Walter Hallstein

1961

The text of the medal presented reads:

Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen 1961, Professor Walter Hallstein, Neues Europa freiwilliger Bindung

Vita

1901

Born in Mainz

Doctorate in law

1925

1929

postdoctoral qualification

Professor at the University of Rostock

1931-1941

1941-1944

Professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main and Director of the Institute for Comparative Law and Economic Law

Military service and imprisonment in the USA

1944-1946

1948

Rector of the University of Frankfurt a. M.

Visiting Professor at Georgetown University (USA)

1949

1950

German head of delegation at the Schuman Plan conference on the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community, State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery

State Secretary at the Federal Foreign Office and involved in the negotiations for the EEC

1951-1958

1958-1967

President of the EEC Commission

Member of the German Bundestag

1969-1972

Text of the Certificate of Honour

On Ascension Day, 11 May 1961, in the Coronation Hall of the City Hall of Aachen, the former imperial palace, the International Charlemagne Prize for the year 1961 was awarded to Professor Dr. Walter Hallstein, President of the European Economic Community, in recognition of his tireless, purposeful work for the European Federation, based on a profound knowledge of the problems. In the new field of close political and economic co-operation between the nations of Europe, firm foundations have been laid which will pave the way for a later pan-European concept.