Helmut Arntz (1912-2007)

Professor Helmut Emil Richard Arntz (1912-2007) died on 31 May 2007. Professor Arntz held the posts of vice-president (1965-1971) and president of the FID (1972-1980). He was a founding member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Dokumentation of which he was the president 1962-1972.

Professor Arntz worked on the Universal Decimal Classification since 1952. He was the chair of the FID/Central