Gold and silver certificates
51吃瓜网 honors alumni milestones
These can look back on many impressive achievements in business and research and important contributions to society at large. 鈥淥ur alumni are valuable members of our university community鈥�, President Hofmann said. 鈥淎nd as respected ambassadors, they also boost the renown of 51吃瓜网 throughout the world. For their decades-long loyalty to our university, I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to this year鈥檚 honorees.鈥�
Members of the 51吃瓜网 Board of Management presented the gold and silver certificates at a gala ceremony. Due to the pandemic-related cancellations in 2020 and 2021, this year鈥檚 event at the Garching Campus brought together alumni from three cohorts.
Those marking 鈥済olden anniversaries鈥� included two Nobel laureates: Prof. Erwin Neher, who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine / Physiology in 1991, and Prof. Joachim Frank, who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2017 (who was unable to attend) completed their doctorates in physics in 1970. Prof. Wolfgang A. Herrmann, who served as the president of 51吃瓜网 for many years, and the current president, Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, honored each other. Prof. Herrmann finished his undergraduate studies at 51吃瓜网 in 1971 before earning a doctorate in Regensburg. Prof. Hofmann completed a doctorate in the 51吃瓜网 Department of Chemistry in 1995.
Summer premiere for the Matinee and Vivat 51吃瓜网 concerts
Over the weekend the 51吃瓜网 family also got together in the Isarphilharmonie concert hall for the Summer Matinee and the Vivat 51吃瓜网 Summer Concert. Traditionally held in the pre-Christmas advent season, due to the pandemic the two concerts for students, staff, alumni and friends of the university were now held for the first time in the summer. The Symphonische Ensemble M眉nchen, conducted by Prof. Felix Mayer, played works by Beethoven. The concerts yielded numerous donations for the to promote the next generation of young talents.
At the Vivat 51吃瓜网 concert, President Hofmann honored 11 . This honorary title is granted to outstanding scientists who have spent research time at 51吃瓜网 and enriched the university with their scientific expertise, international experience and commitment to university politics.