Special thanks to our board members for their encouragement, counsel and leadership throughout the years.

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Honorary board

J. H. Bryan               former CEO, Sara Lee Corp, Chicago
K. T. Dornbush      US Ambassador to the Netherland 1994-1998
C. P. Schneider     US Ambassador to the Netherlands 1998-2001
C. M. Sobel            US Ambassador to the Netherlands 2001-2005

Advisory board

B. C. Alexander             former director McKinsey & Co
C. S. de Meyere            founder Kids Interactive Museum
A.H.G. Rinnooy Kan    chairman SER
H.O.C.R. Ruding          former Minister of Finance
K. J. Storm                     former director Aegon
R. Swaak                       CEO PricewaterhouseCoopers
P. Wakkie                      former board of directors Ahold
A. Wertheim                  former director John Adams Institute

Board of directors

Marry de Gaay Fortman  chair
Evert van den Bergh  treasurer
Arie Westerlaken  secretary
Chris Kijne
Tracy Metz
Pim Roest
Truus Valkering

Upcoming lectures:
17 Sep. 2010  Bret Easton Ellis
27 Sep. 2010  Richard Russo
21 Oct. 2010  Jonathan Franzen
02 Nov. 2010  Michael Cunningham
18 Nov. 2010  Lang Lang

Richard Russo

27 September 2010
That Old Cape Magic

Where Richard Russo’s recent novels Empire Falls and Bridge of Sighs were epic in scale, his eighth book, That Old Cape Magic is smaller: a warmly comic portrait of a man in midlife crisis.

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Our Past Events VIDEOS on VPRO's weblogs

   14 Jan Jonathan Safran Foer

24 Jan James Ellroy

05 Feb Jesse Jackson

10 Mar Ron Rash

21 Apr E. Benjamin Skinner

28 Apr Jon Krakauer

03 Jun Kathryn Stockett

08 Jun David Remnick

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Literature Course

Crossing Boundaries: TV, Movies and Books in the 21st Century taught in English by:
Dan Hassler-Forest of the Universiteit van Amsterdam

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Our Mission

The mission of the John Adams Institute is to provide a window onto the United States for Dutch audiences.

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