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Honorary senators and citizens

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Honorary senators and citizens

Outstanding commitment to FAU

FAU awards the title of honorary senator to individuals who have shown outstanding commitment to FAU as a whole. The following have been named honorary senators of FAU:

  • Roland Auschel, Chief Sales Officer at Cybex, former Member of the Executive Board at adidas, former member of the FAU University Council
  • Dr. Siegfried Balleis, former mayor of the city of Erlangen
  • Dr. Günther Beckstein, former Bavarian Prime Minister
  • Walter Bockshecker, former member of the board of the Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe, former member of the University Council
  • Heide und Horst Feldmeier,  founders of Dr. Jutta-Feldmeier-Stiftung
  • Ernst Freiberger, main shareholder and former member of the supervisory board at Medical Park AG
  • Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Freund, former Chair of the University Council of FAU
  • Hans-Georg Geis, managing partner at Geis Holding GmbH Co. KG
  • Jürgen Großkreutz, Ministerialdirigent a.D. (senior public servant, retired) at the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts
  • Dr. Dietmar Hahlweg, former mayor of the city of Erlangen
  • Prof. Dr. Carola Jäggi, professor of Medieval Art History and Archeology of the Early Christian, High and Late Medieval Periods at the University of Zurich, former member of the University Council of FAU
  • Prof. Dr. Edward G. Krubasik, former member of the Managing Board at Siemens AG
  • Karl-Ernst Merker, ehem. Leitender Regierungsdirektor (former senior government official) in the University Administration and former permanent representative of the Chancellor of FAU.
  • Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittelstraß, former professor of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science at the University of Konstanz, former chairman of the University Council of FAU
  • Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Benno M. Nigg, former member of the University Council, biomechanics specialist
  • Gunther Oschmann, long-term director and shareholder of Müller Medien GmbH & Co KG
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Margit Osterloh, former member of the University Council, industrial engineering and management specialist
  • Prof. Dr. Josef Pfeilschifter, former Chair of the University Council, Institute for General Pharmacology and Toxicology at Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
  • Harald Plamper, former member of the University Council of FAU, visiting professor at Bocconi University, Milan, since 2000
  • Dr. Wilhelm Polster, Chair of the Manfred-Roth-Stiftung
  • Prof. Dr. Erich R. Reinhardt, former member of the Managing Board at Siemens AG and long-term bursar of the University Association
  • Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus Gerhard Saur, publisher
  • Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann, entrepreneur, former member of the University Council of FAU
  • Hans-Peter Schmidt, former chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe, member of the Wiso Fakultätsbund and former member of FAU’s Advisory Board
  • Assessor Diplom-Volkswirt Thomas A. H. Schöck, Chancellor of FAU (retired)
  • Rupert Stadler, former chairman of the Board of Management at Audi AG; former member of the University Council of FAU
  • Dr. Steffen Stremme, former director of Media-Saturn-Holding, former member of the University Council of FAU
  • Prof. Hubert Weiler, former president of the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Dr. Adalbert Weiß, Ministerialdirektor a.D. (under secretary, retired), former Head of Science and the Arts in the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts
  • Wilhelm Rudolf Wessels, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Staedtler Foundation
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Wucherer, former member of the University Council of FAU, Chairman of the Executive Board of B. Grimm Group
  • Dr. Hartmut Wurzbacher, Ministerialdirigent a.D. (senior public servant, retired) at the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts

FAU awards the title of honorary citizen for extraordinary contributions to the University or one of its institutions. The following have been named honorary citizens of FAU:

  • Otto Feil, former mayor of the town of Pleinfeld
  • Evi Kurz, Chair of the board of Stiftung Ludwig-Erhard-Haus



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