- Born on 12 December 1912 in Dillingen, Germany, died 5 May 2008 in Brussels, Belgium

- Nationality: German

- Magistrate (1948‒1951)

- Legal Expert in the German Federal Ministry of Justice (1951‒1953)

- Legal Adviser for the coal and steel pool in the German Federal Ministry of Finance (1953‒1954)

- Member (1954‒1955) and, subsequently, Director (1955‒1958) of the Legal Service of the Secretariat of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)

- Member of the Legal Service of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) (1958‒1967)

- Financial Controller and Director-General of the Directorate-General for Financial Control of the Commission of the European Communities (1967‒1973)