Curiculum Vitae

Awards and distinctions

• 1968: The Alexander Graham Bell Silver Bell
• 1969: The Aarestrup Medal
• 1971: ID-Prize
• 1971: Die Gute Industriform
• 1972: Honorary Doctor - Yale University Connectticut
• 1972: Doctor of Humanities
• 1973: Huitiéme Salon International du Lumiaire
• 1975: Honorary Craftsman, Copenhagen Town Hall
• 1978: The Storm Petersen Prize
• 1978: The Läkerol Prize
• 1980: The international Aphia-Prize, Paris
• 1983: Nobel Lecturer: ‘Creative Thinking in Science and in human Relations,’ Stockholm
• 1985: Ingenio & Arti in gold – Medal awarded by HM Queen Margrethe
• 1989: The Chapter of the Royal Danish Order of Chivalry
• 1990: The Tietgen Medal
• 1991: Honorary Doctor - Odense University

Memberships

• 1935: Board member of ‘Den Aabne Dør’ Danish branch of Open Door International
• 1940: Chairman of the national association ‘Frisindet Kulturkamp’
• 1948: Chairman of the national association ‘Een Verden’, - Danish branch of World Movement for World Federal Government
• 1967: Honorary member of the Association of Science Students – ‘Parentesen’.
• 1967: Knight at Arms of the Norwegian Association of Artists
• 1967: Member of The Frensham Group - international group for interdisciplinary links between science and other forms of human activity
• 1968: Co-founder and board member of the Danish Association for the Promotion of Inventions (DAFFO)
• 1970: Member of British Society of Authors, England
• 1970: Honorary member of the Student Association, Copenhagen
• 1976: Honorary member of DAFFO
• 1985: Honorary member of The Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society and Danish Brotherhood
• Board member of Humanistic League
• Board member of The League for Tolerance
• Board member of International PEN-club
• Board member of Swedish National Association of Aphorists
• Board member of Adventurers’ Club of Denmark

Studies

• Student (Metropolitanskolen) 1924, Part I philosophy course
• Student at private art schools and The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
• Studies in philosophy and theoretical physics at the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark

Marriages / children

• Gunver Holck (married 1937-04-10, divorced, (died 1995-08-11)
• Gerda Ruth (Nena) Conheim, married 1942, divorced - Children: Juan Alvaro Hein, born 1943-01-09 and Andrés Humberto Hein, born 1943-12-30
• Anne Cathrina (Trine) Krøyer Pedersen, married 1947, divorced - Children: Lars Hein, born 1950-05-20
• Gerd Ericsson, married 1955-04-19, died 1968-11-03 - Children: Jotun Hein, born 1956-07-19 and Hugo Piet Hein, born 1963-11-16