Österreichisches College - European Forum Alpbach, 1970s and 1980s
Honorary Medal awarded to Hans Köchler
in
recognition of his contribution to the European Forum Alpbach,
signed by
President Otto Molden (10 August 1977)
Hans Köchler with Prof. Adam Schaff, Alpbach, August 1980.
Hans Köchler served as Chairman of
"College-Gemeinschaft Innsbruck" (Innsbruck University Branch of
Österreichisches College / Austrian College Society), Member of the
Board of Österreichisches College (Vienna), Member of the Program
Committee of European Forum Alpbach (EFA), Member of "Kreis für innere
Formung" at the EFA, and was co-founder of the
Innsbruck Branch of "Club Alpbach für europäische Kultur" (1976).
In
recognition of his contribution to the realization of the aims and
ideals of the Austrian College Society, and in particular the European
Forum Alpbach, he was
awarded the Honorary Medal of "Österreichisches College"
(1977). Together
with Gerard Radnitzky and Wittgenstein biographer William W. Bartley
III, he served as Moderator of the Working Group on Evolutionary
Epistemology at the 1985 session of the EFA
("Evolution and the Future of Mankind"). From 1968 onwards, he organized
- on behalf of Österreichisches College - several series of lectures and
symposia at the University of Innsbruck.
In the years from 1970, he worked closely with the co-founder of European
Forum Alpbach, Otto Molden, supporting him in his efforts at reforming
Österreichisches College / Austrian College Society, and on issues
of European federalism. During the annual sessions of the European Forum
Alpbach he met philosophers, scientists and authors such as Ernst Bloch, Karl
Popper, Paul A. Weiss, Manès
Sperber, Adam Schaff, and Arthur Koestler.
Workshop with Manès Sperber at Paula von Preradović House, Alpbach, August 1974
General theme: Idee und Wirklichkeit - 30 Jahre europäisches Geistesleben / Idea and Reality - 30 Years of European Cultural Life
From right: Manès Sperber,
Janko Musulin, Christine Eldib-Welzenbacher, Hans Köchler.
Plenary Session at Alpbacher Hof.
Hans Köchler, left, in conversation with Dr. Wilfried Gredler, Austrian
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany; second row, right: Ms. Koschka
Hetzer, Austrian Television.
Plenary Session at
Alpbacher Hof. First row, right: Dr. Bruno Kreisky,
Federal Chancellor (Prime Minister) of Austria; first row, from left: Dr. Willibald Pahr,
Director of the Constitutional Law Service, Federal Chancellery of
Austria; Dr. Hans R. Klecatsky, former Minister of Justice of
Austria; Dr. Hans Köchler, Member of the Board of
Österreichisches College. Second row, from right: Mr. Alexander
Auer, former President of Österreichisches College; Dr.
Christine Eldib-Welzenbacher (third row), Austrian College Society
at the University of Innsbruck; Dr. Ernst
Topitsch, Professor of Philosophy, University of Graz, Austria;
Mr. Fritz Molden, Co-founder of Österreichisches College; Dr.
Hans Hass (third row), Austrian biologist and diving pioneer; Dr.
Georg Zimmer-Lehmann, Director, Creditanstalt-Bankverein (Vienna), Member of
the Board of Österreichisches College.
Plenary Session at Alpbacher Hof. From left: Mr. Wolfgang Pfaundler (third row); Dr. Hans R. Klecatsky (second row), former Minister of Justice of Austria; Cardinal Dr. Franz König, Archbishop of Vienna; Dr. Hans Köchler (second row), Member of the Board of Österreichisches College; Mr. Eduard Wallnöfer, Governor of the State of Tyrol; Mr. Otto Molden, Founder and President of Österreichisches College / European Forum Alpbach; Mr. Fritz Neeb, Secretary-General of Österreichisches College.
Hotel Böglerhof, Alpbach, August 1975. Austrian Minister of Finance, Dr. Hannes Androsch (center), with Dr. Hans Köchler (right), Member of the Board of Österreichisches College, and Dr. Christine Eldib-Welzenbacher (second from left) and Mr. Hans-Ulrich Evers (left), members of the Austrian College Society at the University of Innsbruck.
European Forum Alpbach 1973. From left: Prof. Hans R. Klecatsky, former Minister of Justice of Austria; Hans Köchler; Dr. Felix Ermacora, Member of Parliament, Professor of Constitutional Law (University of Vienna), member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.