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.