Klaus Tschira#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2590 |
| Membership type: | HONORARY |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Klaus Tschira passed away March 31, 2015.
Positions Held
- 2008 Founder of the Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation together with Gerda Tschira
- 1998 - 2007 board member at SAP
- 1995 Founder of the Klaus Tschira Foundation
- 1972 Co-founder of the German software firm SAP AG in 1972 in Mannheim, Germany together with Hans-Werner Hector, Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner and Claus Wellenreuther
Honours and Awards
- 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 asteroid 13028 "Klaus Tschira" by the International Astronomical Union IAU for supporting the miniaturized satellite DIVA
- 2003 Fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik
- 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
