Background
Hooft, Gerardus 't was born on July 5, 1946 in Den Helder, The Netherlands.
Hooft, Gerardus 't was born on July 5, 1946 in Den Helder, The Netherlands.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1972. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1981. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Louvain, Belgium, 1996.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Bologna, Italy, 1998. Doctor of Science (honorary), L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian University, Kazakjstan, 2000. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Western Cape, South Africa, 2001.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio State University, 2003. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hofstra University, 2001.
Fellow European Organization Nuclear Research (European Organization of Nuclear Research), Geneva, 1972—1974. Assistant professor University Utrecht, 1974—1977, professor theoretical physics, 1977—2003, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences professor, since 2003. Loeb lecturer Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976.
Fairchild distinguished scholar California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1981. Guest professor Boston University, 1988, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1989. Member advisory board Max Planck Institute Gravitational Physics, 1997—2005, Arnold Sommerfeld Center Theoretical Physics, Munich.
Honorary professor Nanjing University, China, 2002, Zhejiang University, China, 2004. Visiting fellow Stellenbosch Institute Advanced Study, South Africa, 2005.
Fellow: Institute Physics. Member: National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), Dutch Society Sciences, Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters & Fine Arts Belgium (foreign), Academy of Sciences Paris, Dutch Physical Society (honorary Lorentz medal 1986), American Academy Arts & Sciences (foreign honorary), Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.
Son of Hendrik 't Hooft and Margaretha Agnes (van Kampen) t' Hooft. Married Albertha Anje Schik, July 1, 1972. Children: Saskia Anne, Ellen Marga.