Mildred Scheel - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

The major honors awarded to Mildred Scheel include more than 20 state medals of honor. She received the 1976 German Media Prize Bambi. In the following years 1977, 1978 and 1979 she was elected the Woman of the Year in Germany. Several institutions, schools and streets have been named after her: for instance, in the cities of Dresden, Solingen, and Neuss. In 2008, the city of Munich had posthumously honored the founder of German Cancer Aid by naming a street in the famous Schwabing district „Mildred-Scheel-Bogen” (by the decision of the City Council on February 14, 2008). It is also recalled that the doctor lived, studied and worked in the Bavarian capital Munich for many years.