!!Klaus von Beyme \\ [Obituary|https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12286-022-00518-8], Wolfgang Merkel, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (2022) \\ \\ ---- \\ !Curriculum vitae *1954 - 1956 Apprentice in a publishing house in Brunswick *1956 - 1961 Studies of Political Science, Sociology, History and history of art at the Universities of Heidelberg, Munich, Paris *1959 - 1960 Exchange student at Moscow University (MGU) *1961 - 1962 Research Fellow at the Russian Research Center, Harvard University *1963 - 1967 Assistant of Professor Carl J. Friedrich *1967 - 1973 Professor of Political Science at Tuebingen *1971 For a short time Rector of the University of Tuebingen *1974 - 1999 Professor of Political Science at Heidelberg *1973 - 1975 President of the German Political Science Association *1979 Visiting Professor at Stanford University *1982 - 1985 President of the International Political Science Association *1983 - 1990 Member of the Research Council of the European University Institute, Florence *1985 Visiting Professor at the École des sciences politiques, Paris *1988 Member of the Academia Europaea *1989 Visiting Professor at Melbourne University *1992 - 1993 Visiting Professor at the Science Center, Berlin *1993 - 1998 Member of the Scientific Board at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin *1995 Honorary member of the Humboldt-University in Berlin *1995 ff. Member of the Academy Berlin-Brandenburg *2001 Honorary doctorate, University of Berne, Switzerland *2001 Fellow at the „Wissenschaftskolleg“ Berlin *2005 Fellow at the « Maison des Sciences de l’homme », Paris *2008 Schader award for applied social sciences, Darmstadt