Aronson Prize

The Aronson Prize (German: Aronson-Preis) is a prize awarded for achievements in microbiology and immunology. It was established by the will of the pediatrician and bacteriologist Hans Aronson and has been awarded since 1921. Aronson bequeathed a large part of his estate to the establishment of the prize. The prize is awarded biannually on 8 March, the date of Aronson's death.

In 1969, the foundation that awarded the prize was dissolved on the initiative of its last chairman Georg Henneberg, and the responsibility for the prize and the remaining capital was transferred to the (West) Berlin government, in order to safeguard the existence of the prize. Since 1970, the prize has been awarded by the Senate of Berlin.

The first laureate was August von Wassermann. Among the Aronson laureates are several scientists who later were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, such as Karl Landsteiner and Gerhard Domagk.^[1]

Laureates

1921 August von Wassermann 1926 Karl Landsteiner 1931 Richard Otto 1944 Gerhard Domagk 1956 Helmut Ruska 1960 Paul Hans Karl Constantin Schmidt 1966 Peter Giesbrecht[2] 1967 Albert Herrlich[2] 1968 Friedrich Staib[3] 1971 or 1972 Werner Köhler[4][5] 1971 or 1972 Werner Schäfer 1973 Ernst Richard Habermann[6] 1977 Werner Knapp[7] 1981 Walter Doerfler 1982 Volker Schirrmacher 1985 Volker ter Meulen 1987 Karin Mölling 1988 Stefan H. E. Kaufmann 1989 Hans-Dieter Klenk

1990 Dieter Bitter-Suermann 1991 Bernhard Fleckenstein 1992 Stefan Carl Wilhelm Meuer[8] 1993 Ulrich Koszinowski[9] 1994 Thomas Hünig[9] 1995 Otto Haller[10] 1996 Thomas F. Meyer 1997 Bernhard Fleischer[11] 1998 Jürgen Heesemann[12] 1999 Ernst Theodor Rietschel[13] 2000 Andreas Radbruch[13] 2001 Sucharit Bhakdi 2002 Wolfgang Hammerschmidt[14] 2007 Matthias Reddehase[15] 2008 Matthias Frosch

References

1. Georg Henneberg: Die Geschichte der Stiftung für experimentelle Therapie – Aronson-Stiftung, Berlin, 1980
2. Berliner Mikrobiologische Gesellschaft: 100 Jahre Berliner Mikrobiologische Gesellschaft, p. 91
3. Deutschsprachige Mykologische Gesellschaft: Professor Dr. med. Dr. med. vet. Friedrich Staib, 1925–2011 Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
4. He was refused permission to accept the prize by the East German communist regime, and the prize was handed over only in 1992.
5. Werner Köhler, uni-rostock.de.
6. Pharmakologie, University of Giessen
7. Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Geburtstage, A, Vol. 83, No. 48, 26 November 1986
8. Bundesärztekammer: 1992 Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Carl Wilhelm Meuer Archived May 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
9. Berliner Zeitung: Aronson-Preis wird verliehen, 28 February 1994
10. Universitätsklinikum Freiburg: Curriculum Vitae: Prof.Dr. Otto Haller
11. Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Verleihungen, 1998
12. Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften: Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. Jürgen Heesemann
13. Verleihung des Aronsonpreises im UKBF an zwei herausragende Wissenschaftler. 18 February 2000, Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de).
14. Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Verleihungen, 2003
15. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Aronson-Wissenschaftspreis wird an der Charité verliehen, 28 November 2008