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Leipzig University Medal

The Leipzig University Medal is awarded for outstanding services to the University. Members of the University community can be honoured, as can external figures who have rendered outstanding services to Leipzig.

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Honoured with the University Medal: Martin Buhl-Wagner, CEO of Leipziger Messe GmbH, Professor Christian Wirth, Director of the University’s Botanical Garden and spokesperson for iDiv, Dr Andrea Diekhof, Managing…

Leipzig University Medal

By resolution of the Senate, the Leipzig University Medal can be awarded to worthy individuals for services to the University or for the achievements specified in Section 2 of the Basic Regulations of Leipzig University.

  • Professor Christian Wirth
    Faculty of Life Sciences
  • Dr Andrea Diekhof
    Managing Director of the Studentenwerk Leipzig
  • Martin Buhl-Wagner
    Chief Executive Officer of Leipziger Messe GmbH and Chairman of the University Society for Friends and Supporters of Leipzig University (Universitätsgesellschaft – Freunde und Förderer der Universität Leipzig e.V.)
  • Professor Hans-Bert Rademacher
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

  • Professor Evamarie Hey-Hawkins
    Professor at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dr Karin Hämmer
    Assistant to the Dean, Faculty of Philology
  • Professor Rudolph Hiller von Gaertringen
    Curator of the art collections and Kustodie director

  • Professor Lothar Beyer
    Formerly of the Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
  • Ms Gabriele Förster
    Formerly of Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
  • Dipl.-Ing. Brigitte Kempe-Stecher
    Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz
    Curator, Leipzig
  • Professor Reinhard Welter
    Formerly of the Faculty of Law

  • Professor Robert Stewart, PhD
    Ohio University, Athens

  • Dr Uwe Löser
    Former Department Head for Budgetary and Economic Affairs

  • Professor Jürgen Krug
    Long-standing university lecturer for training and kinesiology
  • Dr Annette Kühn
    Director of interDaF e. V. at the Herder Institute of Leipzig University
  • Mathias Becker
    President of the Administrative Board of Leipzig Student Services
  • Professor Jürgen Dietze
    Former University representative for top-level sport
  • Freia Stöckel
    Formerly of the Equal Opportunities Unit

  • Professor Dieter Ehrenberg
    First Dean of the newly founded Faculty of Economics and Management Science
  • Professor Manfred Rudersdorf
    Chairman of the Senate Commission for researching the history of the University and science in Leipzig
  • Marcel Wodniock
    Student Council spokesperson

  • Professor Thomas Bohn
    Honorary professor at the Institute of Urban Development and Construction Management
  • Dr Angela Onasch
    Former research assistant at the Institute of Egyptology
  • Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Trommer
    Former branch manager at Staatsbetrieb Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement (SIB)
  • Roberto Ruiz
    Former Consul of the Republic of Chile
  • Dr Monika Benedix
    Leipzig University Commissioner for Equal Opportunities 2003–2010
  • Daniel Fochtmann
    Formerly of Leipzig University Student Council
    Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
  • Frank Kießling
    Former Managing Director of Leipzig Student Services
  • Professor Burkhard Pahl
    Faculty of Economics and Management Science

  • Dr.-Ing. Volker Messtorff-Lebius
    Formerly of the Saxon State Ministry and the Arts
  • Professor  Gerhardt Wolff
    Verbundnetz Gas AG
    Former Chairman of the Association of Sponsors and Friends of Leipzig University

  • Professor Christian Kleint
    Formerly of the Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
    Deceased on 22 August 2007

  • Dr Rudolf Ahnert
    Lecturer for building renovation at the Faculty of Economics and Management Science
  • Dr Michelle Bachelet
    President of the Republic of Chile
  • Professor Ralf Moritz
    Faculty of History, Arts and Oriental Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies
  • Professor Hans-Peter Otto
    Lecturer for surveying at the Faculty of Economics and Management Science

  • Theodore N. Tsakiris
    Consul General of Greece in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia

  • Professor Reinhard Ludewig
    Former Director of the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology at Leipzig University
  • Dr.-Ing. Gerhart Pasch
    Architect and church building officer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony

  • Marlies Friedrich
    Qualified nurse, Faculty of Medicine / Leipzig University Hospital

  • Klaus Gernhardt
    Former Chief Restorer of the Museum of Musical Instruments, Faculty of History, Arts and Oriental Studies
  • Reiner Rusch
    Former Treasurer of the Association of Sponsors and Friends of Leipzig University and member of the Executive Board at Deutsche Bank AG Leipzig

  • Professor Ernst-Heinz Amberg
    Leipzig
  • Professor Ernst-Heinrich Lochmann
    Hanover
    Deceased on 1 March 2013
  • Professor Lutz Michalski
    University of Bayreuth, Faculty of Law, Business & Economics
    Deceased on 23 May 2013
  • Professor Winfried Schrammek
    Leipzig

  • Professor Peter Welzel
    Leipzig University, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
    Deceased on 22 July 2008

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