Johannes Jan G. F. Veldhuis

Background

Veldhuis, Johannes Jan G. F. was born on October 4, 1938 in Hengelo. Son of Bernardus J. and Berendina J. (Tijhuis) Veldhuis.

Education

Graduate, U. Utrecht graduate, University of Minnesota D in History and Political Science, U. Florida.

Career

With, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1968-1970; secretary university board, U. Leiden, 1970-1974; deputy secretary-general, Ministry of Edition and Science, 1974-1979; director-general, inspector-general of education and science, Ministry of Edition and Science, 1979-1986; president, Utrecht U., since 1986. Secretary Board Medical Institute Paramaribo, Suriname, 1972-1974. Chair Netherlands delegation Organization of European Cooperation and Development Education Committee, 1984-1986.

Chair board Netherlands-American Committee Ednl. Exch., Fulbright Commission, since 1984, Foundation Decartes, Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Art History, Florence, Netherlands Association International Affairs, district Utrecht, since 1995. Board directors State Institute War Documentation, Netherlands History Institute, Rome, National Museum Catharijneconvent, Netherlands and Arab Archaeol.

Institute, Cairo, Japan-Netherlands Institute, Tokyo, L. Bernstein Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands Institutions St. Petersburg & Athens.

Achievements

• Johannes January G. F. Veldhuis has been listed as a noteworthy University president by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board hospital Medical Centrum Haaglanden. Fellow International Visiting Program.

Interests

• Avocations: literature, botany, tennis, skiing, bridge.

Connections

Married Monica M.H. Thier, 1968. Children: Bernd-Pieter, Geert, Tiddo.

Father:

Bernardus J. Veldhuis

Mother:

Berendina J. (Tijhuis) Veldhuis

Spouse:

Monica M.H. Thier

child:

Bernd-Pieter Veldhuis

child:

Tiddo Veldhuis

child:

Geert Veldhuis