Background
Huizer, Gerrit Jan was born on April 6, 1929 in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Son of Gerrit A. and Adriana (van der Windt) Huizer.
Huizer, Gerrit Jan was born on April 6, 1929 in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Son of Gerrit A. and Adriana (van der Windt) Huizer.
Candidate, University Amsterdam, 1952. Doctorandus, University Amsterdam, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Amsterdam, 1970.
Development volunteer, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and American Friends Svc. Committee, El Salvador, l955-56; development worker, Centro Studi Danilo Dolci, Sicily, Italy, l959-6l; lecturer on development, Ministry Development Cooperation, The Hague, The Netherlands, l96l-62; associate expert, Economics Common for Latin American, Mexico and Central America, l962-65; expert, United Nations Development Program, Chile, l965-66; United Nations regional expert, International Labor Organization, Latin American, l966-69; United Nations regional advisor, International Labor Organization, S.E. Asia, l969-7l; visiting professor, Institute Social Studies, The Hague, l97l-72; research coordinator, Institute for Development Research, Copenhagen, l972-73; professor development studies, director Third World Center,, Catholic U. Nijmegen (The Netherlands), l973-. Consultant people's participation program Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, l98l-.
Member National Advisory Council on Development, The Hague, l975-82. Member committee foreign affairs Netherlands Missionary Council, 's Hertogenbos, The Netherlands, l979—. Netherland Center of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association International, since 1974.
Chairman Foundation Southeast Asian Mountain Peoples, Utrecht, The Netherlands, l982—, Wertheim Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, l987—.