Friedrich Alfred Kahnert

Friedrich Alfred Kahnert was an economist. Born November 12, 1925, in Phoebels Prussia on a farm, he escaped the Nazi invasion with his family. He graduated from New York University 1957 as an Economics Major; his first major employment came from the OEEC (later known as OECD). He left OECD as Vice President in 1976, to accept a position by the World Bank in 1976. Kahnert retired after 11 years from the World Bank as a Senior Economist. He died March 12, 2002.