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Volker (name)
Volker is an old German name, derived from , (people, tribe), and (army, warrior). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Volker Beck (politician) (born 1960), German politician (Greens) * Volker Beck (athlete), East German athlete * Volker Bouffier (born 1951), German politician (CDU) * Volker Braun, German author * Volker Bruch, German actor * Volker Eckert (1959-2007), German serial killer * Volker Engel (born 1965), German-born visual effects artist with Hollywood credits * Volker Finke, German football manager and former player * Volker Grassmuck, German sociologist and media researcher * Volker Herold, German actor and director * Volker Kriegel, German jazz guitarist and composer * Volker Lechtenbrink, German television actor and singer * Volker Pispers, German political comedian * Volker Rühe, (born 1942), German politician and former Defence Minister (CDU) * Volker Schlöndorff, German filmmaker * Volker Schmidt (born 1978), German footballer * Volker S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Beck (politician)
Volker Beck (born 12 December 1960) is a German politician. From 1994 to 2017, he was a member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, for the Green Party. Beck served as the Green Party Speaker for Legal Affairs from 1994 to 2002, and as the Green Party Chief Whip in the Bundestag till 2013. He was spokesman of the Green Parliamentary Group for interior affairs and religion. In 2014 he was elected President of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group of the German Bundestag. Career Since November 2017 Beck is lecturer at the Center for Studies in Religious Sciences (CERES) at the Ruhr University Bochum. Political career Beck served as spokesman of the Association of Lesbians and Gays in Germany (Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland) LSVD for over ten years. He is a supporter of same-sex marriage and has been referred to as the "Father of the German Registered Partnership Act". Beck served as spokesperson of the Green Party's parliamentary group on le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Strassen
Volker Strassen (born April 29, 1936) is a German mathematician, a professor emeritus in the department of mathematics and statistics at the University of Konstanz. For important contributions to the analysis of algorithms he has received many awards, including the Cantor medal, the Konrad Zuse Medal, the Paris Kanellakis Award for work on randomized primality testing, the Knuth Prize for "seminal and influential contributions to the design and analysis of efficient algorithms." Biography Strassen was born on April 29, 1936, in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim.. After studying music, philosophy, physics, and mathematics at several German universities, he received his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1962 from the University of Göttingen under the supervision of . He then took a position in the department of statistics at the University of California, Berkeley while performing his habilitation at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where Jacobs had since moved. In 1968, Strassen moved to the Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voelcker
Voelcker(s)/Völcker(s) (or Volcker) is a surname, and may refer to: *Augustus Voelcker (1822–1884), German-born English agricultural chemist *Francis William Voelcker (1896–1954), British army officer * John Augustus Voelcker (1854–1937), English agricultural chemist and son of Augustus Voelcker *Paul Völckers (1891–1946), German general *John Voelcker (1927–1972), British architect and designer *Paul Volcker Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. (September 5, 1927 – December 8, 2019) was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credited with having ended the ... (1927–2019), American economist, former Federal Reserve Chairman {{surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Volker
William Volker (; ; April 1, 1859 – November 4, 1947) was an entrepreneur who turned a picture frame business into a multimillion-dollar empire and who then gave away his fortune to shape much of Kansas City, Missouri, both through the William Volker Fund and anonymously, earning him the nickname of "Mr. Anonymous." Biography Volker was one of six children born to Frederick and Dorothea Volker in Hanover, Germany. He moved with his family to Chicago in 1871 and at age 14 took a job as a clerk at a dry goods store. Wanting to further his education, he began studying accounting at Professor J. Dyhrenfurt's business college in Chicago, where he was hired a few months later as a junior teacher. In 1876, he left the college and took a position as a bookkeeper for a large picture frame company owned by another German born immigrant, Charles Brachvogel. According to Volker, this was the turning point in his business career. When Brachvogel was killed in a buggy accident three years la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Völker
Sandra Völker (born 1 April 1974) is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three (one silver, two bronze) medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There she made her second Olympic appearance. Völker competed in four Olympics, making her debut in Barcelona, Spain in 1992. See also * World record progression 50 metres backstroke This is a listing of the history of the World Record for the 50 backstroke swimming event. Swimming World Records are maintained by FINA, the international sports federation which oversees the sport. World Records are recognized only in meter-cou ... References Personal homepage* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Lübeck German female swimmers German female backstroke swimmers German female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Germany Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Völker
Sabine Völker (born 11 May 1973) is a German former speed skater who won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics, after winning three individual medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal .... ReferencesSabine Völker at SkateResults.com (in German) Photos of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Volcker
Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. (September 5, 1927 – December 8, 2019) was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credited with having ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. He previously served as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1975 to 1979. President Jimmy Carter nominated him to succeed G. William Miller as Fed chairman and President Ronald Reagan renominated him once. Volcker did not seek a third term at the Fed and was succeeded by Alan Greenspan. After his retirement from the Board, he chaired the Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011 during the subprime mortgage crisis. Early life and education Volcker was born in Cape May, New Jersey, the son of Alma Louise (née Klippel, 1892–1990) and Paul Adolph Volcker (1889–1960).Treaster (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Volker
Kurt Douglas Volker (born December 27, 1964) is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to NATO and served as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership. He worked in a volunteer capacity as the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine until his resignation on September 27, 2019. Background Kurt Volker was born in 1964 in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, to Benjamin and Thelma (Rowdon) Volker. After graduating from Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School, Volker graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in International Affairs in 1984. He was awarded an M.A. in International Relations from The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs in 1987. Career Public service After a short tenure as a CIA analyst, in 1988, Volker joined the United States Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer in the United States Foreign Service. While in the Foreign Service, he served in various assignments overseas including London and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Völker
Karl Völker (17 October 1889 – 28 December 1962) was a German architect and painter associated with the New Objectivity movement. He was born in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. After an apprenticeship as an interior decorator from 1904 to 1910, he studied from1912–1913 at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts where Richard Guhr was his teacher. His first solo exhibition was in 1918 at the Halle Kunstverein. Völker was the director of the Halle Artists Group, founded in 1919 and associated with the Berlin November Group.Crockett, 141. In the early years of the Weimar Republic he contributed many articles and prints to newspapers of the KPD (Communist Party of Germany). He joined the Berlin "Red Group" in 1924 and was a contributor to the journal ''Das Wort''.Michalski, 219. His early paintings, such as ''Industriebild'' (''Industrial Picture'', 1923) are in a constructivist style.Schmied, 15. His painting ''Railroad Station'' (1924) celebrates both the station—newly built by Halle' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Völker
Franz Völker (31 March 1899, Neu-Isenburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 4 December 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse) was a dramatic tenor who enjoyed a major European career. He excelled specifically as a performer of the operas of Richard Wagner. He was discovered by the conductor Clemens Krauss and he studied singing at Frankfurt, where he made his début as Florestan in Beethoven's only operatic work, ''Fidelio'', in 1926. Engagements followed in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and London, where he appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1934 and 1937. He also performed often at the Salzburg Festival and the Bayreuth Festival, earning considerable public and critical acclaim. Roles that he sang during this period, in addition to Fidelio, included ''Parsifal'', ''Lohengrin'', Siegmund in Wagner's ''Die Walküre'' and Max in Weber's ''Der Freischütz''. Later in his career, he sang the lead role in Verdi's ''Otello''. He taught singing in Stuttgart, Germany, after retiring from the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Volker
Floyd W. Volker (June 21, 1921 – January 5, 1995) was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the National Basketball League (NBL), the National Professional Basketball League (NPBL), and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the early days of professional basketball. Volker, a 6'4 forward from Casper High School in Casper, Wyoming, went on to play collegiately at the University of Wyoming. He was a starting forward on the Cowboys' 1943 national championship team as a junior. After a pause in his career to serve in the US military during World War II, Volker returned to campus for his senior year in 1946–47. After his college playing days, Volker signed with the Oshkosh All-Stars of the NBL in 1947. In 1949, when the NBL and the Basketball Association of America merged to form the NBA, the All-Stars were disbanded and Volker was assigned to the Indianapolis Olympians for the inaugural season of the NBA. During the season, his rights were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Völker
Sofia Alexandra Völker (born 1989) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Stockholm County since September 2014. Völker is the daughter of engineer Per Völker and psychotherapist Marie Lundman Völker. She has a bachelor's degree in politics and a doctorate in political science from Stockholm University. She has been a member of the municipal council in Sundbyberg Municipality Sundbyberg Municipality (''Sundbybergs kommun'' or ''Sundbybergs stad'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urba ... since 2014. References 1989 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Sundbyberg Municipality Stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
