Background
Plas, Henk Cornelis van der was born on May 4, 1929 in Voorhout, The Netherlands. Son of Henk Johannes and Alida Wilhelmina (van Velzen) van der Plas.
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Plas, Henk Cornelis van der was born on May 4, 1929 in Voorhout, The Netherlands. Son of Henk Johannes and Alida Wilhelmina (van Velzen) van der Plas.
Doctorandus, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1960. Doctor (honorary), Akademia Medica, Warsaw, Poland, 1987.
, University Leuven, Belgium, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Agricultural University Prague, Czech Republic, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Technology University Cracow, Poland, 1995.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Agricultural University Gödöllö, Hungary, 1995. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Timiryalev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, 1996.
Assistant professor of chemistry, Wageningen (The Netherlands) Agricultural U., 1958-1960;
associate professor of chemistry, Wageningen (The Netherlands) Agricultural U., 1963-1971;
full professor of chemistry, Wageningen (The Netherlands) Agricultural U., 1971-1996;
vice chancellor, Wageningen (The Netherlands) Agricultural U., 1977-1981, 88-93. Chairman, Board Of Directors Netherlands U. Foundation International Cooperation, 1984-1988,foundation Bilance, since 1994. Netherlands Institute Social Studies, since 1995.
President European Network Agricultural Universities, Belgium, 1994-1997.
Member Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (president 1974-1976), International Society Heterocyclic Chemistry (president 1984-1987, Heterocyclic Chemistry award 1981), Polish Chemical Society (honorary), Hungarian Chemical Society (honorary).
Married Wilhelmina Demmers, January 19, 1957. Children: Hein, Paul, Bob, Carolien, Dolf.