Academic Career:

Born: 3 May 1949 Hamburg. Doctorate: Hamburg (1978). Since 1996 Hon.-Prof., Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur, Leipzig. Europ. University Institute Florenz (1978-81), Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Lausanne (1981-87), DFG Bonn (1987-90). Avocations: Travel, Photography. Languages: Engl., French, Ital., Dutch, Portug.
- Chair of the Nominating Committee of the International Association of Law Libraries
- Chair of the Law Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations
- Chair of the Nominating Committee of the Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare (German Librarians' Association)