Editing Frederic Vester (section)

== Biography ==
Vester was born in [[Saarbrücken]], and studied [[chemistry]] at the universities of [[University of Mainz|Mainz]], [[University of Paris|Paris]] and [[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]]. From 1955 to 1957, he was postdoctoral fellow at [[Yale University]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b_aEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 |title=Systemic Design: Theory, Methods, and Practice |last2=Kijima |first2=Kyoichi |date=2019-01-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-4-431-55639-8 |pages=92}}</ref> and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. From 1957 to 1966 he worked at [[Saarland University]], [[Saarbrücken]], and from 1969 he worked in [[Munich]], first at the [[Max Planck Institute]]. In 1970 he founded the private Munich-based ''Frederic Vester Studiengruppe für Biologie und Umwelt GmbH'' ("Frederic Vester Study Group for Biology and Environment, Ltd.), renamed ''Frederic Vester GmbH'' ("Frederic Vester, Ltd.") after his death.

From 1982 to 1989 he was a [[professor]] at the [[Bundeswehr University Munich]], and from 1989 to 1991 he was Professor for [[Applied economics|Applied Economics]] at the [[University of St. Gallen|Hochschule St. Gallen]], [[Switzerland]]. Vester's ideas influenced the formation of the [[environmental movement]] and the [[Bündnis 90/Die Grünen|Green Party]] in Germany. He was a member of the [[Club of Rome]]. He was married to Anne Vester. The couple had three children and six grandchildren. He died in Munich.