About you
Favorite quote: 
there is no "can't"
Age: 
55
Locations
City: 
Basel / Switzerland - Chicago
State: 
Illinois
Country: 
SWITZERLAND
Where did you grow up?: 
Germany / Florida
Family
Describe your immediate household: 
have always had a dog and many, many books
How many children do you have?: 
1
How many grandchildren?: 
2
Any great-grandchildren?: 
none
More about you - details
Describe some of the important experiences of your life: 
living & building up a successful career in the US versus living & building up a successful career in Europe - variety & clash of cultures
What's your biggest regret?: 
spent too much time on my career instead of on my family
List your most inspiring heroes.: 
Ghandi - Golda Meir -
List your favorite movies.: 
Dr. Shivago - LA Law - the medical show with the doc walking w a crutch - here in Switzerland we have different names for that show -
List the most recent books you have read.: 
"Ich bin dann mal weg" (about Santiago di Compostella & the pilgrim's routes in Europe) , "Culture of the Baskenland", "Die Säulen der Erde"
Who are your favorite musicians?: 
Beatles - Reggae - Blues - Jazz (Birds-eye Jazzclub Basel, Leonard Cohen, but also a lot of classical music and/or current music.
Where would you most like to travel?: 
to historical places all over the world - world heritage places - to all world expos (last one was in Zaragoza, Spain - great!)
What is your educational background?: 
Philology & Business
List the most interesting people you have known or met.: 
Ms. Ebby Halliday, Dallas & the Bush family, top managers of pharmaceutical companies, and, actually, everybody I meet is interesting to me.
What organizations do you belong to?: 
ATA (American Translators Organisation), European philologists
If you had an extra $100,000 to give away, what would you do?: 
Right now I would help the victims of flood / hurricane in the Carribic and in the Golf of Mexico.

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