Background
VANDENBERG, Arthur Hendrick was born on March 22, 1884 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Aaron and Alpha (Hendrick) Vanderiberg.
VANDENBERG, Arthur Hendrick was born on March 22, 1884 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Aaron and Alpha (Hendrick) Vanderiberg.
Graduate Grand Rapids High School. Student law department University of Michigan, 1901-1902, honorary Master of Arts, 1925. Doctor of Laws, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1926, Alma College, Alma, Michigan, 1937, Syracuse University, 1939.
Doctor of Civil Law, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1938. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Albion College, 1941. Honorary degree, Dartmouth.
Editor Grand Rapids Herald, 1906-1928. Appointed United States senator to fill vacancy, 1928, and elected, 1928, for term ending March 3, 1935, re-elected for term ending 1941 and for terms ending 1947 and 1953. Nominee of Republican senators for president pro tem, Senate, 1933, 35, 41, 43, elected president pro tem, 1947.
Received 76 votes for Republican presidential nomination, Philadelphia, 1940, 62 votes, 1948. United States delegate San Francisco United Nations Organisation, 1945, 1st and 2d general assemblies United Nations, 1946. United States representative Council Foreign Ministers and Peace Conference Paris, 1946.
Appointed advisory to Secretary Byrnes at Big Four foreign ministers’ meeting in Paris April 25, 1946. American delegate Rio Pact Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1947.
Member Grand Rapids Charter Commission, 1910. Member Republican State Central Committee, 1912-1918. Member S.A.R., Loyal Legion, Delta Upsilon.
Mason (33°, Shriner), Elk, Woodman. Clubs: Peninsular, Kent Country.
Married Elizabeth Watson, 1905 (deceased.; married second, Hazel H. Whittaker, June 14, 1918 (deceased. Children: Arthur Hendrick, Barbara, Elizabeth.