Rektoren of Bielefeld University
 
 
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Rektoren of Bielefeld University

September 1969 - March 1970

Prof. Dr. Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker (Law)

* 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

March 1970 - September 1992

Prof. Dr. Karl Peter Grotemeyer (Mathematics)

* 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

October 1992 - September 1996

Prof. Dr. Helmut Skowronek (Psychology und Sport Science)

* 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

October 1996 - March 2001

Prof. Dr. Gert Rickheit (Linguistics und German Studies)

* 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

April 2001 - September 2009

Prof. Dr. Dieter Timmermann (Educational Science)

* 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

Since October 2009

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sagerer (Faculty of Technology)

* 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