19.10.1907

Born in Bremen

1914 - 1917

“August Hartung” primary school in Bremen

1917 - 1926

Secondary schooling at “Altes Gymnasium”

1926 - 1929

Legal studies initially in Freiburg i. Breisgau and subsequently in Munich and Göttingen

October 1929

First State Examination before the Celle Higher Regional Court

1930

Completion of a doctorate as doctor iuris at the University of Göttingen)

1931 - 1933

Trainee lawyer [similar to an articled clerk in the UK] in Bremen

December 1933

Second State Examination as a fully qualified lawyer (who can also work in any legal capacity, including as a judge or public prosecutor) before the Hamburg Higher Regional Court

March 1934

Admission to the bar in Bremen

1934 - 1941

General counsel of Norddeutscher Lloyd in Bremen and, temporarily, also of “Nordsee” Deutsche Hochseefischerei in Bremerhaven

1938

Marriage to Eva Albers. Eva and Albrecht subsequently had two daughters.

1942 - 1948

Working with the Hamburg-based ship brokerage company Leith & Co. in Hamburg, while at the same time representing shipping companies before arbitration tribunals in Hamburg

1948 - 1950

Lawyer in Bremen with offices at Domsheide 3, appointment as notary public in November 1948

1950

Established “Dr. Schackow & Partner” (firm of lawyers and notaries public) together with Dr Fritz Hobelmann, born 17.04.1908, initially at Liebfrauenkirchhof premises and later, from October 1953, at its current offices at Domshof 17 in the building of Deutsche Schiffsbank AG

26.03.1994

Died in Bremen

since 1935

Member – and later senior member- of the Protestant social welfare network in the parish of St. Petri Domgemeinde in Bremen (Diakonie, Alt-Diakonie)

since 1949

Member of the management board and from
1951 to 1973 chairman of the management board of Deutsche Schiffsbank AG.

From 1949 to 1966 member of the management board and from 1966 to 1976 member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Schiffspfandbriefbank AG, Berlin.

From 1952 to 1974 chairman of the association of German shipping banks (Verband deutscher Schiffsbanken) and member of the executive committee of the Association of German Banks (Bundesverband deutscher Banken)

1956 - 1973

Principal (Bauherr) of the parish of St. Petri Domgemeinde, author of the parish constitution of 1972 which was unanimously adopted by the parish council and the parish’s governing body

1960/61

Deputy chairman of the supervisory board of Borgward Werke AG

1950 - 1967

Trustee (reserve fund) of “Securitas” Bremer Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG, Bremen

1963 - 1967

Vice president of the disciplinary court for lawyers in Bremen

seit 1954

Member of St. Annenbrüderschaft in Bremen

seit 1956

Member of the maritime welfare organisation “Haus Seefahrt”, from 1972 as principal (Vorsteher) and from l976 as managing principal (Verwaltender Vorsteher)

since 1955

since 1955 Member

since 1964

Chairman of the supervisory board of Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft NEPTUN (now: SLOMAN NEPTUN Schiffahrts-AG), Bremen

1966 - 1974

Deputy chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Schiffskreditbank AG, Duisburg

seit 1960

Chairman of the supervisory board of Minerva Versicherungs-AG, Bremen

1971 - 1972

Member of the supervisory board and since 1976 also of the supervisory board committee of Hapag-Lloyd AG, Bremen/Hamburg

1971

Honorary member of the board of trustees of the “Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum” maritime museum in Bremerhaven, various offices at the Doerenkamp-Klosterfrau-Gesellschaften (Cologne), Isar-Amperwerke (Munich) and Rickmers-Werft (Bremerhaven)