EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Established 1388, charter by Pope Urban VI. Closed in the late 1790's by French invasion, reopened on 19th May 1919, by Mayor Konrad Adenauer.

Location:
Cologne, Germany

Founding Date:
1388

Enrollment:
47,203 (2005)

Official Website:
http://www.uni-koeln.de/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Cornelius Agrippa	Magician	14-Sep-1486	18-Feb-1535	Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Rainer Barzel	Politician	20-Jun-1924	26-Aug-2006	CDU Chairman, 1971-73
Heinrich Böll	Novelist	21-Dec-1917	16-Jul-1985	The Train Was On Time
Uwe Boll	Film Director	22-Jun-1965		Alone in the Dark
Johann Eck	Religion	13-Nov-1486	10-Feb-1543	Martin Luther's Catholic opponent
Peter Grünberg	Physicist	18-May-1939		Giant magnetoresistance
Klaus Kinkel	Politician	17-Dec-1936		German Foreign Minister, 1992-98
Otto Lambsdorff	Politician	20-Dec-1926	5-Dec-2009	German Economic Minister, 1977-84
Nam June Paik	Artist	20-Jul-1932	29-Jan-2006	Korean-American video artist
Karolos Papoulias	Head of State	4-Jun-1929		President of Greece
J. Pedro Reinhard	Business	?		CFO of Dow Chemical, 1995-2005
Ronaldo H. Schmitz	Business	30-Oct-1938		CFO of BASF, 1984-90
Kaspar Schwenkfeld	Religion	1489	10-Dec-1561	Vergötterung
Johann Sleidan	Historian	1506	31-Oct-1556	De statu religionis et republicae
Brother Theodore	Comic	11-Nov-1906	5-Apr-2001	Stand-up Tragedist

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kurt Alder	Chemist	10-Jul-1902	20-Jun-1958	Diels-Alder Reaction
Raymond Aron	Philosopher	14-Mar-1905	17-Oct-1983	Political philosopher, social theorist
Heinrich Bruening	Head of State	26-Nov-1885	30-Mar-1970	Chancellor of Germany, 1930-32
Karl Carstens	Head of State	14-Dec-1914	30-May-1992	President of Germany, 1979-84
Peter Grünberg	Physicist	18-May-1939		Giant magnetoresistance
Oskar Minkowski	Doctor	13-Jan-1858	18-Jul-1931	Linked pancreas to diabetes

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