Christoph M. Kimmich

Christoph M. Kimmich (born January 16, 1939) is a German - American historian. He was the eighth President of Brooklyn College from 2000 to 2009. He was educated at Haverford College (BA 1961) and Oxford University (PhD. 1964) and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was trained as a historian of modern Europe.

Career

Kimmich was born in Dresden, Germany.^[1] He immigrated to the United States and became an US-citizen in 1957.^[2] In 1973 he came to Brooklyn College after eight years of teaching at Columbia University. He is a member of the faculty of the Department of History as well as the CUNY Graduate Center. From 1980 to 1984, he served as Chairman of the Department of History from, before being appointed Associate Provost. He became Acting Provost in 1988 and Provost the following year. Dr. Kimmich served as Interim Chancellor of the City University of New York from November 1997 to September 1999. In February 2000, he was appointed President of Brooklyn College. Under his leadership, the quality of admitted students increased and more than 300 new faculty members were hired. ^[3] Dr. Kimmich served as president for nine years before retiring in August 2009. Karen L. Gould, former Provost at California State University, Long Beach became the college's ninth president on August 15, 2009. ^[4]

Kimmich has written several books on German foreign policy in the period between World War I and World War II, as well as articles on this subject and on other subjects in German history. He has lectured here and abroad.

Kimmich has been awarded, among others, a Fulbright Scholarship, an International Affairs Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He spent the academic year 1974-75 at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and the academic year 1983-84 as a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

References

1. ^ nndb.com
2. ^ CUNY Trustees Choose A Temporary Chancellor NYTimes November 25, 1997
3. ^ Richardson, Clem. Prexy's Ready to Pass Torch at His Beloved B'klyn College New York Daily News, June 26, 2009.
4. ^ New President Appointed to Brooklyn College BC News, June 22, 2009.

External links

• Brooklyn College President's Biography
• Works by or about Christoph M. Kimmich in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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