Professor Leonard Hendrik Klassen
Outstanding specialist in the field of spatial planning, involved in development of cooperation with the Dutch research centers
Professor Leonard Hendrik Klassen (Dutch Institute of Economics and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Holland) on 20th of November 1986 was awarded with the Doctor Honoris Causa of University of Gdansk for his achievements in the field of the theory of spatial economy and for his contribution to broadening scientific co-operation between Dutch economists and the Polish centre of maritime economics in Gdańsk and its surrounding area.