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Occupation
  
College administrator


Name
  
Arend Lubbers

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Born
  
July 23, 1931 (age 92) (
1931-07-23
)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Employer
  
1969-2001, President of Grand Valley State University 1960-1969, President of Central College (Iowa)

Spouse(s)
  
m. Eunice L. Mayo, June 19, 1953 (div.) m. Nancy Vanderpol, December 21, 1968

Children
  
with Eunice: Arend Donselaar, John Irwin Darrow, Mary Elizabeth with Nancy: Robert Andrew, Caroline Jayne

Parent(s)
  
Irwin Jacob and Margaret (Van Donselaar) Lubbers

Awards
  
Golden Plate Award, 1962 Golden-Emblem Order of Merit, Polish Peoples Republic, 1988 Trustee's Award for Community Leadership, Aquinas College, 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award, Economic Club of Grand Rapids, 2001 named 1 of top 100 young men in U.S., Life (magazine), 1962. LittD, Central College, 1977 DSc, University of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1987 LHD, Hope College, 1988 DSc, Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow, Poland, 1989 DSc, University of Kingston, England, 1995 LittD, Grand Valley State University LittD, Olivet College, 2008. Arts Building at Central College named after Lubbers and his father

Education
  
Rutgers University, Hope College

Board member of
  
Macatawa Bank Corporation, Hackley Hospital, Olivet College

Similar People
  
Thomas J Haas, Mark Murray, James Zumberge, L William Seidman

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Arend Donselaar "Don" Lubbers (born July 23, 1931) was president of Grand Valley State University (and predecessor Grand Valley State College) from 1969 to 2001. He was the second president of Grand Valley, serving after James Zumberge and before Mark Murray. He currently holds the title of President Emeritus. Most of the university's growth came during his tenure.

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Early life

Lubbers graduated from Hope College, where his father Irwin Lubbers was president, and received his master's degree from Rutgers University in 1956.

He taught at Wittenberg University .

He served as president of Central College in Pella, Iowa, until he became Grand Valley's president.

Grand Valley State University

Lubbers became president of what was then Grand Valley State College at the age of 37, making him one of the nation's youngest university presidents.

The university expanded from a small cluster of colleges to Michigan's fastest growing university.

Lubbers Stadium on the Allendale Campus is named for him.

When he retired in 2001, Lubbers was the longest serving state university leader in the country.

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