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Prof. Dr. Sennheiser Awarded Diesel Medal in Munich
On 24th November, 2004, the Diesel Medal awards ceremony was held in the Hall of Honor at the Deutsche Museum in Munich. The medal is awarded by the Diesel Board of Trustees to honor inventors and their enterprising work. Among this year's recipients of the coveted award was Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser (92), a pioneer in the field of radio frequency technology and electroacoustics, and the founder of Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG.
The Diesel Medal is presented not only to recognize the technical brilliance of the recipients but also to mark their economic relevance. For Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser, the Diesel Medal is therefore a double award: "When I founded the company in 1945, I was an engineer through and through. I concentrated on development and gave lectures at the university. As far as commercial issues and company management were concerned, I had to teach myself everything I know. Sometimes, I also had to learn from my own mistakes."
The inventions produced by Sennheiser and his team revolutionized the field of sound transmission. Their pioneering developments included the first interference shotgun microphone for the film industry, the first professional wireless microphones for television, reporters' transmitters, RF condenser microphones for outside broadcasts, the automatic answering machine, the first baby monitor, infrared audio transmission technology and the first open headphones.
In addition to Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser, the Diesel Medal was also awarded to Sybille Storz, Prof. Dr. h.c. Reinhold Würth, Prof. Dr. Anton Kathrein, Jörgen S. Rasmussen and Günther Kampichler. The ceremonial speech was made by Dr. Thomas Goppel, Bavarian State Minister for Science, Research and Art.
The Diesel Medal Trust and the Diesel Board of Trustees were established in 1952 by the son of the inventor of the diesel engine, Dr. Eugen Diesel. The foundation led to the establishment in 1969 of the German Institute for Inventions (Deutsche Institut für Erfindungswesen e.V.), within which the Diesel Board of Trustees independently decides on awarding the Diesel Medal for outstanding inventions.
6th December 2004
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