Helmut von Papen

Helmut von Papen (* 1940 in Berlin ) is a German science journalist and medical journalist. He writes on pharmacology, Indian studies , aviation and history , among other things . He was the publisher of medical journals on dermatology and respiratory diseases.

Professional and professional development

Helmut von Papen and his wife Gerhilt von Papen, 2002

Born in Berlin, Helmut von Papen experienced the Second World War and the end of the war in Western Pomerania . After the eviction, he started school in his hometown. During his school days he learned to fly. After his university entrance qualification, he did voluntary service in the air force of the Bundeswehr and as a reserve officer, accompanying his studies, service in the TV (territorial defense ) of the Bundeswehr. During his studies of economics and social sciences in Frankfurt and Los Angeles , graduating with a "master's degree", he acquired American and German private pilot licenses, the private pilot license (PPL) and the license for controlled visual flight (CVFR). He became a member of the German Aerospace Society (DGLR) in Bonn. There he headed the Aerospace History Department . So it came about that Helmut von Papen made the area of Air and Space one of his journalistic and journalistic focuses.

After completing his studies, he became an employee of the then Farbwerke Hoechst AG in Frankfurt-Höchst . Under the management board for the field of chemistry and pharmacy, he was responsible for scientific communication with chemists, pharmacologists and doctors. 1970–1972 he headed the Hesse regional group of the BDW Bund Deutscher Werberater e. V. in Frankfurt the "Frankfurter Werbe-Seminare", for the post-qualification of business economists in the field of communication sciences. From 1969 to 1971 he organized the journalistic support of several election campaigns of the Frankfurt and Hessian CDU on a voluntary basis . In 1972 he accepted Rainer Barzel's offer to work as controller for the field of journalistic and media campaign activities for the 1972 federal election .

For three years in the mid-1970s he was one of three managing directors for the field of building science information, advertising and PR for wood in the field of construction and expansion at the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Holz e.V." in Düsseldorf, active. Here he dealt intensively with architecture, planning and development of building elements. In this position he was also editor-in-chief and publicist of various publications and specialist publications on this topic at ArGe Holz e. V. His main interest was the connections between different materials. In the 1975 summer semester, Papen gave lectures on communication science at RWTH Aachen University.

Research on Indian studies and anthropology

The activities in medical journalism and in the DGLR resulted in frequent stays in the USA . Here he was able to build on his first encounters with the urban and peasant culture of the Anasazi and their neighboring cultures in Four Corner ( Utah , Colorado , Arizona and New Mexico ), which he had already got to know during his stay with the Air Force in Texas and New Mexico . This cultural area became the subject of his 40 years of research in the field of Indian studies of North America. One of his best-known works is the proof that the term race should be obsolete as a differentiation between human regional groups and that a differentiation is only possible according to mtDNA lines (Haplogroups). Furthermore, his investigations showed that skin color cannot be a criterion in the division of races. On the basis of current research, he demonstrated that skin color only has to do with the angle of the sun in which a human population lives for over 1000 years.

Trade journals

Helmut von Papen published and edited medical journals between 1990 and 2004.

• Editor-in-chief of the medical editorial board of Der Niedergelassene Arzt , Cologne
• "Skin". Magazine for Dermatology, Skin Allergies, Phlebology, Venereology, from 1990.
• "Air". Magazine for diseases of the lower and upper respiratory tract, from 1996
• "Skin". Magazine for dermatology, skin allergies, phlebology, venereology, from 1999

Fonts (selection)

Business administration

• NETZPLANTECHNIK Networking of production, warehousing and sales; BWL-Verlag, Frankfurt 1970
• PROCESS COST MANAGEMENT in product development, the market determines the price; BWL-Verlag, Frankfurt 1971
• BREAK EVEN POINT Investment return, costs and profit become transparent; BWL-Verlag, Frankfurt 1972
• CASH FLOW Control of the liquidity flow; BWL-Verlag, Frankfurt 1973
• CLAIM MANAGEMENT responsibility control u. Assurance of claims in property construction, with co-author Manfred Michalski, Düsseldorf; BWL-Verlag, Frankfurt 1979

American Studies

• Pueblos and Kivas, The History of ANASAZI and Its Neighbors, 2000, ISBN 3-00-006869-4
• Natchez . The Sun Kingship on the Mississippi. 2002. ISBN 3-00-009877-1
• Skin colors are the result of evolutionary processes; They are a balancing act between the necessary absorption and simultaneous protection against excessive doses of UV radiation; SKIN Classical and Cosmetological Dermatology, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1st quarter 2005, ISSN  1438-163X
• The farmers in the Aztec Empire, MWM Magazin f. Science and Medicine, Vol. 1, Issue 3, May 2001, ISSN  1617-1535
• Pecos Pueblo, A settlement and trade center of the Rio Grande Pueblo, MWM Magazin f. Science and Medicine, Vol. 1, February 2001, ISSN  0170-2513
• Anasazi, Critical Comments on Current Theses; Magazine for American Studies, Issue 1, 1st Quart. 2004, ISSN  0170-2513
• Extinction of large mammals after the Ice Age in North America (1); Magazine for American Studies, Issue 2. 2nd Quart. 2004, ISSN  0170-2513
• Extinction of large mammals after the Ice Age in North America (2); Magazine for American Studies, Issue 3, 3rd Quart. 2004, ISSN  0170-2513
• Jornado Mogollon, magazine for American studies, issue 4, 4th quart. 2004, ISSN  0170-2513
• The Tigua-Pueblo in El Paso / Texas, issue 1, 1st quart. 2005, ISSN  0170-2513
• Clovis culture. Magazine for American Studies, Issue 2. u. 3rd 2005.
• Old Copper Culture, North America, Late Archean, region of the "Five Great Lakes" 4000 to 1000 BC Chr .; Magazine for American Studies, No. 4, 4th quart. 2005, ISSN  0170-2513
• Mississippi Delta: Poverty Point Culture (approx. 4700 BC to approx. 700 BC), Magazine for American Studies, Issue 1–4. 2006-2007.
• Southwest: The Fremont Culture in Utah a. Eastern Nevada, From the Plano to the Oshara to the Basketmaker Culture, Magazine for Americanisti, Hef 2, 2nd quart. 2007, ISSN  0170-2513
• Homol'ovi, A Late Anasacic Center in Arizona, A.D. 1250–1400 (Pueblo IV Period) Issue 3, 3rd Quart. 2007, ISSN  0170-2513
• Commercial metropolis and regional power: PAQUIMÉ on the Rio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico Greater Southwest, magazine for Indian studies, issue 4, quart. 4, 2007, ISSN  0170-2513
• The Mound Cultures, Part 1-5. American Studies magazine. 2008-2009.

Web links

• von Papen in the OL.
• von Papen at worldcat