Ring of Honor Recipients
EDUARD RHEIN
Ring of Honor
The Foundation awards the Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor for Outstanding work which has been accomplished over a long period of years in an area related to the promotion of scientific research and of learning, the arts, and culture at home and abroad. The number of living bearers of these rings is limited to ten.
Univ.-Prof. Prof. h.c. Prof. cs. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Walter
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Walter has been awarded the Eduard Rhein Foundation’s Ring of Honor for his outstanding achievements in the field of space science and his many years of communicating this to a wide audience. We are honoring him in particular for the fact that, as an astronaut and holder of the Chair of Space Technology at the Technical University of Munich, he has tirelessly put his qualifications and creative energy at the service of the idea of awakening a fascination for scientific and technical knowledge in society.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd Hirzinger
Curriculum vitae of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd Hirzinger 1964-1969 Studied communications engineering/data processing at the Technical University of Munich as a scholarship holder of the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”; graduated with a degree in engineering. 1969 Joined DFVLR (now DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen as a research assistant in the field of control engineering 1974 Doctorate in engineering (TU […]
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heckl
for dedicating many very successful years to the renovation and reorganization of the Deutsches Museum in Munich, and for his tireless commitment acting as a science communicator.
In particular, we would like to pay tribute to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heckl for contributing his skills and creativity to the idea of uniting science and public interest.
Michael Sohlman
We wish to confer the Ring of Honor to him especially in recognition of having put all his talents and energy into the scope of interest that links up international science with the common good.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Herbert F. Mataré
For his invention of the solid state amplifier in 1948, performed independently and parallel to Bell Lab s transistor. Further, in recognition of his important contributions to information technology, solid-state-physics and -manufacturing over a period of more than 60 years.
Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Valentina V. Tereshkova
For outstanding achievements in human spaceflight and for providing comprehensive knowledge transfer to subsequent generations. Through all her endeavors, she contributed a lot to deepening of relations between Russia and various countries outside of the former Soviet Union.
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.h.c.mult. Hubert S. Markl
We honor Hubert Markl, a former President of, both, the German Research Foundation and of the Max Planck Society, for his outstanding achievements. His various talents, excellent qualifications and his seemingly infinite energy have been a permanent source of inspiration and new ideas. Numerous areas of science and public life have greatly benefited from his creativity and hard work. Hubert Markl not only rendered invaluable services to the German scientific community but also spent most of his career to serve his country and its citizens.
Prof. mult. Dr.-Ing. Dr. E.h. Dr.h.c.mult. Hans-Jürgen Warnecke
for his many years of activity as President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Community) and for the promotion of molecular biological research in Germany.
Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker
for his many years of activity as President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Community) and for the promotion of molecular biological research in Germany.
Dr. Dr. E.h. Dr.h.c. Heinrich von Pierer
for his outstanding work furthering the integration of basic research an technology and for the promotion of innovations and the industial implementation of scientific findings throughout the world.
Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Heinz Zemanek
for the decades of his commitment to bringing together different cultures throughout the world,
especially in connection with his outstanding scientific work in the areas of information
technology, cybernetics, and philosophy
Prof. Dr.h.c.mult. Lennart Count Bernadotte af Wisborg
for decades of endeavor in the promotion of academic instruction in Germany
