Personal Background

Back in 1978

- Switzerland had a population of 6.337 million
- The world population stood at 3.942 biilion people
- There were 2,054,977 cars on Swiss streets
- The average monthly income was CHF 3,416
- 1,800,466 households had a TV
- 2.2 lb of bread cost CHF 1.18, 100 grams 'Emmentaler' cheese cost CHF 1.45,
one kilogram coffee cost CHF 10.40, and one liter milk cost CHF 1.06
- Argentina won the soccer world championship back home in Buenos Aires
- The Swiss voted against the initiation for car-free Sundays and for the creation
of the canton Jura
- The last European VW Beetle was produced and released in Emden
- Louise Brown was the first-born test-tube baby
- The tanker AMOCO CADIZ grounded in Brittany and caused the most severe oil
polluttion so far.

In that year, 71,375 babies were born and
one of them is called Andrew Peter Syz
and celebrates his birthday on March 1.

The Name Andrew

Origin:
Greek, English, Scottish: Manly, brave; from the Greek Andreas; In the Bible, Andrew is the first of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus and the brother of Peter. Andrew is a patron saint of Greece, Scotland, and Russia.

Famous Namesakes:
President Andrew Jackson, President Andrew Johnson, Prince Andrew the Duke of York, Actor Andy Garcia, Actor Andy Griffith, Artist Andy Warhol, Baseball player Andrew Jones, Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, Film Director Andrei Tarkovsky, and the Infamous Hurrican Andrew

Statistics:
- In 1997 this was the number 9 chosen name in the U.S.
- Based on the 1990 U.S. Census, Andrew was ranked the number 35 most popular
boys name in the U.S.
- Andrew ranked 6 in the top 1,000 given names for births in the 1990s
(January 1990 - August 1999).
- Andrew is the #35 most common male name. 0.537% of men in the U.S.
are named Andrew. Around 657,825 U.S. men are named Andrew!
- Andrew is the #2,203 most common female name. 0.002% of females in the U.S.
are named Andrew. Around 2,550 U.S. females are named Andrew!
- Andrew is the #2,528 most common last name. 0.005% of last names in the U.S.
are Andrew. Around 12,500 U.S. last names are Andrew!

CONTENTS

Personal Background

Works and Papers

My Favorite Links

Resume / CV (in German)

Picture Gallery