Rudolf-Maria Schütz

Rudolf-Maria Schütz (born September 3, 1929 in Gelsenkirchen ; † September 9, 2007 in Lübeck ) was a German physician , geriatrician , gerontologist , university professor and president of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics. V.

biography

Schütz studied medicine at the Georg-August University in Göttingen , was a scholarship holder in the pharmacological department of the Max Planck Society and in 1966 moved to the Medical University of Lübeck, now the Medical University of Lübeck . After completing his habilitation in internal medicine , Schütz was appointed adjunct professor in 1972 and appointed director of the Clinic for Angiology and Geriatrics in 1974.

Within gerontology, Schütz was a well-known representative of interdisciplinary and differential gerontology - together with outstanding gerontologists such as Hans Thomae and Ursula Lehr . As a university professor, it was important to him to promote young academics.

Scientific functions

Rudolf-Maria Schütz held the office of President of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics for ten years. During his tenure, Schütz pleaded for the interdisciplinary nature of gerontology in science and practice . He emerged as a "bridge builder" between scientific gerontology and politics .

The internist Schütz was chairman of the geriatrics working group in the professional association of German internists for twelve years, he became chairman of the expert commission for the creation of the first report of the elderly of the federal government (published: 1993). Rudolf-Maria Schütz was president of the German Society for Angiology eV, member of numerous commissions of the federal and state governments as well as the German Medical Association .

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1. ^ So the incumbent President Thomas Klie.