Reinhart Lempp was born in Esslingen am Neckar in 1932. After working as a doctor, he was appointed head of the Department of Child and Youth Psychiatry at the University of Tübingen, where he also held the Chair. He lived in Stuttgart as a professor emeritus since 1989. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Ludwigsburg College of Education and was the author of numerous academic works. Professor Lempp was married and had six children and thirteen grandchildren. Reinhart Lempp died in 2012 in Stuttgart.