Hinrich Seidel
Hinrich Seidel (born November 7, 1931 in Rendsburg ; † February 18, 2020 in Hanover ) was a German chemist . From 1979 to 1997 he was President of the University of Hanover .
Life
In 1951 Seidel began studying chemistry at the University of Kiel , which he graduated with a diploma in chemistry . In 1960 he received his doctorate, his habilitation followed in 1967. From 1969 he worked as a university lecturer. In 1971 he received a chair for inorganic chemistry at the Technical University of Hanover . There he took over the management of the chemistry department in 1972/1973. From 1975 to 1977 he was rector and in 1979 became president of the university, which was renamed Universität Hannover . During his tenure, the Lower Saxony University Act came into force, which provided for extensive changes in the university structure. The number of students increased massively, and the University of Hanover developed into the largest university in Lower Saxony . Seidel was Vice President from 1984 to 1989, then President of the European Rectors 'Conference until 1994 and President of the West German Rectors' Conference (WRK) from 1987 to 1990 . Under his leadership, relations among European universities have improved significantly.
Awards
- 1990: Large Federal Cross of Merit
- 1990: Honorary citizen of the city of Hanover
- 1990: Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite
- 1992: Officer of the Legion of Honor
- 1995: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2001: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- 2001: Lower Saxony State Medal
- 2006: Honorary citizen of the University of Hanover
- several honorary doctorates
further activities
- 1981–1999: Member of the Advisory Committee of the European Center for Higher Education of UNESCO
- 1982–1996: Alternating Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hochschulinformationssystem GmbH (HIS)
- 1995–2001: Founding director of the Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency Hanover (ZEvA)
- 1997–2002: Chairman of the Wilhelm Busch Society
- Board member of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2003. 19th edition. Volume III: Schr-Z. KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23607-7 , p. 3145.
Web links
- Portrait from the state of Lower Saxony
- Short biography at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- NN: Prof. Hinrich Seidel becomes an honorary citizen of the Leibniz University Hannover. Appreciation for almost 20 years of pioneering presidency ( memento of October 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Press release of the Leibniz University Hannover from November 7th, 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honorary citizen and ex-university president Hinrich Seidel has died. In: New Press. February 19, 2020, accessed February 19, 2020 .
Directors: Karl Karmarsch (1831–1875) | Wilhelm Launhardt (1875–1880)
Rectors: Wilhelm Launhardt (1880–1886) | Karl Dolezalek (1886-1892) | Wilhelm Kohlrausch (1892–1895) | Albert Frank (1895–1898) | Heinrich Köhler (1898–1901) | Ludwig Kiepert (1901–1904) | Georg Barkhausen (1904–1907) | Hermann Ost (1907–1910) | Franz Frese (1910–1911) | Karl Mohrmann (1911–1913) | Robert Otzen (1913–1915) | Carl Heim (1915–1917) | Ludwig Troske (1917–1919) | Conrad Müller (1919–1923) | Ernst Vetterlein (1923–1925) | Fritz Oesterlen (1925–1927) | Friedrich Quincke (1927–1929) | Otto Blum (1929–1931) | Ludwig Klein (1931–1933) | Otto Franzius (1933–1934) | Horst von Sanden (1934–1937) | Hanns Simons (1937–1939) | Alexander Matting (1940-1943) | Helmut Pfannmüller (1943–1945) | Conrad Müller (1945–1947) | Otto Flachsbart (1947–1950) | Walter Großmann (1950–1951) | Hermann Deckert (1951–1952) | Walter Hensen (1952–1954) | Hans Schönfeld (1954–1956) | Johannes Schlums (1956–1957) | Walter Theilacker (1957–1958) | Wilhelm Nicolaisen (1958–1959) | Egon Martyrer (1959–1960) | Wilhelm Wortmann (1960–1961) | Hans-Oskar Wilde (1961–1963) | Albert Vierling (1963–1964) | Walter Renard (1964–1966) | Theodor Kaluza (1966–1968) | Alf Pflüger (1968–1969) | Eduard Pestel (1969–1970) | Hermann Böhrs (1970–1971) | Jürgen Wehrmann (1971–1972) | Lothar Hübl (1973–1974) | Gerhart Laage (1974–1975) | Hinrich Seidel (1975–1977) | Otwin Massing (1977–1978) | Klaus Schäfer (1978–1979)
President: Hinrich Seidel (1979–1997) | Ludwig Schätzl (1997–2005) | Erich Barke (2005–2014) | Volker Epping (since 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seidel, Hinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist, President of the University of Hanover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rendsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2020 |
| Place of death | Hanover |