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Awards & Honors

Honorary membership

Honorary membership

Honorary membership of the Society of Water Chemistry

The Society of Water Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) confers honorary membership as a special recognition on individuals who have made outstanding scientific contributions in their field. The distinction of “Honorary Chair” is awarded to long-standing Chairs of the Society of Water Chemistry.

Honorary Membership Society of Water Chemistry 1930 onwards

YearRecognitionawardeeAffiliation
at the time of the award
2022Honorary chair (2013-2021)Prof. Dr. Torsten C. SchmidtEssen

2022

Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Thilo HofmannVienna/AT
2015Honorary membershipDipl.-Ing. Ninette Zullei-SeibertSchwerte

2013

Honorary chair (2004-2012)Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin JekelBerlin

2013

Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Eckhard WorchDresden
2010Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Ralf KloppEssen

2004

Honorary chair (1992-2003)Prof. Dr. Fritz FrimmelKarlsruhe

2004

Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Ulrich FörstnerHamburg
2001Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Siegfried EberleKarlsruhe
2000Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Johannes ReichertWarstein
1999Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Hans-Joachim WaltherDresden
1996Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Wilhelm FreseniusTaunusstein
1995Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Heinz BernhardtSiegburg
1994Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Rudolf WagnerSteinenbronn
1993Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Joachim KaedingDresden
1992Honorary chair (1971-1992)Prof. Dr. Karl-Ernst QuentinKulmbach
1991Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Klaus HabererWiesbaden
1990Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Paul KoppeEssen
1989Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Heinrich SontheimerKarlsruhe
1982 (1986?)Honorary membership

Prof. Dr. Walter Niemitz

Berlin

1981Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Waldemar OhlePlön
1979 (1986?)Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Bernard BraukmannBochum
1970Honorary chair (1949-1970)Prof. Dr. Wilhelm HusmannEssen
1933Honorary membershipProf. Dr. Josef TillmansFrankfurt a.M.
1930Honorary chair (1926-1930)Prof. Dr. Hugo HauptBautzen