Marietta Rolena Heerema; Dr. Klaudius Kuiper; Kathryn Junia Kuiper
Rienk Bouke Kuiper (31 January 1886 – 22 April 1966)[1] was a pastor and professor of systematic theology. Kuiper served as President of Calvin College between 1930 and 1933.
In 1928 he accepted a one-year appointment to Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, as Professor of Systematic Theology, and later served there as a professor for the largest part of his teaching ministry.
The Synod of the Christian Reformed Church had persuaded Kuiper to accept the presidency of Calvin College in 1930. During his tenure the economic impacts of the Great Depression began to be keenly felt. Although enrollment did not decline, partly because a lack of jobs meant young people pursued education, the downturn forced the college to cut costs and expenses. Faculty voluntarily took pay cuts, as high as 40 percent. Kuiper also found it difficult to mediate the growing differences of opinion among faculty and between faculty and the Board of Trustees over the school's direction.[2] In 1933 he took up the position of Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Seminary. Retiring in 1952, he returned to Grand Rapids and then accepted the presidency of Calvin Theological Seminary for four years.
Kuiper married Marie Janssen in 1911. They had three children: Marietta Rolena Heerema, Dr. Klaudius Kuiper and Kathryn Junia Kuiper, who died at age two.
Works
As to Being Reformed
Not of the World
For Whom Did Christ Die?
God Centered Evangelism
The Glorious Body of Christ
While the Bridegroom Tarries: Ten After-the-War Sermons on the Signs of the Times (1919)
