Thomas Spoonwood
Thomasöffelholz (born November 7, 1932 in Wiesbaden ; † March 15, 2018 in Königswinter ) was a German journalist .
Life
His father Joseföffelholz (1902–1999) was a business economist, academic writer and employee at the ZfB .
After graduating from high school in Aschaffenburg in 1949 , he studied law (state examination 1953) and economics (diploma 1957) in Marburg. 1954/55 he studied at Wisconsin State University . With a thesis on "The Legal Philosophy of Pragmatism" ,öffelholz was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD .
In 1959 he joined the business editorial team of the Stuttgarter Zeitung , for which he reported from Brussels as an EEC and later NATO correspondent from 1964 . From 1973 he headed the Bonn office of the Stuttgarter Zeitung and was chairman of the German Press Club from 1982 to April 1983 . He had to give up this chair when his newspaper appointed him to Stuttgart as the new editor-in-chief .
In 1995 ,öffelholz changed to the daily newspaper Die Welt as publisher and editor-in-chief ; In 1998 he retired.
After a positive comment on the crucifix judgment appeared shortly after taking office in the world , the then major Springer shareholder Leo Kirch publicly demanded the recall of spoon wood, which Axel Springer Verlag refused.
Prizes and awards
- 1972: Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne (Order of the Crown)
- 1972: Theodor Wolff Prize
- 1981: Karl Bräuer Prize
- 1984: Ludwig Erhard Prize
- 1992: Franz Karl Maier Prize from the Tagesspiegel Foundation
- 1998: Theodor Wolff Prize for his life's work
- 1999: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 2000: Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Web links
- Thomasöffelholz: We have a wonderful job . Ceremonial address for the 1998 Theodor Wolff Prize for his life's work, September 2, 1998
- Thomasöffelholz in the online catalog of the Southwest German Library Network (SWB)
- Thomasöffelholz in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mourning for Thomas Löffelholz. Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers , March 21, 2018, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
- ↑ A liberal man with a sense of proportion. Stuttgarter Zeitung , March 21, 2018, accessed on March 22, 2018 .
- ↑ GND 10160517X
- ↑ Heinz Murmann : With “C” it's finer. The German Press Club Bonn from 1952 until today . Bouvier Verlag, Bonn 1997, p. 176f.
- ↑ Thomas Löffelholz died , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, March 21, 2018, accessed on March 22, 2018
- ↑ Thomas Löffelholz - biography . Who's Who , accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ Jost Springensguth: Liberal and steadfast - in the service of the reader. Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers , March 21, 2018, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spoonwood, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th March 2018 |
| Place of death | Koenigswinter |