Udo van Meeteren
Udo van Meeteren (born May 26, 1926 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) is a German entrepreneur and art patron.
biography
His parents were the banker and merchant Georg (1880–1945) and Olga van Meeteren (1896–1976), a born Weuste. In the summer of 1926 the family moved to Düsseldorf in the Hofgarten district at Goltsteinstrasse 9, where Udo van Meeteren grew up. After graduating from high school at the age of 17 at the Prinz-Georg-Straße (today the Max-Planck-Gymnasium ) he studied mechanical engineering and mining at the Technical University in Aachen in 1944 . The Second World War interrupted his further career. He served as a radio operator and was taken prisoner by the French, from which he did not return home until 1948. After internships in a major bank in Hamburg and in the United States, van Meeteren joined the Michel Group (today part of RAG Aktiengesellschaft ) in 1952 . There he was appointed to the board of the lignite power plant Neurath AG in 1956 with the votes of the workforce . Further leading positions in the coal and steel industry followed . From 1959 to 1980 he was a limited partner in the Trinkaus & Burkhardt bank .
Cultural engagement
In 1980, on the 100th birthday of his father, he founded the non-profit foundation van Meeteren , which supports cultural goals with endowment assets of around 45 million euros. In 2013 he made the house of the University of Düsseldorf possible with further cash and non-cash benefits. In 2016 he funded the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf with two million euros for the establishment of the new master’s degree in art education and cultural management for the 2016/2017 winter semester.
Awards
- 1993 Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2001 Awarded the Ring of Honor of the State Capital Düsseldorf
- 2001 Maecenas honor of the working group of independent cultural institutes eV - AsKI
- Since 2003 honorary citizen of Düsseldorf
- 2003 Awarded the golden merit pin of the Eifelverein
- Since 2006 honorary member of the Eifelverein Düsseldorf eV 1908
- 2006 Award of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 2010 Honorary member of the Alde Düsseldorfer Bürgergesellschaft 1920 e. V.
- 2010 James-Simon-Prize of the James-Simon-Stiftung , prize for exemplary, social and cultural commitment in Germany
- 2013 German Founder Prize of the Federal Association of German Foundations
- 2013 Large Golden Jan Wellem Medal from the Heimatverein Düsseldorfer Jonges eV
literature
- Plankermann, Zeyen, Görgens, Bühler (eds.): One hundred Düsseldorf heads . Droste, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-7700-1193-7 , pp. 132f.
Web links
- The Van Meeteren Foundation
- Maecenas honor 2001: Udo van Meeteren - a Düsseldorf entrepreneur and patron
Individual evidence
- ↑ from the Prinz-Georg-Gymnasium 1906 to the Max-Planck-Gymnasium 1957
- ↑ “At the age of four weeks, Udo van Meeteren moved to Düsseldorf. He could not become an anti-aircraft helper and instead graduated from high school. He was there and a schoolboy at the grammar school on Prinz-Georg-Straße. He studied mechanical engineering and mining before he was drafted into the air force. ” , Petra Kuiper: You can't eat more than a steak. NRZ from May 18, 2013
- ↑ Institute for Art History: New Master’s course for winter semester 2016/17: Art Education and Cultural Management
- ↑ rp-online.de: New master's degree at the university tailored to the cultural scene , May 14, 2016
- ↑ Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meeteren, Udo van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and patron of the arts |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |