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* 25 September 1926 in Hameln/Weser Studied Law in Frankfurt/Main 1953: Doctorate in Frankfurt/Main 1958: Post-doctoral habilitation in Frankfurt/Main 1959-1963: Professor at Saarbrücken University 1963-1969: Professor at Münster University 1969-1978: Professor of Civil, Commercial, and Economic Law at Bielefeld University 1979: Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg Since 1980: Professor at Hamburg University 1965-1969: Member of the Founding Committee of Bielefeld University (1967-1969 as Chair) 1969: First Rektor of Bielefeld University 1983: Honorary Senator of Bielefeld University |
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* 8. September 1927 in Osnabrück † 30. Juli 2007 in Bielefeld Studied Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy in Göttingen 1951: Doctorate in Göttingen 1954: Post-doctoral habilitation in Freiburg 1958: Professor and Director of the Institute of Mathematics at the Freie Universität Berlin 1969-1992: Professor of Mathematics at Bielefeld University 1965-2007: Member of the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat [Academic Advisory Board] of Bielefeld University 1969/1970: Vice-President for Research and Teaching; Re-elected Rektor five times in succession 1990-1992: Chair of the Landesrektorenkonferenz [Standing Committee of Rectors in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia] 1992: Honorary Senator of Bielefeld University |
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* 31. October 1931 in Breslau Studied Psychology in Göttingen 1967: Doctorate in Göttingen 1970/71: Professor at Hamburg University 1971-1996: Professor of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education, Psychology, and Philosophy (later Psychology and Sport Science) at Bielefeld University 1971-1973: First Dean of the Faculty of Education, Psychology, and Philosophy 1983-1989: Vice-President for Teaching and Student Affairs |
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* 4. October 1941 in Braunschweig † 18. April 2011 in Melle Studied Educational Science followed by Linguistics, German Studies, and Psychology in Bochum 1973: Doctorate in Bochum 1978-2008: Professor of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics in the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies at Bielefeld University 1980?1981: Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies |
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* 16. Juli 1943 in Friedrichsdorf/Mecklenburg Studied Economics in Bonn 1973: Doctorate in Bonn 1979: Post-doctorate in Bielefeld Since 1982: Professor of Educational Planning and Economics in the Faculty of Educational Science at Bielefeld University 1989-1991: Dean of the Faculty of Educational Science 1996-2001: Vice-President for Teaching, Student Affairs, and Continuing Education |
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* 26. May 1956 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein Studied Informatics and Mathematics at Nürnberg-Erlangen University 1985 Doctorate at Nürnberg-Erlangen University 1990 Post-doctorate at Nürnberg-Erlangen University Since 1990 Professor of Applied Computer Science at the Faculty of Technology 1993-1995 and 1997-2001 Dean of the Faculty of Technology 2001-2007 Vice-President for Learning and Teaching |