Klaus Rother (doctor)

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Klaus Rother (born March 1, 1926 in Wittstock / Dosse ; † January 16, 2016 ) was a German physician, immunologist and serologist.

Life

In the war days of 1944, Rother, son of the bookseller Oswald and Hedwig, born Rendel, graduated from high school in Wittstock / Dosse. He studied medicine in Mainz, Berlin and Freiburg. In Freiburg he was active in the Corps Rhenania . With a thesis on inflammation of the renal pelvis, he was promoted to Dr. med. doctorate and taught as a private lecturer at the University of Freiburg. From 1957 to 1959 and 1961 to 1968 he and his wife Ursula Rother , a professor of immunology, were involved in research projects with Leon and Pillemer in Cleveland in the USA. He was initially visiting professor and from 1963 Associate Professor of Pathology at New York University School of Medicine . After his return in 1967/68 he initially worked at the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg.

In 1971 he was offered a professorship for general immunology at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . The Institute for Immunology he founded at the Heidelberg University Hospital combined immunohematology with modern immunology and, with over 200 employees, was a leading institute on an international level. He was Vice Dean (1972–1979), Vice Rector (1980–1982) of Heidelberg University and Member of the Board of Heidelberg University Hospital (1986–1989). He was visiting professor in Adelaide (Australia), Wuhan (China) and Sao Paulo (Brazil). In 1994 he retired.

Rother was for many years President of the German Society for Immunology. He was a member of numerous organizations, including the Robert Koch Foundation. He himself was the founder of the Bernd Rendel Foundation in the DSZ German Foundation Center and Donors Association.

honors and awards

  • Admission to the New York Academy of Sciences (1964)
  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1986)
  • Honorary member of the German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology DGAKI (1987)
  • Honorary member of the German Society for Immunology DGfI (1993)
  • Gold medal of the European Complement Network ECN (1997)
  • Karl Hansen Medal (1999)
  • Honorary member of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum CIA
  • Medal of Honor of the City of Wittstock / Dosse (2012)
  • Honorary member of the Corps Rhenania Freiburg

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  • Who is who? Volume 33, 1994, page 1115
  • Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon 1933–1986, page 505

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice Klaus Rother , FAZ , February 6, 2016
  2. ↑ In memory: Klaus Rother ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ärzteblatt Baden-Württemberg, 3/2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / issuu.com
  3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 129/1157
  4. ↑ a b c Founder Klaus Rother deceased ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , German Foundation Center , February 10, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stiften-wektiven.de
  5. ↑ From 1906 - 2007: More than a hundred years of immunology in Heidelberg , Heidelberg University , September 7, 2007
  6. ^ Obituary notice Klaus Rother , Märkische Allgemeine , February 3, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Rother, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rother, Klaus O.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittstock / Dosse , Brandenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2016