Rolf Becker (publisher)
Rolf Becker (born June 5, 1920 in Jüterbog ; † February 15, 2014 in Munich ) was a German publisher and owner of the publishing house Wort und Bild .
Life
In 1955, as the head of a pharmaceutical company, he founded Wort und Bild Verlag together with two partners and published the Apotheken Umschau since January 1956 . In 1994 he co-founded the Pinakothek der Moderne foundation in Munich. In 2005 he founded the Rufzeichen Gesundheit!
Rolf Becker had been married since 1944 and had two sons.
Art collection and patronage
Becker collected art extensively. He had some sculptures set up around the publishing house in Baierbrunn . As a patron, he donated among other things, " Eduardo Chillida " -plastic Berlin before the Federal Chancellery and was among the first donors to the Holocaust Memorial .
Awards
Germany
- Bavarian Order of Merit 1983
- Honorary citizenships of the communities of Pullach and Baierbrunn
- Honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts
- Honorary Senator of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 2002
- Fritz Ferchl Medal
- Culture Prize of the Eduard Rhein Foundation 2006
- Kulturtaler 2007
- Self-medication price for special services in the field of self-medication
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1995
Italy
- Cavaliere Ufficiale dell ' Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
- Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 1984
- Premio Europeo "Lorenzo il Magnifico" Florence
Austria
- Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria 1999
Spain
- La Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil 2002
Web links
- Literature by and about Rolf Becker in the catalog of the German National Library
- biography
- Interview at Focus
- Publishers of the Umschau pharmacies died. Obituary in Münchner Merkur on February 18, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Foundation Pinakothek der Moderne
- ↑ History of the Foundation ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2009 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.
- ↑ Chillida plastic in front of the Chancellery should be implemented
- ↑ The silent benefactor
- ↑ Named after the pharmacist Fritz Ferchl (1892–1953), cf. Georg Edmund Then: Ferchl, Friedrich (Fritz). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 81 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Merkur: Kulturtaler 2007 , September 28, 2007
- ↑ Press release: Self-Medication Award , September 25, 2008
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Becker, Rolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher, owner of the publishing house Wort und Bild |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Jueterbog |
DATE OF DEATH | 15th February 2014 |
Place of death | Munich |