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Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn
Schermerhorn-Drees government (1945 - 1946)
Willem Schermerhorn was born in Akersloot (North Holland) on 17 December
1894.
After completing his secondary schooling in Alkmaar, he attended Delft University of Technology and qualified in 1918 as a civil engineer.
From 1918 he worked at Delft University as a geodesy assistant and in 1926 he was appointed professor of surveying, topographic levelling and geodesy.
From 1942 to 1943 Professor Schermerhorn was interned in Sint-Michielsgestel. In 1944 the Nazi occupiers dismissed him from his chair at Delft University but he returned to it briefly after the war.
From 24 June 1945 to 3 July 1946, Professor Schermerhorn was Prime Minister and Minister of War in the Schermerhorn-Drees administration.
Thereafter, from 1946 to 1947 he chaired the government committee on the future of the Netherlands East Indies. From 1948 to 1951 he represented the Labour Party (PvdA) as a member of the Lower House and from 1951 to 1965 as a member of the Upper House of Parliament. Over the same period he was also director of the Delft-based International Institute for Stereocartography.
Willem Schermerhorn received honorary doctorates from the University of Ghent in 1946, Zurich polytechnic in 1963, the Politecnicum of Milan in 1964, the University of Glasgow in 1965 and Hanover polytechnic in 1965.
He died in Haarlem on 10 March 1977.
After completing his secondary schooling in Alkmaar, he attended Delft University of Technology and qualified in 1918 as a civil engineer.
From 1918 he worked at Delft University as a geodesy assistant and in 1926 he was appointed professor of surveying, topographic levelling and geodesy.
From 1942 to 1943 Professor Schermerhorn was interned in Sint-Michielsgestel. In 1944 the Nazi occupiers dismissed him from his chair at Delft University but he returned to it briefly after the war.
From 24 June 1945 to 3 July 1946, Professor Schermerhorn was Prime Minister and Minister of War in the Schermerhorn-Drees administration.
Thereafter, from 1946 to 1947 he chaired the government committee on the future of the Netherlands East Indies. From 1948 to 1951 he represented the Labour Party (PvdA) as a member of the Lower House and from 1951 to 1965 as a member of the Upper House of Parliament. Over the same period he was also director of the Delft-based International Institute for Stereocartography.
Willem Schermerhorn received honorary doctorates from the University of Ghent in 1946, Zurich polytechnic in 1963, the Politecnicum of Milan in 1964, the University of Glasgow in 1965 and Hanover polytechnic in 1965.
He died in Haarlem on 10 March 1977.