Max Syrbe

Max Syrbe (born March 2, 1929 in Leipzig ; † September 21, 2011 in Karlsruhe ) was a German physicist and former president of the Fraunhofer Society .

Life

Max Syrbe attended the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in his hometown . He studied physics in Frankfurt am Main and received his doctorate in applied physics and control engineering in 1953 . He then began his industrial career as a development and project engineer at BBC in Mannheim. In 1964 he took over the chairmanship of the Institute for Vibration Research (ISF). In 1968 he left the BBC and joined ISF, which was relocated to Karlsruhe, now the Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Exploitation , as director. In 1971 Max Syrbe was elected deputy chairman of the main commission of the Fraunhofer Society. It is thanks to his initiative that a concept for research and expansion planning was developed, which provided the basis for the further development of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. He represented success-dependent contract research for industry and the public sector as a suitable basis for the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in its capacity as the supporting organization for applied research in Germany. In 1983 the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft elected him President, an office he held until 1993. In 1975 he was appointed honorary professor by the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) .

He was a member of the board of directors / executive committees of the VDI , the INTERKAMA working group , the VDI / VDE Society for Measurement and Control Engineering and the Society for Computer Science . He served on corporate boards, expert panels and advisory boards to promote science, technology and innovation.

Honors

Syrbe was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Steinbeis Foundation and later became honorary senator of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg .

1993: Honorary doctorate from the Gerhard Mercator University in Duisburg
1993: Honorary Senator of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
1989: Great Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
----: Bavarian Order of Merit
----: Awarding of the Fraunhofer bust (highest award of the Fraunhofer Society)
----: Honorary member of the Fraunhofer Society
----: Max Syrbe Hall at the Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Exploitation
2009: Löhn Prize - Transfer Prize from the Steinbeis Foundation as a special prize

Web links

Obituary for Syrbe by Fraunhofer IOSB

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich Nietzsche School: Teachers and Students Directory 1939/40 , Leipzig 1940, p. 11
↑ Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Max Syrbe (1929-2011) - In 2009 the jury of the Löhn Prize honored the outstanding personal commitment in knowledge and technology transfer of Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Max Syrbe (1929-2011) as a long-term member of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of trustees of the Steinbeis Foundation.

personal data
SURNAME	Syrbe, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physicist and former President of the Fraunhofer Society
DATE OF BIRTH	March 2, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH	September 21, 2011
Place of death	Karlsruhe

[1] Friedrich Nietzsche School: Teachers and Students Directory 1939/40 , Leipzig 1940, p. 11

[2] Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Max Syrbe (1929-2011) - In 2009 the jury of the Löhn Prize honored the outstanding personal commitment in knowledge and technology transfer of Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Max Syrbe (1929-2011) as a long-term member of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of trustees of the Steinbeis Foundation.