From the laudation: “Dr. Hans-Dietrich Maronde of Bonn was awarded the Abraham Gottlob Werner Gold Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of the mineralogical sciences. Hans-Dietrich Maronde played a major role in shaping the development of the geosciences, and thus also mineralogy, through his many years of service as Programme Director at the German Research Foundation (DFG). (...) Through his commitment to national and international programmes such as the Continental Deep Drilling Program, the Ocean Drilling Program, and Europrobe, he made a lasting contribution to overcoming disciplinary boundaries and set international standards in scientific management. (...) The German Mineralogical Society expresses its gratitude to Hans-Dietrich Maronde for his selfless and highly successful service.”