Manfred Noack is a retired Chemist (doctorate in chemistry T.U. Munich 1964 and MBA Univ. of New Haven 1975). As a researcher in an industrial laboratory, he has worked in the fields of corrosion control, aerospace fuels for the space shuttle and satellites, and hazard control of highly reactive chemicals. In retirement he is interested in 3rd through 9th century and Weimar Republic (1918-1933) history as well as issues in contemporary economic policies in the US and abroad. His passion is to race and cruise his 24-foot Dolphin 24 sailboat ELECTRA on Long Island Sound. He and his wife Gisela (see above) have two sons, Reinhard, physics professor at Phillips University, Marburg, Germany and Bernhard, sailing coach at Harvard. Manfred invites students with like interests or looking to crew on a sailboat or contemplating travel to Germany to contact him by e-mail
