HERMAN J. WOLTRING (1943-1992)
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Herman J. Woltring was born in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He obtained his Master of Science degree in
Electrical Engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology in
1970. Afterwards, he held the rank of Assistant Professor at the
University of Nijmegen where he began his research on human movement at
the Faculty of Psychology. During the academic year of 1971/72, he was
awarded a European Science Exchange Fellowship from the Royal Society
of London and The Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Pure
Research. He spent his fellowship at the University of Sussex (U.K.)
where he received an M.S. degree in Experimental Psychology. In 1977,
he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics and Physics. Afterwards, he
spent a year as a Visiting Professor, one year in the Department of
Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, Canada and in the Department
of Orthopaedics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio,
USA. Upon his return to The Netherlands, he established a consulting
company in biomechanics. In 1988, he founded Biomch-L, an electronic
newsletter for biomechanics which has several thousands of members
today. Those who remember Herman, recall his intelligent, witty and
enthusiastic character. For many of us, he was a reliable and
continuous source of information; to several, he was a colleague, but
above all he was a friend to everyone. In 1991, Herman organized a
round table discussion on standardization, at the first International
Symposium on Three-dimensional Analysis of Human Movement held in
Montreal. At the second 3-D symposium in France, he was the chairperson
of the Scientific Program until his untimely death.
Since then, Herman's memory is honoured at each symposium by dedicating
one of the keynote lectures to him. The Herman J. Woltring memorial
lecture was first given by Robin E. Herron (USA), others by Armin Gruen
(Switzerland) and Lotfi A. Zadeh (United States), to name a few.
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