Academic and Personal Life
In 1948, as a winner of a New York Herald Tribune essay contest for Austrian high school students, Mr. Andlinger made his first visit to the United States. At the age of 19, Andlinger received a scholarship to Princeton University - the alma mater of his earlier American student host - with advanced placement as a junior. He graduated from Princeton University in 1952 with a degree in economics and a minor in Arabic language. He continued his academic career at Harvard Business School and was awarded an M.B.A. in 1954. He also was awarded an honorary doctorate from Bryant College in Rhode Island for contributions to international management. He is a world traveler, skier, tennis player, bicycler, yachtsman, and mountain climber. He is an avid patron of the theatre, opera, and ballet.
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