Long serving head of finance at the University of Siegen, Thomas Wienkamp, is about to retire after almost four decades with the University. I have known him for years and when I first met him I had a question about a purchase amounting to a few hundred Euros. After patiently and sincerely attending to the matter and solving it (as he always did), I left his office and could overhear him asking the person who had waited behind me with exactly the same sincereity to prepare everything for the payment of the 10.5 million that was ready to go through to some contractor now.

So when I think of him there are so many “mosts” I don’t even know where to start: most friendly, most relaxed, most knowledgeable, most responsive, most approachable, most adaptable, most patient, most reliable, most supportive, and most creative, are a few of them. I am happy he agreed to a farewell portrait session in September and I am sure I am not the only one who is going to miss him and his very open door!

Thank you Thomas, and farewell!