{"id":3498,"date":"2025-07-03T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/?page_id=3498"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:13:45","slug":"theo-und-friedl-schoeller-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/en\/theo-und-friedl-schoeller-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Theo und Friedl Sch\u00f6ller-Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe Theo und Friedl Sch\u00f6ller-Foundation has been supporting research and teaching in the field of economics since 2002. The establishment of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Research Center at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg strengthens the involvement in this specific area. The Research Center completes the Foundation’s commitment to economic sciences, without neglecting future issues in medicine and education, which are also among the Foundation\u2019s purposes.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller-Foundation was originated in 1988 by Theo Sch\u00f6ller in order to represent and preserve Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller’s lifework in conjunction with the Sch\u00f6ller Family-Foundation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Nuremberg, December 23, 2009<\/p>\n

Rainer Hattenberger, Head of the Sch\u00f6ller-Foundations<\/p>\n

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DR. H.C. THEO SCH\u00d6LLER (1917-2004)<\/h4>\n

Theo Sch\u00f6ller is one of the great pioneering entrepreneurs in the German food industry and one of the symbolic figures of the German \u201cWirtschaftswunder\u201d (economic miracle). Theo Sch\u00f6ller was born in Nuremberg as the son of a furniture manufacturer. After completing his school education he operated an agency for cinema advertising together with his brother Karl. When he ate his first popsicle in a Berlin vaudeville theater, he was so enthusiastic about the idea that he and his brother started producing packaged popsicles in 1937. In the beginning, the delivery took place with bicycles that were powered by auxiliary motors and equipped with ice boxes. After the outbreak of the war, the company began producing frozen food. In 1957, gingerbread was added to the product range to compensate for the summer ice cream business. Sch\u00f6ller rose to become the second largest ice cream manufacturer on the German market; the ice pioneer Theo Sch\u00f6ller became the \u201cEisk\u00f6nig\u201d (ice king).<\/p>\n

Although his entire life was committed to his own company, Theo Sch\u00f6ller let others participate in his success early on and he was always a generous patron of his hometown Nuremberg.<\/p>\n

Concern about a suitable company succession on the one hand and the bundling of his charitable activities in his own organization on the other hand prompted him early on to arrange the company succession by a foundation. For him, this step was only logical, since for him, as an entrepreneur, the focus was always on people.<\/p>\n

The establishment of the Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Foundation in 1988 was followed by the establishment of the Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Funding Foundation in 1992, which was primarily intended to help Sch\u00f6ller employees who were in need. In 1993 the Sch\u00f6ller Family Foundation was established.<\/p>\n

Theo Sch\u00f6ller has received numerous and highest honors for his entrepreneurial work and his charitable activities. These include the Federal Cross of Merit First Class, the Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Bavarian Order of Merit, and the State Medal of the Free State of Bavaria for special services to the Bavarian economy. The city of Nuremberg honored him with the Golden D\u00fcrer Medal, the Citizen’s Medal, and a honorary citizenship. The Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce for Middle Franconia appointed him as an honorary member of the General Assembly and awarded him the Chamber of Merit Medal as well as the Gold Medal of Honor. Theo Sch\u00f6ller was Honorary Consul of the Republic of Austria as well as Honorary Senator and Honorary Doctor of the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.<\/p>\n

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FRIEDL SCH\u00d6LLER (1924-2014)<\/h4>\n

Friedl Sch\u00f6ller, nee H\u00f6nle, was born in Nuremberg as the second daughter of Sebastian H\u00f6nle, a baker and later post office manager. She attended the higher commercial school in Nuremberg with the intention of becoming a teacher until she was brought into the company by her older sister, who was already in a leading position in Karl and Theo Sch\u00f6ller’s company. Friedl Sch\u00f6ller began her career as an accountant at Sch\u00f6ller in 1941, switched to the management secretariat two years later, took over the management of the main accounting in 1944 and rose to head of financial accounting the following year. Theo Sch\u00f6ller was convinced of her competence and her commitment to the company, which is why she became his most important employee and closest confidante. In 1968, Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller finally got married. Until the company was sold to Nestl\u00e9, Friedl Sch\u00f6ller worked alongside Theo Sch\u00f6ller and put all her efforts into building and growing the company.<\/p>\n

After the death of her husband, Friedl Sch\u00f6ller devoted herself above all to the continuation of his life’s work. She became chairwoman of the Sch\u00f6ller Foundations, restructured them and made them fit for the future. She continued the \u201cZentrum f\u00fcr Altersmedizin\u201d (Center for Geriatric Medicine) project, initiated by Theo Sch\u00f6ller, at the Klinikum Nord (municipal hospital) in Nuremberg and initiated new funding projects in the field of education. With the \u201cSch\u00f6ller Azubi-Akademie\u201d (Sch\u00f6ller Apprentice Academy), she promoted young trainees on their career path and supported the \u201cDr.-Theo-Sch\u00f6ller-School\u201d by funding career orientation projects. To improve the theoretical foundations of education and training, she also established the \u201cFriedl Sch\u00f6ller Endowed Chair for Teaching and University Research\u201d (since 2010: \u201cFriedl Sch\u00f6ller Endowed Chair for Educational Psychology\u201d) at the TU Munich.<\/p>\n

For decades, the Sch\u00f6llers have supported FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg in a variety of ways. The cooperation was deepened in 2009 with the establishment of the \u201cDr. Theo und Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Research Center for Economy and Society\u201d, which supports innovative and cooperative top level research in the field of economics to strengthen responsible behavior in business and society and in which Friedl Sch\u00f6ller presided over as an honorary member of the Advisory Board. In the same year, the \u201cTheo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Endowed Professorship for Clinical Nutrition in Advanced Age\u201d was established, which deals with key issues relating to the relationship between nutrition and aging. In 2018, the \u201cSch\u00f6ller Endowed Chair of Information Systems, in particular Digitalization in Business and Society\u201d was established.<\/p>\n

Friedl Sch\u00f6ller has received numerous awards and honors for her work, such as the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon, the Bavarian Order of Merit, and the Bavarian State Medal for services to health. She is honorary citizen of the TU Munich and honorary senator of the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.<\/p>\n

Friedl Sch\u00f6ller on the establishment of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Research Center:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1979 we made a donation for scientific research to the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) for the first time. Since then, a lasting bond has developed, which we were very proud of and which we cultivated through many donations. But I am also proud of the great honors from FAU that both my husband and I have received. This is why I chose to name the project Dr. Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Research Center.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks to the research center, new scientific paths are taken in our hometown Nuremberg that lead to an intensification of the exchange between business, science, and society in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg. I am very pleased to attend the meetings of the Advisory Board of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Research Center for Business and Society as an honorary member.<\/em><\/p>\n

It would be nice to see many researchers respond to the call of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Sch\u00f6ller Research Center and come to our beautiful old town \u201cNorenberc\u201d \u2013 as it was also called in the Middle Ages \u2013 with the aim to become representatives for Nuremberg\u2019s economic research beyond national borders, and provide valuable research achievements for our society through a cooperation of the best. All the best!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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