Background
Noordwijk, Jacobus van was born on January 3, 1920 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Son of Arie Johannes and Agatha Cornelia (Weber) van Noordwijk.
Noordwijk, Jacobus van was born on January 3, 1920 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Son of Arie Johannes and Agatha Cornelia (Weber) van Noordwijk.
License medical practice, University Groningen, 1947. Master of Science in Biochemistry, University Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1949. Doctor of Medicine, University Amsterdam, 1956.
Chief assistant scientific civil services, U. Amsterdam, 1950-1963; head unit biological standards, National Institute Public Health, Bilthoven, 1963-1985; director division of pharmacology, National Institute Public Health, Bilthoven, 1964-1985; professor pharmacology, U. Utrecht, 1967-1980; member drug licensed board, Ministry of Public Health, Rijswijk, 1963-1985; chairman groups of experts, European Pharmacopoeia, Strasbourg, 1984-1997; retired, European Pharmacopoeia, Strasbourg, 1997. Member Netherlands delegation to European Pharmacopoeia, Strasbourg, 1984-1996. Chairman of Commission LD50 Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, 1981-1989.
Chairman Algemeen Humanistisch Trefpunt, Oegstgeest, 1982-1991. Member Koninklyke Nederlandse Maatschappy Bevordering Pharmacie (chairman ECVAM Task Force on hormones since 1995), Medical Evaluation Testing Committee (chairman 1995-2003).
Married Johanna Catharina Van Veen, August 26, 1946. Children: Arie Johannes, Meine, Maria Agatha.