Memories

The following memories have been excerpted from "Remembering a Friend: Remembering a Visionary", at the generous permission of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

“…he aimed for a web of institutes in different EU cities rather than a set of spokes from a single central hub.”

David Baldock, Director Institute for European Environmental Policy

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“…an incessant font of jarringly new ways of thinking about any issue he tackled.”

Aaron Cosbey, Associate and Senior Advisor International Institute for Sustainable Development

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“…he was an advisor, someone who challenged my imagination and commitments.”

Marianne Lais Ginsburg Formerly of the German Marshall Fund

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“…his lack of interest in honours, in recognition and in the normal trappings of success was sobering.”

Mark Halle, Director, Trade and Investment Program International Institute for Sustainable Development

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“…he tirelessly worked to improve education on both sides of the Atlantic.”

R. Andreas Kraemer, Director, Ecologic Institute

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“…we were about to enter into one of the most important meetings either of us had ever planned, and all he wanted to talk about was his family!”

Howard Mann, Senior International Law Advisor International Institute for Sustainable Development

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“Konrad, as I now understand, sought us out as companions in what he considered a shared struggle…”

David W. Reed, Director WWF Macroeconomics Programme Office

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“I was always struck by his passion for his work and the depth of his thinking. But when I’m asked to reminisce, it’s his gentle wit and colourful personality that leap to the fore.”

David Runnalls, President and CEO International Institute for Sustainable Development

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“Konrad was a kind of ‘periodic’ free mentor. I could tell he was betting on me.”

Pedro Tarak, AVINA Representative, Inter-Regional Bridge Building and Networking

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“…his love of the challenge but also of the game, his obvious pleasure in meeting new people and discovering new issues, made Konrad easy to befriend.”

Claire Weill, Chargée de mission Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (Iddri)

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“Not a day goes by that I do not think of Konrad and of our glory days at Dartmouth in pushing the envelope…”

Oran R. Young, Professor and Co-director of the Program on Governance for Sustainable Development, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California (Santa Barbara)

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Memories

“…he aimed for a web of institutes in different EU cities rather than a set of spokes from a single central hub.”

“…an incessant font of jarringly new ways of thinking about any issue he tackled.”

“…he was an advisor, someone who challenged my imagination and commitments.”

“…his lack of interest in honours, in recognition and in the normal trappings of success was sobering.”

“…he tirelessly worked to improve education on both sides of the Atlantic.”

“…we were about to enter into one of the most important meetings either of us had ever planned, and all he wanted to talk about was his family!”

“Konrad, as I now understand, sought us out as companions in what he considered a shared struggle…”

“I was always struck by his passion for his work and the depth of his thinking. But when I’m asked to reminisce, it’s his gentle wit and colourful personality that leap to the fore.”

“Konrad was a kind of ‘periodic’ free mentor. I could tell he was betting on me.”

“…his love of the challenge but also of the game, his obvious pleasure in meeting new people and discovering new issues, made Konrad easy to befriend.”

“Not a day goes by that I do not think of Konrad and of our glory days at Dartmouth in pushing the envelope…”

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