Erich Welter (30 June 1900,
Strasbourg
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- 10 June 1982,
Frankfurt
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) was a German economist and the founding editor of the ''
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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'' from November 1949.
Welter was a professor of economics at the
University of Mainz
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between 1946 and 1973.
Awards
* 1975 Large
Federal Cross of Merit
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with a star
* 1978
Ludwig Erhard Medal for services to the social market economy
* 1981 plaque of honor from the city of Frankfurt am Main
References
1900 births
1982 deaths
German newspaper editors
Frankfurter Zeitung people
Vossische Zeitung people
German economists
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung people
Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Member of the Mont Pelerin Society
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