List of Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster people
Encyclopedia
This list contains some of the most notable students, scientists, lecturer and honorary doctors of the University of Münster
(Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster).
University of Münster
The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
(Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster).
Students
- Johannes Georg BednorzJohannes Georg BednorzJohannes Georg Bednorz is a physicist at the IBM Zürich Research Laboratory. He is best known for his role in the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, for which he shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics.-Life and work:...
, Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner (1987) - Wolfgang ClementWolfgang ClementWolfgang Clement is a German politician. Clement was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany . He was Premier of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1998 to 2002 and Federal Minister of Economics and Labour from 2002 to 2005.Wolfgang Clement is an Honorary Member of the...
, PoliticianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Dr. Andreas Raymond DombretAndreas DombretAndreas Raymond Dombret is German-American banker. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank. He was the Vice-Chairman of Bank of America Global Investment Banking in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as Head of the German, Austrian and Swiss branches...
, Münster School of Business Administration and EconomicsMünster School of Business Administration and EconomicsThe Münster School of Business and Economics is the business school at the University of Münster . it has 6,000 students. The University of Münster and in particular the Münster School of Business Administration and Economics is the leading university in Germany in terms of CEO alumni in Top 500...
, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche BundesbankDeutsche BundesbankThe Deutsche Bundesbank is the central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany and as such part of the European System of Central Banks . Due to its strength and former size, the Bundesbank is the most influential member of the ESCB. Both the Deutsche Bundesbank and the European Central Bank are...
, former Vice-Chairman Europe Bank of AmericaBank of AmericaBank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
, Director Germany, Austria, Swiss - Prof. Dr. Gerd FaltingsGerd FaltingsGerd Faltings is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic algebraic geometry.From 1972 to 1978, he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Münster. In 1978 he received his PhD in mathematics and in 1981 he got the venia legendi in mathematics, both from the University...
, MathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, Fields MedalFields MedalThe Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four... - Prof. Dr. Dieter FenskeDieter FenskeProf. Dr. Dieter Fenske is a German inorganic chemist.Fenske studied chemistry at the University of Münster, received his PhD in 1973 and his Habilitation in 1978...
, ChemistChemistA chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms... - Birgit Fischer, PoliticianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
- Kai DiekmannKai DiekmannKai Diekmann is a German journalist. From 1998 until 2000 he was editor of Welt am Sonntag . Since January 2001 he is chief editor of Bild. He is also a member of the executive board of the Turkish daily Hürriyet.- Life :Diekmann grew up in Bielefeld...
, Chief Editor of "Bild", Europe's largest newspaper (3.5 million copies) - Dr. August HanningAugust HanningAugust Hanning is a former president of the Bundesnachrichtendienst who served from 1998 to December 2005.-References:...
, President of the BundesnachrichtendienstBundesnachrichtendienstThe Bundesnachrichtendienst [ˌbʊndəsˈnaːχʁɪçtnˌdiːnst] is the foreign intelligence agency of Germany, directly subordinated to the Chancellor's Office. Its headquarters are in Pullach near Munich, and Berlin . The BND has 300 locations in Germany and foreign countries... - Dr. Dr. Gustav HeinemannGustav HeinemannGustav Walter Heinemann, GCB was a German politician. He was Mayor of the city of Essen from 1946 to 1949, West German Minister of the Interior from 1949 to 1950, Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1969 and President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974.-Early years and professional...
, PoliticianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, former President of GermanyPresident of GermanyThe President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial... - Prof. Dr. Matthias HentzeMatthias HentzeMatthias W. Hentze is a German scientist.- Biography :Hentze obtained his Abitur from the Ratsgymnasium in Rheda-Wiedenbrück in 1978. He studied medicine at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany, and at the Medical Schools of Southampton, Oxford, Glasgow, and Cambridge, UK...
, Associate Director European Molecular Biology LaboratoryEuropean Molecular Biology LaboratoryThe European Molecular Biology Laboratory is a molecular biology research institution supported by 20 European countries and Australia as associate member state. EMBL was created in 1974 and is an intergovernmental organisation funded by public research money from its member states... - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Friedrich HirzebruchFriedrich HirzebruchFriedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch is a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation.-Life:He was born in Hamm, Westphalia...
, MathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change.... - Jens LehmannJens LehmannJens Gerhard Lehmann is a German former football goalkeeper. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for the 1996–97 and 2005–06 seasons, and he has been selected for three World Cup squads. He was a member of Arsenal's Invincibles, playing every match of their famous unbeaten title winning...
, footballer (goal keeper) of the German Football Team - Ursula von der LeyenUrsula von der LeyenUrsula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician of the conservative Christian Democratic Union.Since 30 November 2009, she has served as the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the Second Cabinet Merkel. In the First Cabinet Merkel , she served as Federal Minister of Family...
, Doctor, Federal Minister of Labour and Social AffairsFederal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs is a top-level federal agency of the Federal Republic of Germany headed by the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs as a member of the Cabinet of Germany... - Niklas LuhmannNiklas LuhmannNiklas Luhmann was a German sociologist, and a prominent thinker in sociological systems theory.-Biography:...
, Sociologist - Frank Mattern, Münster School of Business Administration and EconomicsMünster School of Business Administration and EconomicsThe Münster School of Business and Economics is the business school at the University of Münster . it has 6,000 students. The University of Münster and in particular the Münster School of Business Administration and Economics is the leading university in Germany in terms of CEO alumni in Top 500...
, Director Germany McKinsey - Dr. Thomas MiddelhoffThomas MiddelhoffThomas Middelhoff is a German corporate manager. He was on the board of directors of Bertelsmann from 1990–2002, being CEO from 1998...
, Board of Directors BertelsmannBertelsmannBertelsmann AG is a multinational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. The company operates in 63 countries and employs 102,983 workers , which makes it the most international media corporation in the world. In 2008 the company reported a €16.118 billion consolidated... - Prof. Dr. Georg MilbradtGeorg MilbradtGeorg Milbradt is a German politician . He was the Minister-president of the Free State of Saxony from 2002 to 2008.-Life:...
, Minister-PresidentMinister-PresidentA minister-president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers...
of SaxonySaxonyThe Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states.... - Walter MomperWalter MomperWalter Momper is a German politician and former Mayor of West Berlin 1989–1990 and Berlin 1990-1991. Whilst Governing Mayor, he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1989/90...
, PoliticianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Ruprecht PolenzRuprecht PolenzRuprecht Polenz is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union political party.-Political career:...
, PoliticianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Dr. Kurt SchumacherKurt SchumacherDr. Kurt Schumacher , was chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1946 and first Leader of the Opposition in the West German Bundestag parliament from 1949 until his death...
, PoliticianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Dr. h.c. Rudolf SeitersRudolf SeitersRudolf Seiters is a German politician of the CDU party.From 1989-1991, he was Federal Minister for Special Affairs and the Head of the Office of the German Chancellery. From 1991-1993, he was the Minister of the Interior. From 1998-2002, he was the Vice President of the German Bundestag, or...
, PoliticianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner SinnHans-Werner SinnHans-Werner Sinn is a German economist and President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research.- Education and career :...
, student, President of the leading Institution for Economic Research (Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, IFO). - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl SteinKarl Stein (mathematician)Karl Stein was a German mathematician. He is well known for complex analysis and cryptography...
, Mathematician - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Hans TietmeyerHans TietmeyerHans Tietmeyer is a German economist and regarded as one of the foremost experts on international financial matters. He was president of Deutsche Bundesbank from 1993 until 1999 and remains one of the most important figures in finance of the European Union....
, EconomistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy... - Klaus TöpferKlaus TöpferKlaus Töpfer is a German politician and environmental politics expert. From 1998 to 2006 he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme ....
, UNO-Commissar - Ernst TugendhatErnst TugendhatErnst Tugendhat is a Czech-born German philosopher. He was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, to a wealthy Jewish family that commissioned Mies van der Rohe with the Villa Tugendhat in Brno. In 1938 the family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to St...
, Philosopher - Prof. Dr. Karl WeierstrassKarl WeierstrassKarl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass was a German mathematician who is often cited as the "father of modern analysis".- Biography :Weierstrass was born in Ostenfelde, part of Ennigerloh, Province of Westphalia....
, MathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change.... - Harald WeinrichHarald WeinrichHarald Weinrich is a German classical scholar, scholar of Romance philology and philosopher, known for the breadth of his writings. He is emeritus professor of the Collège de France, and held the chair of Romance literature from 1992 to 1998.His doctorate and Habilitation were from the University...
, Classical Scholar - Arthur WieferichArthur WieferichArthur Josef Alwin Wieferich was a German mathematician and teacher, remembered for his work on number theory....
, MathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change.... - Heinrich August WinklerHeinrich August WinklerHeinrich August Winkler is a German historian.After attending a Gymnasium in Ulm, he studied history, political science, philosophy and public law at Münster, Heidelberg and Tübingen. In 1970 he became professor at the Free University of Berlin. From 1972 to 1991 he was professor at the University...
, Historian - Dr. Klaus ZumwinkelKlaus ZumwinkelKlaus Peter Richard Otto Zumwinkel was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Deutsche Post between 1990 and 2008. Being under suspicion of tax fraud, he resigned from office on February 15, 2008...
, former Board of Directors Deutsche Post World Net
Scientists and lecturers
- Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVIBenedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger - Prof. Dr. Wilhelm AckermannWilhelm AckermannWilhelm Friedrich Ackermann was a German mathematician best known for the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation....
, Mathematician - Prof. Dr. Karl BarthKarl BarthKarl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian whom critics hold to be among the most important Christian thinkers of the 20th century; Pope Pius XII described him as the most important theologian since Thomas Aquinas...
, Theologian - Prof. Dr. Hans BlumenbergHans BlumenbergHans Blumenberg was a German philosopher.He studied philosophy, Germanistics and classics and is considered to be one of the most important German philosophers of recent decades...
, (1920–1996) Philosopher - Prof. Dr. Joachim Cuntz, Mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...
- Prof. Dr. Max DehnMax DehnMax Dehn was a German American mathematician and a student of David Hilbert. He is most famous for his work in geometry, topology and geometric group theory...
, (1878–1952) Mathematician - Prof. Dr. Christopher DeningerChristopher DeningerChristopher Deninger is a German mathematician at the University of Münster. He made notable contributions to number theory and algebraic geometry....
, Mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years... - Prof. Dr. Gerhard DomagkGerhard DomagkGerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was a German pathologist and bacteriologist credited with the discovery of Sulfonamidochrysoidine – the first commercially available antibiotic – for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Domagk was born in Lagow, Brandenburg, the...
, Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Medicine (1939) - Prof. Dr. Heinz GollwitzerHeinz GollwitzerHeinz Gollwitzer was a German historian. He held the chair of Modern Political and Social History at the University of Münster.- Life :...
, (1917–1999) Historian - Prof. Dr. Bernhard Großfeld, International Business Law
- Prof. Dr. Klaus HildebrandKlaus HildebrandKlaus Hildebrand is a German conservative historian whose area of expertise is 19th-20th century German political and military history.- Biography :...
, Historian - Prof. Dr. Wilhelm KillingWilhelm KillingWilhelm Karl Joseph Killing was a German mathematician who made important contributions to the theories of Lie algebras, Lie groups, and non-Euclidean geometry....
, (1847–1923) Mathematician - Prof. Dr. Alfred Müller-ArmackAlfred Müller-ArmackAlfred Müller-Armack was a German economist and politician.He was professor of economics at University of Münster and University of Cologne. Müller-Armack coined the term "social market economy" in 1946....
(1901–1978), EconomistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, Inventor of the Social Market EconomySocial market economyThe social market economy is the main economic model used in West Germany after World War II. It is based on the economic philosophy of Ordoliberalism from the Freiburg School... - Prof. Dr. Paul KirchhofPaul KirchhofPaul Kirchhof is a German jurist and tax law expert. He is also a professor of law, member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and a former judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany , the highest court in Germany.Kirchhof obtained a doctorate at the early age of 25 having...
, Jurist - Prof. Dr. Wolfgang LückWolfgang LückWolfgang Lück is a German mathematician who is an internationally recognized expert in Algebraic Topology.- Life and work :...
, Mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years... - Prof. Dr. Dr. Johann Baptist MetzJohann Baptist MetzJohann Baptist Metz is a Catholic theologian. He is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology, Emeritus, at Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany....
, Theologian - Prof. Dr. Wolfgang MetzgerWolfgang MetzgerWolfgang Metzger is considered one of the main representatives of Gestalt psychology in Germany....
, PsychologistPsychologistPsychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college... - Prof. Dr. Klaus Mezger, geochemistry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...
- Prof. Dr. Friedrich MünzerFriedrich MünzerFriedrich Münzer was a German classical scholar noted for the development of prosopography, particularly for his demonstrations of how family relationships in ancient Rome connected to political struggles....
, Classical Scholar - Prof. Dr. Josef PieperJosef PieperJosef Pieper was a German Catholic philosopher, at the forefront of the Neo-Thomistic wave in twentieth century Catholic philosophy. Among his most notable works are The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance; Leisure: the Basis of Culture; The Philosophical Act and Guide...
(1904–1997), Philosopher - Prof. Dr. Karl RahnerKarl RahnerKarl Rahner, SJ was a German Jesuit and theologian who, alongside Bernard Lonergan and Hans Urs von Balthasar, is considered one of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century...
(1904–1984), Theologian - Prof. Dr. Bernhard RenschBernhard RenschBernhard Rensch was a German evolutionary biologist, and ornithologist who did field work in Indonesia and India. He is probably best known as one of the architects of the modern evolutionary synthesis, which he popularised in Germany...
(1900–1990), Biologist - Prof. Dr. Helmut SchelskyHelmut SchelskyHelmut Schelsky, , was a German sociologist, the most influential in post-World War II Germany, well into the 1970s.-Biography:...
(1912–1984), Sociologist - Prof. Dr. Song Du-yulSong Du-yulSong Du-yul is a professor of philosophy and sociology at the University of Münster in Münster, Germany. He has been a political exile in Germany from his native South Korea for over 40 years. Educated in South Korea, he left that nation for Germany in 1967 to pursue higher education...
, Philosopher, former prisoner under South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
's National Security ActNational Security Act (South Korea)The National Security Law is a South Korean law which has the avowed purpose "to restrict anti-state acts that endanger national security and to protect [the] nation's safety and its people's life and freedom."... - Prof. Dr. Dieter Stöffler, planetology, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-RilingerBarbara Stollberg-RilingerBarbara Stollberg-Rilinger is a German historian. She studied German language and literature, history and history of art at the University of Cologne, graduating in 1980 and earning a doctorate in 1985. She habilitated at the University of Cologne in 1995...
, History of early modern Europe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years... - Prof. Dr. Dietmar Vestweber, cellular biology/biochemistry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...
- Prof. Dr. Hans WehrHans WehrHans Wehr was a German Arabist. A professor at the University of Münster from 1957-1974, he published the Arabisches Wörterbuch , which was later published in an English edition as A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, edited by J Milton Cowan. For the dictionary Wehr created a transliteration...
(1909–1981), Islam Scientist and Author of the leading Arabian-English dictionary (also used for Wikipedia guidelines). - Prof. Dr. Hubert Wolf, history of Christianity/Catholic theology, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...
Honorary Doctors
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan AssmannJan AssmannJan Assmann is a German Egyptologist who was born in Langelsheim.-Education and teaching:He went to school in Lübeck and Heidelberg before going on to study Egyptology, Classical Archeology and Greek Studies in Munich, Heidelberg, Paris and Göttingen...
(D. theol. h.c. Faculty of Proestant Theology (1998)) - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Arnold L. Demain, Biotechnology (2003 Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ernst-Wolfgang BöckenfördeErnst-Wolfgang BöckenfördeErnst-Wolfgang Böckenförde is a German judge and legal philosopher.-Life:In 1953 he received a PhD in law as well as in philosophy. In 1964 he made his postdoctoral habilitation with his thesis The power of organisation in the purview of the government. A survey on constitutional law in the...
, JudgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
, Bundesverfassungsgericht (2001 Faculty of Law) - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. David A. O. Edward, JudgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
(2001 Faculty of Law) - Prof. Dr. h.c. Gilberto FreyreGilberto FreyreGilberto de Mello Freyre was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter and congressman. His best-known work is a sociological treatise named Casa-Grande & Senzala...
Ph. D. - Dr. h.c. Mikhail GorbachevMikhail GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
- Dr. h.c. Manfred Gotthardt (2003 Faculty of Health Science (Medicine))
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Tomas Hammar, Political Scientist (2002 Faculty of Philosophie)
- Dr. h.c. Wim KokWim KokWillem "Wim" Kok ; born September 29, 1938) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from August 22, 1994 until July 22, 2002....
, Prime Minister (Netherlands) (2003 Faculty of Philosophie) - Dr. h.c. Hanna-Renate LaurienHanna-Renate LaurienHanna-Renate Laurien was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union.- Biography :Laurien was born in Danzig...
, Theologian (1996 Faculty of Catholic Theology) - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Robert Leicht, Reporter (2003 Faculty of Protestant Theology)
- Dr. h.c. Reinhard MohnReinhard MohnReinhard Mohn was a German businessman who turned Bertelsmann, a "provincial, war-shattered German publisher", into the sixth largest media conglomerate in the world.-Early life:...
, Director Bertelsmann (2001 Faculty of Economics (Münster School of Business Administration and Economics)) - Dr. h.c. Rupert NeudeckRupert NeudeckRupert Neudeck is a German journalist and humanitarian.He lived in Danzig until 1945 when Germans either fled from the advancing Soviets, or were expelled in the Expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II...
- Dr. h.c. Jean-Claude JunckerJean-Claude JunckerJean-Claude Juncker is a Luxembourg politician, 23rd and current Prime Minister of Luxembourg, since 20 January 1995. He is the longest standing head of government of any European Union state...
, Prime Minister (LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
) - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Schmidbaur, Chemist (2005 Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
- Dr. h.c. Erich SchumannErich SchumannErich Schumann was a German physicist who specialized in acoustics and explosives, and had a penchant for music, as he was a grandson of the classical composer Robert Schumann. He was a general officer in the army and a professor at the University of Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin...
, JuristJuristA jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...
(2002 Faculty of Law) - Dr. h.c. Wolfgang ThierseWolfgang ThierseWolfgang Thierse is a German politician .- Early years in the GDR :Thierse was born in Breslau . He is a Roman Catholic and grew up in East Germany. After his A-levels he first worked as a typesetter in Weimar...
, PoliticianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Dr. h.c. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai LamaDalai LamaThe Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
(2007 Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy)