Born in 1942 in Oosterhout (NL). M.A. (Latin and Greek literature) at the Roman Catholic University in Nijmegen, LL.M. at the Erasmus University (Rotterdam). Ph.D. at University of Utrecht; subject: the human right on education and the Dutch Constitution.
1984: professor of public and administrative law, Faculty of law, Erasmus University. 1986-1989, 1991-1993: dean of the Faculty of law, Erasmus University. 1993-2001: rector of the Erasmus University.
Rector of the College of Europe until his death on 17th June 2002.
Yesterday, on 22 September 2026, we discussed the way we talk about EU integration. We learned more about “think nea – New Narratives of EU Integration”, a project by ELIAMEP (Hellenic Foundation for...