Literary Scholar Eberhard Lämmert Passed Away

Former President of Freie Universität Berlin Was 90 - The literary scholar and former president of Freie Universität, Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h. c. Eberhard Lämmert, passed away on Sunday at the age of 90 in Berlin. The current president of Freie Universität Berlin, Peter-André Alt, praised Lämmert as an outstanding representative of his discipline who was always a critical reformer and a pioneer of new trends. As the president of Freie Universität, he successfully guided the university through difficult times. "He knew how to consolidate academic life without suppressing critical ideas," stressed Alt. Eberhard Lämmert was born in Bonn in 1924.