Klaus Tschira
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Klaus Tschira (7 December 1940 – 31 March 2015) was a German
Life
After gaining his
He died on 31 March 2015 in Heidelberg.[2]
Klaus Tschira Foundation
The Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTF) was established by Tschira in 1995 as a non-profit organization. Its primary objective is to support projects in natural and computer sciences as well as mathematics.[3] The KTF places strong emphasis on public understanding in these fields. Tschira's commitment to this objective was honored in 1999 with the "Deutscher Stifterpreis" by the German National Academic Foundation (German: Studienstiftung). The KTF is located at the Villa Bosch in Heidelberg, Germany, the former residence of Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Carl Bosch (1874–1940).
Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation
In 2008, Tschira and his wife Gerda founded the Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation.
Honors
- 1995: Honorary doctorate of the University of Klagenfurt
- 1997: Honorary senator of the University of Heidelberg
- 1999: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz am Bande)
- 1999: Honorary senator of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- 1999: Deutscher Stifterpreis by the German National Academic Foundation
- 2000: Naming the miniaturized satelliteDIVA
- 2003: Fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik[4]
- 2007: Konrad-Zuse-Badge
- 2007: Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille by the German Institute for Inventions
- 2008: Alwin-Walther-Medal
- 2008: Honorary senator of the Heidelberg College of Education
- 2009: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse)
- 2010: Honorary doctorate of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- 2010: Leibniz-Medal by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- 2011: Honorary member of the Astronomische Gesellschaft
- Honorary senator of the University of Mannheim
See also
- List of billionaires
References
- ^ "Klaus Tschira". Forbes. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Heidelberg: Klaus Tschira tot, rnf.de, access date 31 March 2015 Archived 2015-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Klaus Tschira Foundation", Life Science Network. Accessed 31 May 2016.
- ^ GI-Fellow citation Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 9 March 2012.
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