- Werner von Siemens Ring
The Werner von Siemens Ring (in German
orthography , Werner-von-Siemens-Ring) is considered to be among the highest ranking awards for technical sciences in Germany. It has been awarded from 1916 to 1941 and since 1952 about every three years by the foundationStiftung Werner-von-Siemens-Ring . The foundation was founded onDecember 13 ,1916 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth ofWerner von Siemens . It is located in Berlin and is traditionally managed by theDeutscher Verband Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Vereine (DVT) (English: German Federation of Technical and Scientific Associations). Before 1960, the name of the award had been simply Siemens Ring (German Siemens-Ring or Siemensring).The award is presented as a golden ring with
emerald s and rubies depicting the leaves and fruit oflaurel , placed in an individually crafted cassette carrying the portrait ofWerner von Siemens and the dedication to the recipient.Patron to the board of the foundation is Germany’s acting President, while the President of the
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt is the board’s chairman. The board votes on the recipients. Members of the board are the "carriers of the ring" and representatives of the member scientific and technical societies.Recipients
* 1916
Carl von Linde
* 1920Carl Auer von Welsbach
* 1924Carl Bosch
* 1927Oskar von Miller
* 1930Hugo Junkers
* 1933Wolfgang Gaede
* 1937Fritz Todt
* 1941Walther Bauersfeld
* 1952Hermann Röchling
* 1956Jonathan Zenneck
* 1960Otto Bayer ,Walter Reppe ,Karl Ziegler
* 1964Fritz Leonhardt ,Walter Schottky ,Konrad Zuse
* 1968Karl Küpfmüller , Joachim Siegfried Meurer
* 1972Ludwig Bölkow ,Karl Winnacker
* 1975Wernher von Braun ,Walter Bruch
* 1978Rudolf Hell
* 1981Hans Scherenberg
* 1984Fritz Peter Schäfer
* 1987Rudolf Schulten
* 1990 Artur Fischer
* 1993Eveline Gottzein
* 1996Carl Adam Petri
* 1999Dieter Oesterhelt
* 2002Jörg Schlaich
* 2005Berthold Leibinger External links
* [http://www.siemens-ring.de/home/home-engl.html Website of the Foundation Werner-von-Siemens-Ring]
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