Background
Van, Dirk was born on January 5, 1933 in Scherpenzeel.
Van, Dirk was born on January 5, 1933 in Scherpenzeel.
University of Utrecht, A.N.U., Canberra.
Director, Demographic Research Project, Western New Guinea 1961-1966. Research Fellow, Department, of Demography, Research School of Social Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies, A.N.U., Canberra 1966-1971. Director Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute (NIDI), The Hague 1971-1987.
Project Director World Fertility Survey, London 1981-1982.
Director Institute Statistical Research Centre, The Hague 1982-1984. Professor, of Demography, University of Amsterdam since 1977.
Director Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Wassenaar since 1987. Vice-chairman National Science Foundation, The Hague since 1988.
President 1984-1987).
President European Association for Population Studies 1983-1987, Honorary President since 1987.
Royal Netherlands Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Married Anna Jacomina van Teunenbroek in 1961.