Born in 1927, until 1982 at Hoechst AG, Head of Scientific Department for Documentation. He is known "for development of the GREMAS system (Genealogical Retrieval of Magnetic tape Storage), the first truly sophisticated computerized retrieval system, based on a faceted hierarchical fragment code for each part of a chemical molecule, and for development of the TOSAR system (TOpological representation of Synthetic and Analytical system Relations) for the retrieval of reactions and other concepts, including establishment of indexing concepts for nonstructural information and creation of theoretical basis of information systems." (Skolnik Award)

Foundation member of the Gesellschaft für Klassifikation, busy in the board of management 1976-1989. Foundation member of the ISKO, busy in the board of management 1989-1998, for long years in the advisery board of the IDC (Internationale Dokumentationsgesellschaft für Chemie), wrote more than 100 papers, author of 4 books. Fugmann was also foundation member and chairman of the Fachgruppe Chemie-Information (SIG Chemical Information) in the GdCh, the German Chemical Society. 1992-1993 Visiting Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, part-time lecturer at the University for Applied Science in Darmstadt and Hannover as well as at the former University of Library Science in Stuttgart.