Background
Kiewit, Cornelis Willem de was born on May 21, 1902 in Rotterdam, Holland. Naturalized United States citizen, 1939.
historian university president
Kiewit, Cornelis Willem de was born on May 21, 1902 in Rotterdam, Holland. Naturalized United States citizen, 1939.
Bachelor of Arts Witwatersrand, 1923. AM, University Witwatersrand, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1927.
Postdoctorate, University Paris, 1928. Postdoctorate, University Berlin, 1929. Doctor of Laws, Syracuse University, 1951.
Doctor of Laws, New York University, 1951. Doctor of Laws, Hull University. Doctor of Laws, McGill University.
Doctor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1958. Doctor of Humane Letters, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1952. Doctor of Humane Letters, Colgate University, 1959.
Doctor of Letters, Rennes University, 1958. Doctor of Letters, Natal University, 1960.
Teacher Afrikaans and history, Southern Rhodesia, 1923-1925;
assistant professor of history, State University Iowa, 1929-1935;
associate professor, State University Iowa, 1935-1937;
professor, State University Iowa, 1937-1941;
professor modern European history, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1941-1986;
dean college arts and science, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1945-1948;
provost, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1948-1949;
acting president, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1949-1951;
president, U. Rochester, New York, 1951-1961;
president emeritus, U. Rochester, New York, 1961-1986;
honorary trustee. Chairman of Commission on education in tropical Africa, National Research Council, 1960-1986. Member of council on higher education New York University Commision on Human Resources and Advanced Trig., 1951-1954.
Advising committee underdeveloped areas Mutual Security Agency, 1950-1952. Former member Ford Foundation African screening com, Canada-United States committee American CouncilEdn.
Past member, board directors George Eastman House, Lincoln-Rochester Trust Company. Former trustee Corning Museum Glass. Member American History Association, American Council Learned Societies (chairman board directors 1952-1954), Association American Universities (president 1956-1958), Association Colleges and State New York (secretary-treasurer 1953), Council Foreign Relations, Inc., Phi Beta Kappa, Century Club, University Club, Country Club, Genessee Valley Club.
Married Lucas Maian Hejinian, August 22, 1930. Children: Marie, Christina (deceased), John.