TEN HOOR, MARTEN, 1890-1967

Biography:

Educator, writer. Born– Apr. 21, 1890 in Franeker, Netherlands. Parents– Foppe Marten and Elizabeth Petranella (Kok) ten Hoor. Came to the U.S. in 1896; became a naturalized U.S. citizen, 1918. . Married– Marie Magdalen Schanz, Dec. 31, 1920. Served in the U.S. Army, WWI, 1918-1919.  Education– attended Calvin Jr. College in 1909; University of Michigan, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.   Worked as a  private tutor, 1909-1911; 1911-1944 taught successively at Washington College and the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, and Tulane;  professor of philosophy and dean of College of Arts and Science at University of Alabama, 1944-1960. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (chairman, 1955-1958; on board of directors after 1958); awarded several honorary doctorates. Ten Hoor Hall on the University of Alabama campus, used for faculty offices and classrooms, is named in his honor.  Died October 10, 1976.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1962-1963.

Publication(s):

Education for Privacy. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1960.

Freedom Limited; an Essay on Democracy. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1954.

A Handbook for Teachers in Hospital Schools. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1962.

The Problems of Thinking and Knowing. Ann Arbor, Mich.; Edwards Brothers, 1933.

The Role of Music in Culture. Ann Arbor; University of Mich., 1961.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Marten ten Hoor is held by the Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama.