Gerrit Andries Kooy

Background

Kooy, Gerrit Andries was born on March 9, 1926 in Kedichem, The Netherlands. Son of Aart Kooy and Anna Elisabet Van Meeuwen.

Education

Master of Arts in Sociology, Utrecht State University, The Netherlands, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Leyden State University, The Netherlands, 1957.

Career

Researcher, Agricultural U., Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1953-1959; senior lecturer, Agricultural U., Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1959-1964; professor, Agricultural U., Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1964-1985. Chairman Committee on Family Research, 1970-1974, Netherlands Interuniv. Demographic Institute, The Hague, 1980-1988.

Member Social-Scientific Council Royal Academy Science, Amsterdam, 1982-1990.

Achievements

• Gerrit Andries Kooy has been listed as a noteworthy Sociology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman riding school for severely disabled, Bennekom, Netherlands, 1982-1990. Lance corporal Task Troops, 1944-1948. Member Dutch Sociological and Anthropol.

Society, Dutch Society Demography, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.

Interests

• Avocation: breeding rare chickens.

Connections

Married Bernarda J.P. ter Haar, March 27, 1952 (divorced December 1975). Children: Domenica, Aart Reinoudt, Jacob Gerdze. Married Onni Hondius, November 4, 1981.

Father:

Aart Kooy

Mother:

Anna Elisabet Van Meeuwen

Spouse:

Onni Hondius

Spouse:

Bernarda J.P. ter Haar

child:

Aart Reinoudt Kooy

child:

Domenica Kooy

child:

Jacob Gerdze Kooy