Hartwig Kelm

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Hartwig Kelm (born April 15, 1933 in Schmalkalden ; † November 11, 2012 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German chemist , director of the Hessischer Rundfunk and honorary senator of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt .

Life

Kelm studied chemistry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, where he received his doctorate in 1962; since 1965 he worked as an assistant professor at the State University of New York . In 1970 he became professor for physical chemistry in Frankfurt. Between 1979 and 1986 Kelm was the third president of Frankfurt University, where he established the Foundation for the Promotion of International Scientific Relations in 1983 .

In 1986 he was elected director of the Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) for an electoral period of eight years with the votes of the CDU / FDP majority. In this function Kelm was chairman of the ARD between 1989 and 1990 . He criticized the in his view too strong influence of the parties on the public broadcasting system. Due to a financial crisis at the station, Hartwig Kelm declared his resignation as HR director in April 1993.

In 2002 the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University named Kelm an honorary senator as "one of the university's outstanding personalities".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Ex-Intendant died: HR mourns Hartwig Kelm ) Press release from Hessischer Rundfunk from November 12, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hr-online.de
  2. ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Hartwig Kelm at academictree.org, accessed on February 15 2018th
  3. ^ Wolfgang Schwarz, Jürgen Wolfart: On the history of the mathematical seminar at the University of Frankfurt am Main from 1914 to 1970 (draft) . (PDF; 1.9 MB) 2002, p. 22.
  4. ↑ Silja Joneleit-Oesch: Promote internationality In: UniReport. October 22, 2003, p. 4.
  5. ↑ Out with the parties . In: Der Spiegel . No. 46 , 1989, pp. 120 ( online - interview with the incumbent ARD chairman Hartwig Kelm).
  6. ↑ Honorable: Prof. Bernd Fahrholz and Prof. Hartwig Kelm appointed honorary senators ; Press release of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt from November 19, 2002 on uni-protocol.de
personal data
SURNAME Kelm, Hartwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, director of the Hessischer Rundfunk, president of the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Schmalkalden
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 2012
Place of death Frankfurt am Main