SENATOR MICHAEL WIRTZ

[BIZ/EDU: Aachen, October 21]
On the evening of Friday, October 21 Michael Wirtz, the former managing partner of the international pharmaceutical company Grünenthal GmbH from Aachen/Stolberg and president of the Aachen Chamber of Commerce, became an honorary Senator of Aachen’s RWTH University.

This was recognition, in the words of Professor Burkhard Rauhut, for his extraordinary services in the field of palliative medicine and for the promotion of start-up companies from the university.

The Grünenthal Foundation for Palliative Medicine also finances a Chair at the university hospital.
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