Jan Murken

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Jan Murken (born August 19, 1934 in Gütersloh ) is a German geneticist , pediatrician , professor em. for paediatrics and human genetics , local politician , museum founder and museum director in Ottobrunn (Munich district).

Life

Jan (formerly: Jan-Diether) Murken worked as a pediatrician at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich from 1963 and from 1978 until his retirement in 2004 as head of the medical genetics department.

Murken has lived in Ottobrunn since 1971 and was there for the SPD on the local council for 24 years. From 1972 to 1986 he represented Ottobrunn interests in the Munich-Land district council . From 1978 to 2018 he campaigned for the promotion of culture and the preservation of monuments in the district assembly .

Murken has headed the Otto König von Greece Museum in Ottobrunn since 1989 , which he inspired, conceived and built up in major parts.

He also initiated the community partnership with Nauplia in 1976 , the first ever German-Greek partnership.

Awards

Jan Murken has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1995), the Gold Medal of the Historical Society of Athens (1999), the Medal Munich Shines in Silver (2001), the Bavarian Order of Merit (2002), the Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Silver (2004), the Ottobrunn Citizen Medal (2005) and the Golden Ring of Honor of the Association of German-Greek Societies (2005). In 2013 he was made an honorary member of the German Society for Human Genetics in Dresden . Murken has been an honorary citizen of Ottobrunn since 2014.

Publications (selection)

  • The XYY syndrome and Klinefelter's syndrome. Investigations into epidemiology, clinical picture psychology, behavior and genetics , Stuttgart: Thieme, 1973
  • Human genetics. Working text with 90 exam questions based on the multiple choice principle , ed. by Jan-Diether Murken and Hartwig Cleve, Stuttgart: Enke, 1975, ISBN 3-432-88171-1
  • Pocket textbook human genetics , ed. by Jan Murken, Stuttgart: Thieme, 8., revised. Edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-13-139298-5
  • Otto König von Greece Museum of the Ottobrunn Community , Berlin - Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-02424-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from the SPD Bavaria 2011, [1] , accessed on November 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Internet presence of the administrative district of Upper Bavaria: Excerpt from the laudatory speech by District Assembly President Josef Mederer to Mathilde Schmitz , October 12, 2010. Accessed on September 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ Municipality of Ottobrunn, main office Az: 0240.
  4. ↑ Herbert Speckner: The König Otto Museum is his "baby". Jan Murken celebrated his 75th birthday . In: My Ottobrunn. Community Journal. Issue 16, September 2009, p. 4. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ Ina Berwanger's website: Three Ottobrunners were awarded . ( Memento from April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Names & Messages . In: Münchner Merkur. Edition Munich district, April 4, 1996.
  7. ^ Karl Rieck: Otto in the National Museum. Exhibits from Ottobrunn can also be seen in Munich . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. District supplement Munich South, November 11, 1999, p. R4.
  8. ↑ Great honor for Murken. Ottobrunner received the "Munich lights up" medal . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. District supplement Munich South, September 5, 2001.
  9. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Internet presence of the Bavarian State Parliament: State Parliament President Alois Glück awards constitutional medals in gold and silver. Press release of November 26, 2004. ) Retrieved on September 16, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bayern.landtag.de
  10. ↑ From the Bürgerring to the Federal Cross of Merit. Flood of honors: Christa Stewens, Bärbel Narnhammer, Jan Murken and Familienzentrum honored . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. Edition of the district of Erding, 4./5. December 2004.
  11. ↑ Rita Baedeker: A partnership that is green and blooming. Jan Murken will receive the German-Greek Society's Ring of Honor on Friday in Bamberg . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. No. 57, district supplement Munich South, March 10, 2005, p. R6.
  12. ^ Münchner Wochenanzeiger, Südost-Kurier, edition of April 15, 2013, [2] , accessed on November 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ Municipality of Ottobrunn, main office Az: 0230.
personal data
SURNAME Murken, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murken, Jan-Diether
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German human geneticist, local politician and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Gutersloh