Background
Gadourek, Ivan was born on July 11, 1923 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Son of Josef and Milada (Dostal) Gadourek.
Gadourek, Ivan was born on July 11, 1923 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Son of Josef and Milada (Dostal) Gadourek.
Master of Arts in Philosophy, Masaryk University, Brno, 1948. Master of Arts in Sociology, University Leyden, The Netherlands, 1953. Dr.Sociology, University Leyden, 1953.
Dr.Social Sciences, University Utrecht, 1985.
Research worker Institute Preventive Medicine, Leyden, 1951-1958. Professor sociology University Groningen, The Netherlands, since 1958. Chairman steering committee Social Science Information Center, Amsterdam, since 1985.
Member Social Science Council of Amsterdam, since 1976.
Co-founder Czechoslovak Foreign Institute in Exile, Chicago, Leyden, Holland, 1951-1987. Member Council of Free Czechoslovakia. Member Dutch Society Sociology and Anthropology, American Sociological Association, Royal Academy of Sciences.
Married Johanna Carina Backer, May 28, 1949. Children: Milada Vlasta, Maja Adele.