Today there is reason to congratulate the founding father of business informatics on a special birthday. On April 23, 2021, o. Univ.-Prof. em. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.rer.pol.habil. Lutz J. Heinrich celebrates his 85th birthday.  The Institute for Business Information Engineering congratulates wholeheartedly and thanks him for his decades of engagement.

The development of business information engineering as a discipline in the German-speaking region and also its institutionalization at Johannes Kepler University is inseparably linked to Lutz J. Heinrich. The Institute for Business Informatics - Information Engineering emerged via several designations from the "Lehrkanzel III für Betriebswirtschaftslehre" (Chair III for Business Administration) created in 1968 at the University of Social and Economic Sciences Linz, today the Johannes Kepler University Linz. Today, the Business Information program is run as a bachelor's and master's program - it is thriving. Over the years, significant research contributions, formative shares in teaching, and in many ways, as well as through the graduates, enormous effects on practice have been developed, provided and unfolded. The ongoing commitment to the further development of the institutionalization and the degree programs up to the business school as well as the university in its entirety is also part of the tradition and the "genes" of the institute. Business informatics is continuously supplemented, expanded and also focused on the foundations significantly coined by Lutz J. Heinrich, without blindly running after fashions. Especially his emphasis on the role of humans in information systems, defined by Lutz J. Heinrich as human-task-technology-systems, is more current than ever, and has continuously characterized the work of the institute. The mission for the future is also derived from this rich history: to preserve the relevance of the discipline of business informatics in all facets and to adapt it to new challenges in the context of digitalization, which it received from one of its founders.

Dear Mr. Heinrich,

Thank you for your great achievements, all the best for your 85th birthday and for the future we wish you health, happiness and contentment!

Sincerely,

Stefan Koch, Barbara Krumay, René Riedl