1989
- Heinrich Betz - neurobiology (Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg)
- Claus Wilhelm Canaris - civil law (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)
- Herbert Gleiter - material science (Saarland University)
- Theodor W. Hänsch - laser physics (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching)
- Joachim Milberg - production technics (Technical University of Munich)
- Jürgen Mittelstraß - philosophy (University of Constance)
- Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff - theoretical chemistry (University of Bonn)
- Manfred T. Reetz - organic chemistry (Philipps University of Marburg)
- Michael Sarnthein and Jörn Thiede - marine geology (Christian Albrechts University of Kiel and Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften Kiel)
- Reinhard Stock - experimental nuclear physics (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)
- Wolfgang Stremmel - internal medicine (Heinrich Heine University)
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