Kees Posthumus

Upon gaining his engineering degree he took a teaching position at the Christian HBS in Leiden, while working on his doctorate under prof.dr.

He left for the Dutch East Indies soon after his promotion, to teach chemistry at the Christian Lyceum of Bandung.

After the start of the Japanese occupation Posthumus was first interned at Bandung prison, then at the Cimahi concentration camp.

In 1947 and 1948 he was a foreign correspondent for the Groene Amsterdammer and openly opposed the first police actions against the Indonesian independence movement.

After his return to The Netherlands in 1955 Posthumus was part of the advisory committee for the founding of the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven.

Posthumus is not remembered by his colleagues and students for being a brilliant scientist; rather, he left his mark through his administrative qualities and achievements.

Starting in 1960 he was appointed deputy chairman of the national Board of Education (Dutch: Onderwijsraad).