Post-war Academic Career
In November 1945, Hallstein returned to Germany, where he campaigned for Frankfurt University to be re-opened. On 1 February 1946, he was appointed a lecturer at that university, and in April was elected its rector, a position he retained until 1948. He was also president of the South German Rectors' Conference. From 1948 to 1949, he spent a year in the United States as visiting professor at Georgetown University (Washington DC).
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