locations worldwide, and helping schools and charitable organizations with donations of more than 1.1 million euros, 3 giving financial aid totaling more than 1.5 million euros to the areas affected by earthquakes in the Sichuan Province of China, 3 financing endowed chairs in the U.S., China, and Germany to the tune of more than 2.5 million euros in 2007, 3 supporting for the 23rd time in succession “Jugend forscht,” the German competition to discover young researchers.