany, 1966-1969;
visiting professor, Hawaiian Institute Geophysics, 1969-1970;
professor, director, Institute Geophysics, Kiel University, Schleswig-Holstein, 1971-1996. Dean mathematics-science faculity U. Kiel, 1981-1983. Chairman working group International Lithosphere Project, 1987-1990.
Chairman FKPE, Germany, 1991-1993.
Member steering committee, board directors Dekorp, 1985-1997. President Alfred Wegener Foundation, 1994-1997. Member European Geophysical Society (president 1985-1987), Europe Academy, Association Royal Astronomical Society, International Geologic Correlation Program, Geophysical Gesellschaft (honorary).
Married Sofia Theresa Hitzegrad, October 15, 1954. Children: Monika, Gunter.