Honorary senators and citizens

Outstanding commitment to FAU

FAU awards the title of honorary senator to individuals who have shown outstanding commitment to FAU as a whole. The following have been named honorary senators of FAU:

Roland Auschel, Chief Sales Officer at Cybex, former Member of the Executive Board at adidas, former member of the FAU University Council
Dr. Siegfried Balleis, former mayor of the city of Erlangen
Dr. Günther Beckstein, former Bavarian Prime Minister
Walter Bockshecker, former member of the board of the Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe, former member of the University Council
Heide und Horst Feldmeier, founders of Dr. Jutta-Feldmeier-Stiftung
Ernst Freiberger, main shareholder and former member of the supervisory board at Medical Park AG
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Freund, former Chair of the University Council of FAU
Hans-Georg Geis, managing partner at Geis Holding GmbH Co. KG
Jürgen Großkreutz, Ministerialdirigent a.D. (senior public servant, retired) at the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts
Dr. Dietmar Hahlweg, former mayor of the city of Erlangen
Prof. Dr. Carola Jäggi, professor of Medieval Art History and Archeology of the Early Christian, High and Late Medieval Periods at the University of Zurich, former member of the University Council of FAU
Prof. Dr. Edward G. Krubasik, former member of the Managing Board at Siemens AG
Karl-Ernst Merker, ehem. Leitender Regierungsdirektor (former senior government official) in the University Administration and former permanent representative of the Chancellor of FAU.
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittelstraß, former professor of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science at the University of Konstanz, former chairman of the University Council of FAU
Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Benno M. Nigg, former member of the University Council, biomechanics specialist
Gunther Oschmann, long-term director and shareholder of Müller Medien GmbH & Co KG
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Margit Osterloh, former member of the University Council, industrial engineering and management specialist
Prof. Dr. Josef Pfeilschifter, former Chair of the University Council, Institute for General Pharmacology and Toxicology at Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
Harald Plamper, former member of the University Council of FAU, visiting professor at Bocconi University, Milan, since 2000
Dr. Wilhelm Polster, Chair of the Manfred-Roth-Stiftung
Prof. Dr. Erich R. Reinhardt, former member of the Managing Board at Siemens AG and long-term bursar of the University Association
Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus Gerhard Saur, publisher
Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann, entrepreneur, former member of the University Council of FAU
Hans-Peter Schmidt, former chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe, member of the Wiso Fakultätsbund and former member of FAU’s Advisory Board
Assessor Diplom-Volkswirt Thomas A. H. Schöck, Chancellor of FAU (retired)
Rupert Stadler, former chairman of the Board of Management at Audi AG; former member of the University Council of FAU
Dr. Steffen Stremme, former director of Media-Saturn-Holding, former member of the University Council of FAU
Prof. Hubert Weiler, former president of the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Dr. Adalbert Weiß, Ministerialdirektor a.D. (under secretary, retired), former Head of Science and the Arts in the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts
Wilhelm Rudolf Wessels, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Staedtler Foundation
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Wucherer, former member of the University Council of FAU, Chairman of the Executive Board of B. Grimm Group
Dr. Hartmut Wurzbacher, Ministerialdirigent a.D. (senior public servant, retired) at the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts

FAU awards the title of honorary citizen for extraordinary contributions to the University or one of its institutions. The following have been named honorary citizens of FAU:

Otto Feil, former mayor of the town of Pleinfeld
Evi Kurz, Chair of the board of Stiftung Ludwig-Erhard-Haus