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| Berthold Beitz |
b. 1913, Dr. med.h.c., Prof., merchant; Chairman of
the Board of Governors, Alred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen; Chairman,
Cultural Foundation Ruh, Essen; Honorary Chairman, Board of Governors, Thyssen
Krupp; Honorary member, International Olympic Committee. Founder of the Circle
1985. |
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| Klaus
von Bismarck |
1912-1996;
D.theol., farmer; former President, Goethe Institute, Munich, 1977-1989; former
Director General, West German Radio and Television (WDR), Cologne, 1957-64.
Co-founder 1985. |
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| Christian
Bode |
b. 1942; Dr.
jur., Dr.h.c., administrator; Secretary General, German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD), Bonn, 1990- ; former Secretary General, West German Rectors
Conference (WRK), Bonn, 1982-1990. Member 1996. |
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| Hugo Borger |
died 2004, Dr. phil., Prof., art historian; former Director General , Museums of the
City of Cologne; former Director, Roman Germanic Museum, Cologne. Co-founder
1985. |
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| Peter Fischer- Appelt |
b. 1932; Dr. theol., LHD, LittD, LLD (hon), Dr. h. c. mult., Prof., academic
administrator and educator; former President , University of Hamburg, 1970-91;
co-founder (LSF)1982, member and Chairman of the Auditing Council 1982-92,
President 1992-1998, Honorary President 2002-, St. Cyril and St. Methodius
International Foundation, Sofia; teaches Systematic Theology at Hamburg
University, 1972-. Co-founder 1985; Chairman 1986-. |
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| Helmut Greve |
b. 1922; Dr. jur., Dr.Theol.h.c., Prof., merchant; Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Dr. Helmut Greve Bau – und Boden AG, Hamburg, 1978; Honorary Consul General of
the Republic of Hungary, 1992; Chairman of the Board of Governors, Dr. Helmut
and Hannelore Greve Foundation for Sciences and Culture, 1988-; Member 1998. |
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| Harald Heimsoeth |
1916-2007; Dr.jur., diplomat,; former Ambassador to Bulgaria; diplomatic
service Nairobi 1973-79, Brussels 1968-70, Djakarta 1965-68, UN New York
1960-65, New Delhi 1953-56. Co-founder 1985. |
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| Gerd-Winand Imeyer |
b. 1934; Dr. rer. pol., Prof., merchant; former Director General and Chairman of
the Board of Directors, Hanse Merkur Insurance Group, Hamburg; Honorary Consul
General of the Republic of Bulgaria for Northern Germany, Hamburg, 1993- .
Member 1993. |
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| Dominik Freiherr von König |
b. 1944; Dr. phil., administrator; Secretary General, Foundation Lower
Saxony, Hannover 1992-2008; chief expert, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Foundation, Essen, 1980-1992. Member 1993, Executive Secretary 1985-1993. |
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| Wilhelm Krull |
b. 1952;
Dr. phil., administrator; Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation, Hannover,
1996- ; Executive Director, Max Planck Society (MPG), Munich, 1993-95. Member
1996. |
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| Peter Ludwig |
1925-1996; Dr. phil., Dr. h.c. mult., Prof., art historian, art collector,
entrepreneur; former Chairman of the Board, Ludwig Schokolade GmbH, Aachen;
co-owner Monheim AG, Aachen, 1952-86; founder, Ludwig Foundation for Art and
International Understanding, Aachen, 1983; sponsor of Ludwig Museums and
Institutes in Aachen, Budapest, Cologne, Koblenz, Oberhausen, Saarlouis, St.
Petersburg, Vienna; collections of ancient and modern art in museums of Aachen,
Aalborg, Basel, Berlin, Bochum, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Havanna,
Kassel, Koblenz, Leipzig, Mainz, Munich, Paris, Saarbrucken, Vienna. Co-founder
1985. |
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| Hartmut Rahn |
(retired),
b. 1930; Dr. phil., administrator; former Secretary General , German National
Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), Bonn, 1970-95; Chairman German Commission for the United World Colleges. Member 1989-2000. |
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| Maria Luisa Warburg |
President, Liberal Forum Hamburg. Member 1992. |
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| Peter Tils |
b. 1952;
banker; Managing Director, CEO Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Deutsche Bank
AG, Frankfurt, 1993-; held positions in Goettingen, Mexico City, Bogota, Bonn. Member 1996. |
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| Norbert Randow |
b. 1929; Dr. h.c., slavist; author, editor, translator; mediator of Bulgaran and
Byelorussian literature to German culture since 1961. Member 2007. |
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| Heinz-Berndt Windscheidt |
b. 1943;
administrator; Director, Regional Division for East Europe, Carl Duisberg
Society (CDG), Cologne, 1992-; held other positions at CDG 1978-92. Member
1996. |
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| Otto Wolff von Amerongen |
1918-2007; Dr. h.c. mult., Prof., merchant, Chairman of the Board of
Governors, Otto Wolff von Amerongen Foundation, Cologne, 1992-; Chairman of the
Board of Directors, Otto Wolff GmbH, Cologne; honorary President 1988-,
President 1969-88, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce
(Deutscher Industrie- und Handelstag), Bonn; Chairman, Eastern Europe
Committee, Cologne, 1958-. Co-founder 1985. |