Herman van Roijen | |
|---|---|
 Herman van Roijenc. 1940s | |
| Dutch Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 19 September 1950 – 1964 | |
| Monarch | Juliana |
| President | Harry S. Truman,Dwight D. Eisenhower,John F. Kennedy,Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Prime Minister | Willem Drees |
| Preceded by | Eelco van Kleffens |
| Succeeded by | Carl Willem Alwin Schurmann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1905-04-10)10 April 1905 |
| Died | 16 March 1991(1991-03-16) (aged 85) |
| Spouse | Anne Snouck Hurgronje |
| Relations | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Jan Herman van Roijen Sr Albertina Taylor Winthrop |
| Alma mater | University of Utrecht |
Jan Herman van Roijen (10 April 1905 – 16 March 1991) was a Dutchdiplomat andpolitician.[1] He was Dutch foreign minister in 1946.[2]
Van Roijen was born inConstantinople on 10 April 1905. He was the son ofJan Herman van Roijen Sr (1871–1933) and the American-born Albertina Taylor Winthrop (1871–1934), who married in May 1904.[3] When he was born, his father was a diplomat in Constantinople.[1]
His maternal grandparents were bankerRobert Winthrop and the former Kate Wilson Taylor (a daughter ofMoses Taylor, a prominent railroad financier who served as president ofNational City Bank). Among his maternal family was uncleBeekman Winthrop, theAssistant Secretary of the Navy in theTaft Administration, and aunt Katharine Taylor Winthrop, the wife ofU.S. SenatorHamilton Fish Kean.[4]
He received aPh.D. from theUniversity of Utrecht.[1]
Van Roijen's diplomatic career began in the 1930s when he joined the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1930 and was an attache in Washington for three years. He also held positions in embassies in Tokyo as well as positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hague.[2] In 1939, he was named head of the political division at the ministry.[1]
Following the war, he represented the Netherlands at various conferences linked to the nascentUnited Nations, including theUnited Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco.[1][2]
After his brief stint as the Dutch foreign minister, he was the ambassador toCanada (1947–1950), to theUnited States (1950–1964),[5] and jointly to theUnited Kingdom and toIceland (1964–1970).[1]
In 1982 he received the inauguralFreedom from Fear Award and in 1984 he received theWateler Peace Prize for his diplomatic efforts.[2]
He received an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law from TheUniversity of Toledo on June 8, 1957.
Van Roijen was married to Anne Snouck Hurgronje, a daughter of Aarnout Marinus Snouck Hurgronje. Together, they were the parents of two sons, Jan Herman and Willem, and two daughters, Tina van Notten and Digna van Karnebeek.[1] While in America, they owned a 300-acre farm inWarrenton, Virginia.[5]
He died, aged eighty-five, on 16 March 1991 atWassenaar inSouth Holland.[1]
