Reimar Lüst

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Reimar Lüst
Born(1923-03-25)25 March 1923
Barmen, Prussia, Germany
Died31 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 97)
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

Reimar Lüst (German:

astrophysicist. He worked in European space science from its beginning, as the scientific director of the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) from 1962 and as Director General of the European Space Agency
(ESA) from 1984 until 1990.

Lüst taught internationally and influenced German politics as chairman of the

Légion d’Honneur and the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
.

Life

Lüst was born on 25 March 1923 in

prisoner-of-war in England and the U.S. from 1943 to 1946.[1] He began studies while imprisoned.[3]

After being released, Lüst returned to his education in 1946. He received his B.S. in physics from the

Fulbright Fellow at the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago, and at Princeton University in 1955/56.[4] He was a professor at New York University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena.[4] He is credited with contributions on the "origins of the planetary system, solar physics, the physics of cosmic rays, plasma physics, hydrodynamics and to the physics of nuclear fusion".[4]

Lüst was interested in European space science from the beginning on the "Commission préparatoire européenne de recherches spatiales" (COPERS). He began as Secretary of the Scientific and Technical Working Group and became Scientific Director of the

Wissenschaftsrat, an advisory board for German national and state politics, from 1969 to 1972.[4] For ESRO, he was involved in sounding rocket launches and with satellites for studies of the upper atmosphere and the planetary medium, directing experiments on the ESRO-IV, HEOS-A and COS-B satellites.[4]

Lüst was president of the German

Jacobs University Bremen.[4]

Lüst was married to

Nina Grunenberg-Lüst [de] (1936–2017) and had two sons from his first marriage to Rhea Lüst.[1] He died on 31 March 2020, days after his 97th birthday.[1]

Awards

Lüst received the Austrian

Légion d’Honneur and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[4]

During the 10th anniversary celebrations of Jacobs University Bremen, he was awarded the university's first

honorary doctorate for his outstanding achievements in space research as well as his successes as a science manager. The award further recognized Lüst's key role in the planning and development at the university as chairman of the planning committee. Lüst was pivotal in shaping the unique profile of Jacobs University, which was rated among the best universities in Germany by the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) at the Bertelsmann Stiftung.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "A sure hand at the scientific helm". Max Planck Society. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ Grosse, Angela (25 March 2008). "Der "Willy Brandt der Wissenschaft"". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Globig, Michael (2003). "Reimar Lüst". Max Planck Society. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Reimar Lüst / ESA – About us – Corporate news". ESA. 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  5. ^ Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.
  6. ^ Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities Weizmann Institute of Science 1999
  7. ^ Top scores for Jacobs in CHE Ranking 2011 Jacobs University, 3 May 2011)
Preceded by Director of Max Planck Society
1972–1984 		Succeeded by
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