Ludwig E. Feinendegen

Ludwig E. Feinendegen (born January 1, 1927 in Garzweiler ) is a German radiation doctor.

Life

After working and military service 1944–45, he passed the humanistic Abitur in Mönchengladbach in 1946 , studied medicine at the University of Cologne from 1947–1952 (Dr. med.) , Followed by further training in internal medicine, then radiology in the Federal Republic of Germany and the UNITED STATES. In 1967 he was appointed full professor at the University of Düsseldorf and at the same time director of the Institute for Medicine at the Jülich nuclear research facility , now the Jülich Research Center. In 1993 he retired.

In 1971 he was appointed a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts , and in 1974 a member of the Protection Commission at the Federal Ministry of the Interior . From 1979 to 2005 he was a member of the board of trustees for the meetings of the Nobel Prize winners in Lindau (at times also vice-president of the board of trustees).

He has received honors, such as the State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia and the X-Ray Plaque in 1991 , the Great Federal Cross of Merit of the FRG in 1994, the Hanns Langendorff Medal in 1995 and honorary membership of the Protection Commission in 2010.

The advocacy of Feinendegen for the hypothesis of radiation hormesis, which was not accepted by the International Commission on Radiation Protection , is controversial , according to which radioactive radiation in low doses should not only be not harmful but even useful.

His brother is the politician and former member of the Bundestag Wolfgang Feinendegen . Since 1947 he has been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Rhineland Cologne.

literature

• Michael field: Ludwig E. Feinendegen. "Excellence for Power". Mainau Island: Lennart Bernadotte Foundation 2005, ISBN 3-00-016543-6

Web links

• Ludwig E. Feinendegen at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Literature by and about Ludwig E. Feinendegen in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Feld: 60 years Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: What holds the world together . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 7, 2019]).
2. ^ Hanns Langendorff Medal for life's work. In: langendorff-stiftung.de. Retrieved February 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated July 6, 2014 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.