Theo summer

Theo summer (* 10. June 1930 in Konstanz) is a German journalist.

training

after its 1949 in Swabian Gmünd put down Abitur studied summers history and political sciences to the Åsa Folkhögskola, Sweden, at the University of Tübingen, at the Manchester college in Indiana, the USA, and at the University OF Chicago. Summer attained a doctorate with Hans Rothfels in Tübingen to the Dr. phil. with a work over Germany and Japan between powers, 1935-1940. Subsequently, in the summer 1960, he participated in Henry Kissingers international seminar in Harvard University .

journalist

summer works since 1949 as a journalist. Its career began during the rem newspaper in Swabian Gmünd, where it was active as a restaurant editor from 1952 to 1955. 1958 became summer then political editor with the time, their editor-in-chief it of the 1. January 1973 up to 30. September 1992 was. Afterwards it functioned from the 1. October 1992 up to 31. March 2000 as publishers. Since 1. April 2000 is summer editor RK Large with the time.

In addition summer worked also for foreign press organs. Like that it was a columnist of many years with Newsweek international, Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo), Jong Ang Ilbo (Seoul).

Hamburg had further offices

and activities summers from 1967 to 1970 a training order for political sciences at the university. In the winter semester 1972 he taught European Studies at the center for to the Harvard University.

1969/70 were summer among Federal Ministers of Defense Helmut Schmidt director/conductor of the planning staff in the Federal Ministry of the defense. From 1970 to 1972 it was member of the military structure commission of the Federal Government.

Since 1992 summer is in the executive committee of the German world hunger assistance.

In addition it was in the years 1999 and 2000 deputy chairmen of the Weizsäcker commission „common security and future of the German Federal Armed Forces “and from January 2001 to June of 2001 directors/conductors „of the work staff Dr. Summer “for the investigation of handling of the German Federal Armed Forces with dangerous materials and endangerments such as uranium ammunition, radar, asbestos.

other

summer is uncle that B-prominent Ariane summer.