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May 19, 1935 Died on 15 Feb 2009 (aged 73)
German academic administrator
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About Diether Haenicke
- Diether H.
- Haenicke (May 19, 1935 – February 15, 2009) was president of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1985 to 1998, and again (as interim president) from 2006 to 2007.
- A large building on campus, Haenicke Hall, is named for him. In 1962, Haenicke received his doctorate, magna cum laude, from the University of Munich. In 1998, Haenicke stepped down from the presidency, but continued to teach foreign languages until 2004. On August 15, 2006, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees voted to fire then-president Judith Bailey, and unanimously voted to appoint Haenicke as interim president.
- He served as interim president from September 2006 until July 2007, when John Dunn assumed the university presidency. In December 2008, while giving a speech, Haenicke went into cardiac arrest and sustained a head injury.
- He died on February 15, 2009, in Kalamazoo, from ensuing complications.
