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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:

  • Dr. Siegfried Balleis, former mayor of the city of Erlangen
  • Dr. Günther Beckstein, former Bavarian Prime Minister
  • Heide and Horst Feldmeier,  founders of Dr. Jutta-Feldmeier-Stiftung
  • Ernst Freiberger, main share holder and former member of the supervisory board at Medical Park AG
  • Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Freund, former chairman of FAU’s University Council
  • 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. Harald zur Hausen, former scientific director of the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and Nobel Prize winner
  • Prof. Dr. Carola Jäggi, Professor of Medieval Art History and Archaeology 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, former Leitender Regierungsdirektor (senior government official) in the University Administration and former permanent representative of the Chancellor at FAU
  • Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittelstraß, former professor of philosophy and philosophy of science at the University of Konstanz, former chairman of FAU’s University Council
  • Gunther Oschmann, long-term director and shareholder of Müller Medien GmbH & Co KG
  • Prof. Dr. Josef Pfeilschifter, former chairman of FAU’s University Council, Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie at Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
  • Harald Plamper, former member of FAU’s University Council; visiting professor at Bocconi University, Milan, since 2000
  • Dr. Wilhelm Polster, chairman 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
  • Hans-Peter Schmidt, former chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe, member of the Council of the School of Business and Economics and former member of FAU’s Advisory Board
  • Assessor Diplom-Volkswirt Thomas A. H. Schöck, former FAU Chancellor
  • Hans Simon, former chairmen of Sonderfonds für wissenschaftliche Arbeiten (Special Fund for Academic Work) at FAU
  • Rupert Stadler, former chairman of the Board of Management at Audi AG; former member of FAU’s University Council
  • Dr. Steffen Stremme, former director of Media-Saturn-Holding, former member of FAU’s University Council
  • Prof. Hubert Weiler, former president of the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Dr. Adalbert Weiß, Ministerialdirektor a.D. (ministerial director, retired) former head of the fields science and culture at the Bavarian Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and the Arts
  • Dr. Olaf Wirth, Ministerialdirigent a.D. (senior public servant, retired) at the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Wucherer, former member of FAU’s University Council and Chairman of Executive Board, B. Grimm Unternehmensgruppe
  • 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

The honorary title of FAU-Ambassador is awarded to excellent researchers with the highest international reputation in their field of research and who have received international prizes and awards and are particularly committed to FAU. The following researchers have been awarded the title of FAU-Ambassadors:

  • Dr. DhC Enrique Zuazua
  • Professor Vijay K. Bhargava, PhD
  • Professor Michael J. Puett 
  • Professor John Bessant
  • Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Bronfen
  • Prof. Dr. Ken-ichi Kakimoto
  • Prof. Dr. Günter Weiss
  • Prof. Dr. Cornelia Weyand



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