Lothar Kolditz
Lothar Kolditz (born September 30, 1929) is a German chemist and former politician. He was president of the National Front of the German Democratic Republic. Early life and education Kolditz was born in the municipality of Zschorlau on September 30, 1929, the son of the carpenter Paul Kolditz and his wife Ella, née Bauer. From 1941 to 1948 he attended high school in Aue. Kolditz studied chemistry from 1948 to 1952 at the Humboldt University of Berlin, graduating with a degree in chemistry. His undergraduate thesis "Über Kaliumborfluoridtetraschwefeltrioxyd und die Darstellung von Trisulfurylfluorid“ (About potassium borofluoride tetrasulfur trioxide and the preparation of trisulphuryl fluoride) was written under the guidance of Hans-Albert Lehmann. In 1954 he also received his doctorate with his dissertation "About Polyarsenatophosphate" under the supervision of Erich Thilo. Kolditz then habilitated in 1957 with a thesis "On compounds of pentavalent phosphorus, arsenic and antimony with fluorine and chlorine". Kolditz has been married to Ruth, née Schramm, since 1951; the couple has two daughters and lives in Steinförde (a district of Fürstenberg). Academic career In 1957, Kolditz was appointed as a professor at the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg; where he would teach inorganic and radiochemistry. After Franz Hein retired,