- Studied law at Bonn, Berlin and Kiel
- 1967 first state examination in law
at Bonn
- 1967-1971 Judicial/civil service training
and research assistantship in public law
at Bonn University
- 1971 second state examination in law
at the Cologne Higher Regional Court
- 1971 gained his Dr. jur. at Bonn University
- Federal Ministry of Education and Science,
finally as head of the planning group
(up to 1982)
- 1982-1990 Secretary-General of the Westdeutsche
Rektorenkonferenz (Association of Universities
and other Higher Education Institutions
in West Germany), Bonn
- since 1990 Secretary-General of the
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
- German Academic Exchange Service - (DAAD),
Bonn
- member of various relevant organisations
(including as Vice-President of the Academic
Cooperation Association, Brussels)
- awards, titles and decorations
- Dr.hc. awarded by Birmingham University,
(1995)
- Chevalier de l'Ordre National du
Mérite, (1998)
- Medal awarded for services to the
education system of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, (1999)
- Dr.hc. awarded by the Gezira University
(Sudan), (2000)
- Dr.hc. awarded by the technical
University of Mongolia, (2001)
- Commendatore Ordine al Merito della
Repubblica Italiana (2002)
- OBE – Officer of the Order
of the British Empire (2003)
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