Honorary Doctorate Awarded to Prof. Mahrenholtz

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. mult. Dr. h. c. Oskar Mahrenholtz, co-founder and shareholder of m+p international, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bremen in Germany on October 20, 2008. The award was made in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements, his extraordinary commitment for the German scientific landscape and his long-year intensive support of the University of Bremen.

During his scientific career Oskar Mahrenholtz received numerous awards, among others the honorary doctorates of the Universities of Saarbrucken and Rostock in Germany and of the Technical University of Cracow in Poland and the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

He was the Director of the Institute of Applied Mechanics at the University of Hannover and of the Institute of Ocean Engineering at the Hamburg University of Technology and was visiting professor at numerous universities in India, Japan, Canada and Belgium. Oskar Mahrenholtz brought his experience and expertise into many scientific organizations and was a delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany to the NATO Science Committee. Another focus of his teaching and research activities was the close cooperation with the industry. In 1980 he founded the MAHRENOLTZ + PARTNER engineering company, the predecessor of m+p international.

All m+p international shareholders, executives and employees congratulate Oskar Mahrenholtz on this great award and wish him all the best, luck and good health.