John William Wevers

Background

Wevers, John William was born on June 4, 1919 in Baldwin, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Bernard and Wilemina (Te Grootenhuis) Wevers. emigrated to Canada, 1951.

Education

AB, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1940; ThB, Calvin Seminary, 1943; Doctor of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1945; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Knox College, Toronto, 1973; DHC (honorary), Leiden U., 1985.

Career

Lecturer, then assistant professor O.T. and Semitic languages, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1946-1951; member of faculty, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since 1951; professor Near Eastern studies, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since 1963; professor emeritus, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since 1984; graduate chairman, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1972-1975; department chairman, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1975-1980. Chairman administrative council Presbyterian Church Canada, 1960-1965.

Achievements

• John William Wevers has been listed as a noteworthy Semitic languages educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board Governors Control Hospital, Toronto, 1963-1996, chairman, 1967-1980. Chairman Hospital Council Metropolitan Toronto, 1974-1975. Board of Governors Ontario Hospital Association, 1974-1984, president, 1978-1979.

Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member Oriental Club Toronto, International Organisation Septuagint and Cognate Studies (president 1972-1980, honorary president since 1989), Can.Bibl. Studies (honorary life), Akademie Wissenschaften Goettingen (correspondent), Arts and Letters Club (Toronto).

Connections

Married Grace Della Brondsema, May 22, 1942. Children: Robert Dick, John William, Harold George, James Merritt.

Father:

Bernard Wevers

Mother:

Wilemina (Te Grootenhuis) Wevers

Spouse:

Grace Della Brondsema

child:

Robert Dick Wevers

child:

John William Wevers

child:

James Merritt Wevers

child:

Harold George Wevers