Prof. Eric Engstrom

Eric Engstrom, a Wichita historian and coin collector, is one of them

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Eric Engstrom, a Wichita historian and coin collector, is one of them.

Police release suspect sketches in Portland attack, robberykgw.com (subscription), OR - Jul 8, 2005 He is a coin collector and recalled meeting the couple the day before, when they came to his home, where he lives alone, to sell him some coins.

"It needs to be uncluttered and should be something reflecting Kansas," said Eric Engstrom, a Wichita historian and coin collector who has written two books on coins.He is also part of the 16-member Kansas Commemorative Coin Design Commission.

Eric Engstrom, a Wichita historian and coin collector who has written two books on coins, said he's hoping that whatever design is submitted will follow basic design standards and fit within the confines of a quarter's diameter -- three-quarters of an inch.

"It needs to have simplicity of design - something that properly reflects the state yet something that is comprehended quickly as you look at it," Engstrom said.

He said one design that might be effective is the "Ad Astra" sculpture that now sits atop the state Capitol dome in Topeka.

"You are dealing with a round window and you have to make sure the design fits within that window," he said."The upper portion of the Indian is very dynamic with the bow and arrow raised toward the stars."

Contributing: Associated PressReach Beccy Tanner at 268-6336 or btanner@wichitaeagle.com.

The bison may make the Kansas quarter one of the more collectable ones, said Eric Engstrom, a Wichita historian and coin collector who has written two books on coins.He also was a member of the Kansas Commemorative Coin Commission, which guided the Kansas quarter selection process.

"I'm certainly pleased," Engstrom said Thursday.

Eric Engstrom, a Wichita historian and coin collector, is one of them.

"I feel proud of our design," he said.

Famous scientists as Hanns Hippius (the former chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Founding Member of the CINP, and Chair of the Research group on the History of Psychiatry at the University of Munich), Prof. Norbert Müller (Vice-Chair of the Research group on the History of Psychiatry at the University of Munich), Prof. Eric Engstrom, a well-known historian at the Charité University of Berlin, and Prof. Matthias M. Weber, Head of the Historical Archives of the Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry will present special plenary lectures, covering not only the truly outstanding early history of Psychiatry in Munich but also the dark years during the Nazi regime and the subsequent remarkable development into one of the world's leading research centers in psychiatry today.