Fritz Grunebaum

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Fritz Grunebaum (born November 10, 1913 in Frankfurt am Main as Fritz Grünebaum ; † April 4, 1992 in Lynnfield , Essex County , Massachusetts ) was a German-American entrepreneur .

Life

Fritz Grünebaum studied law and economics at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . There he also did his doctorate . In his spare time, Grünebaum was active as a rugby union player at SC Frankfurt 1880 . He was married to the banker's daughter Karin Grünebaum, née Wassermann, who was born in Berlin in 1918 .

After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, the couple immigrated Green tree, because of their Jewish persecuted faith in the United States of America from. The name was changed to Grunebaum. The family of four children settled in Boston , where Fritz Grunebaum made a successful career in the leather industry . Still associated with rugby, he founded the American Rugby Foundation .

After his wife Karin died of cancer in 1958 at the age of 39 , Fritz Grunebaum of Boston University donated the Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation , which developed into a leading cancer research center.

In his second marriage, Fritz Grunebaum was married to the American Roberta Grunebaum.

In 1992 Fritz Grunebaum died at the age of 78. In his will , he donated the Fritz Grunebaum Prize to Heidelberg University , a young scientist prize that is awarded annually for the best doctoral thesis in law or economics. It is currently endowed with 3,000 euros. In addition, the Palatinate Museum received several valuable works of art . Grunebaum bequeathed a financial sum to the city of Heidelberg, which was to be used to promote the rugby game. This was used for the construction of the Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark rugby stadium . The sports park was opened in 1996.

Honors

  • Fritz Grunebaum was an honorary senator of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.
  • The Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, which opened in 1996, bears his name

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karin Grunebaum . In grunebaumfoundation.org. Accessed June 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Awarding of the Ruprecht Karls Prize to young Heidelberg scientists. Press release No. 117/2019. In: Heidelberg University . November 9, 2019, accessed March 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ The Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark - living room of the German national rugby team . Published on rbw-rugby.de. Accessed June 9, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Grunebaum, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grünebaum, Fritz (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1992
Place of death Lynnfield , Massachusetts