Walter van Gerven#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 197 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | http://nieuws.kuleuven.be/node/4320 |
Walter van Gerven passed away July 8, 2015.
Positions Held
- Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities
- 1982-2000 Extraordinary Professor at the K.U. Leuven (Belgium)
- 1970-1976 Vice-Rector Human Sciences at the K.U. Leuven (Belgium)
- 1967 Full Professor at the K.U. Leuven (Belgium)
- since 1960 Legal career
- 1962 Associate Professor in law at the K.U. Leuven (Belgium)
Fields of Scholarship
- European competition law
- European law
- Comparative law
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences of Belgium, and the Academy’s past president
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the Dutch Academy of Sciences
- Doctor h.c. of the University of Gent
- Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn, London
- 1993 ennobled to Baron, his chosen motto: "Met recht en rede" ("With justice and reason")
- 2012 honorary doctorate from Leiden University
