Horst Walther a genius - how Uwe Neuhold saw him.

chemistry ...

Right after receiving my high school diploma in 1970 I started studying chemistry at the department of chemistry of the university of Hamburg …

December 1973 pre-diploma in chemistry (comparable to a bachelor)
March 1978 Diploma in chemistry covering a topic from physical chemistry.
Januar 1984 conferral of a doctorate to acquire the title of a 'Dr. rer. nat.' after submitting a thesis on a topic from inorganic chemistry with technical chemistry and computer science as subsidiary subjects.

computer science ...

1972 to 1982 attenting couses of the regional computing center (RRZ) und des faculty of computer science.

oriental studies ...

1977 to 1982 oriental studies as the second regular course at the university of Hamburg with specuial focus on Iranian language & language studies; resulting in a German-to-Persian dictionary based on Ferdowsi Tousi's (935-1020) medieval heroic epic shahnameh.

macro economics ...

1973 bis 1975 Besuch von Veranstaltungen der Volkswirtschaftslehre.
 
Horst Walther, Hamburg