New journeys begin in 2022 - also in the ranks of the zis Foundation.
In a festive handover of the baton at this year's March Meeting, Rüdiger von Fritsch took over the chairmanship of the board from long-time chairman Dr Bernhard Bueb.
First of all, the zis board members expressed their deep-felt gratitude for Dr Bernhard Bueb's long-standing commitment. He had presided over the zis Foundation since 2005 and was been instrumental in its establishment. He showed his deep commitment to zis not only through mediating between different committees of the organization, and curiosity towards the scholarship holders, but also through very successful fundraising. The zis committees presented Dr Bernhard Bueb with a certificate typical of zis to thank him for his decades of commitment and to appoint him as honorary chairman.
The new Chair Rüdiger von Fritsch himself looks back on two successful zis journeys: in 1972 he received the Jean Walter Award for his trip to Cyprus, and in 1974 and 1975 he explored New Zealand on a second project. Subsequently, von Fritsch remained loyal to the zis Foundation as a jury member and was involved in the founding of the first association that sponsored zis. Von Fritsch contributed his zis experience in intercultural and international communication to his profession in the Foreign Service, including his time as the German Ambassador to Poland and to Russia. We are very pleased and consider it zis-luck to welcome Rüdiger von Fritsch as Chairman of the Board.