I highly respected the thinking and the social ways of my grandmother and I am
glad to be able to say a few words about her at this time.
After 20 years as a professor, I retired a year ago. I continue to supervise the
research done in my laboratory and continue to teach at the Universities of Geneva
and Basel. Also, I keep travelling on trains and bicycles daily – that was the theme
of my retirement symposium (Fig. 4).
It is only now, reflecting on the past, that I realize how much I owe my
grandfather, his son Hansju ¨rgen, and my mother in coaching me to find my own
path in life, both from a professional as well as a personal point of view.
Geneva, Switzerland
U.T. Ruegg
Fig. 4 “Of channels, bicycles and other – mostly public – transporters.” Symposium for the
author’s retirement in July 2012 (Courtesy of one of the author’s sons, Martin Ruegg)
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Foreword: Memories of Hermann Staudinger by one of his grandchildren
glad to be able to say a few words about her at this time.
After 20 years as a professor, I retired a year ago. I continue to supervise the
research done in my laboratory and continue to teach at the Universities of Geneva
and Basel. Also, I keep travelling on trains and bicycles daily – that was the theme
of my retirement symposium (Fig. 4).
It is only now, reflecting on the past, that I realize how much I owe my
grandfather, his son Hansju ¨rgen, and my mother in coaching me to find my own
path in life, both from a professional as well as a personal point of view.
Geneva, Switzerland
U.T. Ruegg
Fig. 4 “Of channels, bicycles and other – mostly public – transporters.” Symposium for the
author’s retirement in July 2012 (Courtesy of one of the author’s sons, Martin Ruegg)
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Foreword: Memories of Hermann Staudinger by one of his grandchildren