Background
Bock, Hans was born on October 5, 1928 in Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Paul and Hedwig (Lis) Bock.
Bock, Hans was born on October 5, 1928 in Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Paul and Hedwig (Lis) Bock.
Bachelor of Science, U. Munich, 1952; Master of Science, U. Munich, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Munich, 1958; Dr.honoriscausa, U. Munich, 1964; DHC (honorary), University Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1988; Doctor honoris causa, U. Montpellier, France, 1992.
Guest lecturer, Federal Institute Technology, Zürich, Switzerland, 1965-1968; full professor inorganic chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt (Federal Republic Germany), since 1969. Adjunct Professor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1980.
Fellow American Chemical Society (Frederic Stanley Kipping award 1975), German Chemical Society (Wilhelm Klemm award 1987), British Chemical Society, Swiss Chemical Society, Dechema, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Member Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz (Federal Republic Germany), Academy of Sciences (Göttingen, Chemistry award 1968), Academy Natural Scientists (Leopoldina, Halle), Bavarian Academy of Sciences (Munich), Collegium Vini (Frankfurt, vice president since 1986), Rotary (Königstein, president 1974).
Married Luise Eisenreich, February 27, 1954. Children: Hans, Kristin, Andreas, Karen, Barbara.