Board of Directors -- Mark vanderHeyden

Submitted by lmcisaac on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 1:05pm

Dr. Marc A. vanderHeyden, President Emeritus of Saint Michael’s College, was inaugurated as the 15th president on October 19, 1996, and retired in the summer of 2007. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1938, and received a diploma in classical studies and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, followed by a certificate of theological studies, from Belgian institutions. He then entered Catholic University of America, where he earned master’s and doctoral degrees in history. Dr. vanderHeyden is fluent in three languages and has a working knowledge of five more. He has been an active member of various professional, government, charitable, business, arts, health care and religious groups at the local, regional and national levels, and currently serves on the boards of the following organizations: the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill (ERVK), Vermont Ballet Theater and Vermont Gas Systems. Dr. vanderHeyden is a naturalized American citizen and is married to Dana Lim vanderHeyden. They reside in New York’s scenic Hudson Valley.