HEINRICHPFEIFFER

formerSecretaryGeneraland
ManagingDirectoroftheBoardofTrustees
oftheAlexandervonHumboldtFoundation

HonoraryMemberofthe
AlexandervonHumboldtFoundations
BoardofTrustees
CurriculumVitae

*27January1927inWeinbach/Hessen,22December2016inBonn
marriedtoEdithPfeiffer,neMeinke
twochildren(sonanddaughter)

Studiesandprofessionalcareer
19461951

StudiesofPhilosophy,HistoryandPedagogicsattheuniversitiesofMainz,
Frankfurt/MainandBonn

19461951

TeacherinelementaryschoolsinWiesbaden

1948

StudiesinUppsalaandStockholm,Sweden

19511952

TeachingAssistantattheUniversityofMinnesota,Minneapolis,USA

19521953

AssistantattheHochschulefrInternationalePdagogischeForschung(University
ofInternationalEducationalResearch)inFrankfurt/Main

19531956

HeadoftheGermandepartmentoftheFulbrightCommissioninBonn

1956

Doctoraldegree(Dr.phil.)atJohannesGutenbergUniversityMainz

19561994

SecretaryGeneraland

19641994

ManagingDirectoroftheBoardofTrusteesoftheAlexandervonHumboldt
FoundationinBonn

19952001

AuthorisedrepresentativeoftheAlexandervonHumboldtFoundationforthe
establishmentofInternationalMeetingCentresforscientistsandscholarsat
universitesintheeasternfederalstatesofGermany

since2007

HonoraryMemberoftheAlexandervonHumboldtFoundationsBoardofTrustees

MembershipandfunctionsinEuropeanorganisations
1972

CofounderoftheAngloGermanFoundationfortheStudyofIndustrialSociety,
London,UnitedKingdom

19742002

DeputySecretaryGeneralandMemberoftheBoardofTrusteesoftheAngloGerman
FoundationfortheStudyofIndustrialSociety,London,UnitedKingdom

19872008

MemberoftheSelectionCommitteeandtheAdvisoryBoard(ExecutiveCommittee)
oftheCanonFoundation,Leiden,Netherlands

19911998

MemberoftheBoardofTrusteesoftheHumanFrontierScienceProgram(HFSP),
Strassburg,France

19992002

ChairmanoftheAdvisoryBoard(ExecutiveCommittee)oftheCanonFoundation,
Leiden,Netherlands

19931998

VicePresidentoftheHumanFrontierScienceProgram(HFSP),Strassburg,France

Membershipinforeignacademiesandsocieties
since1970

LifeFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofArts,London,UnitedKingdom

since1997

ForeignHonoraryMemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,
Cambridge,MA,USA

FellowoftheInternationalInstituteforAdvancedStudies,Kyoto,Japan

Memberofvariousscientificandculturalinstitutions

Honours
Dr.h.c.mult.
Prof.h.c.mult.
1972

ChevalierdanslOrdredesPalmesAcadmiques,France

since1993

HonorarySenatoroftheTechnicalUniversityofMunich

since1993

HonoraryCitizenoftheUniversityofBonn

1998

LeibnizMedaloftheBerlinBrandenburgAcademyoftheSciencesandHumanities

aswellasnumerousorders,medalsandhonoursfromscientificorganisationsandstates

Publications
Numerousarticlesonresearchpromotionandforeignculturalpolicy
Books:
AuslndischeStudentenandeutschenHochschulen19521961,SteinerVerlag,1962
AusbildungsgangundLaufbahnvonHochschullehrernimAusland,Akad.VerlagBonn,1966
AlexandervonHumboldtWerkundWeltgeltung(Ed.),Piper,1969
DenkenundUmdenkenWerkundWirkungvonWernerHeisenberg(Ed.),Piper,1977