Norbert von Kunitzki, (b. 1934 in

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died November 25, 2005 in a climbing accident in

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), was a

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expert

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, businessman and university president.

Biography

M. von Kunitzki was a student of

Antwerp University The University of Antwerp ( nl, Universiteit Antwerpen) is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UA'', but ''UAntwerpen'' is more recently used. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 stude ...

and began working for Arbed in 1954. In 1971 he became CFO of the

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company. He joined as a lecturer at the Centre Universitaire Luxembourg in 1971. In 1984 he became a general director of (as it was called then) Sidmar Ghent (later to become part of Arcelor). He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghent in 1991. In 1994 he became president of the Sidmar group and in 1998 returned to Luxembourg as the president of the Centre Universitaire Luxembourg later to become the University of Luxembourg. Norbert von Kunitzki was also president of the Consumer Protection Association of Luxembourg and Vice President of

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. Furthermore, he was President o
l'Institut d'études européennes et internationales du Luxembourg
The Bridge – Forum for Dialogue

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, a member of the Board of Systran, a member of the Board of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, of the

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and of Europe tower. Additionally, he had the foresight to serve as Chairman of the Board for EuroSignCard, S.A. an Internet security start-up organization (ESC). This enterprise was positioned to become a trusted third party (TTP) for banking transactions in Luxembourg (circa 2000). ESC was a partner of the American Bankers Association and attempted to create a validation authority for digital certificates used by the banking community.

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Luxembourgian economists Luxembourgian educators Luxembourgian businesspeople Academic staff of the University of Luxembourg 1934 births 2005 deaths University of Antwerp alumni Accidental deaths in Vietnam 20th-century businesspeople {{EU-economist-stub