Background
VanderWerf, Calvin Anthony was born on January 2, 1917 in Friesland, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Anthony and Anna (Schaafsma) VanderWerf.
academic administrator chemistry educator
VanderWerf, Calvin Anthony was born on January 2, 1917 in Friesland, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Anthony and Anna (Schaafsma) VanderWerf.
AB, Hope College, 1937. Doctor of Science (honorary), Hope College, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1941.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kansas, 1966. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1966.
Instructor, U. Kansas, 1941-1942;
faculty member, U. Kansas, 1943-1963;
professor of chemistry, U. Kansas, 1949-1963;
department chairman, U. Kansas, 1961-1963;
president, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1963-1970;
visiting professor, Colorado State University, 1970-1971;
professor of chemistry, U. Florida, Gainesville
dean College Arts and Sciences, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1971-1988. Visiting scientist National Science Foundation, 1955-1988. Guest lecturer Continental Classroom, 1959.
Consultant NU.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California, 1951-1960. Member Petroleum Fund Advisory Board, 1957-1963. Consultant Smith, Kline & French Company, 1947-1963, Spencer Chemical Company, 1952-1963, Pan American Petroleum Company, 1958-1963.
Board directors Kativo Chemical Limited company, Costa Rica. Chairman discipline committee in chemistry Ednl. Testing Service; member Danforth Graduate Fellowship Reading Committee.
Representative unites states department State 9th International Conference on Higher Education, Yugoslav universities, Dubrovnik. Lecturer, consultant on science education Organization of American States, BuenosAires, 1965. Trustee, member Executive Committee Research Corporation.
President Christian Reformed Church School, Holland, 1963-1970. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Chemical Society (committee on chemistry public affairs), Chemical Society London, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Gamma Alpha.
Married Rachel Anna Good, August 22, 1942. Children: Gretchen VanderWerf Jones, Klasina, Julie, Lisa VanderWerf Hawkins, Pieter, Marte VanderWerf Singerman.
