Many people have researched the connection between exercise and health in the past. That is true.
But for Prof. Völker, as a medical doctor, it was and is an inner passion to point out the importance of physical activity on the healthy development of people. Prof. Völker has been researching and teaching on this topic for more than 50 years and is still doing so as a senior professor.
At a time when German sports science was still in its adolescence 50 years ago and slowly trying to grow up, he was already making a strong case for the special importance of sports science as an independent science.
But Prof. Völker was and is also of great importance for the development of our Institute of Sports Science. He inspires the students and in doing so sharpens their critical scientific view of sports science.
For this reason, for all the professors of the Institute of Sport Science, but also for all the committees involved, there was no question that the award of an honorary doctorate for the subject of Sport Science to Prof. Klaus Völker was appropriate.