Honorary Members and Members of Merit
Honorary members
Siza Kuin
During the GMM of September the 26th 2023 Siza Kuin was appointed as a member of merit. Siza has always had a heart for the association. She was the Commissioner of External affairs of board 73 and she has also been very active in multiple committees. She was an indispensable member of the IT committee. She has done a lot of work on the website and the payment system on the iPad. Siza was the expert of the payment system and able to fix a multitude of bugs. Siza also took the initiative to set up a confidential contact person system for ACD members. Because of this Siza may wear the title of member of merit with pride!
Jan van Maarseveen
Professor Jan van Maarseveen was elected as honorary member during the GMM on the 28th of February 2023. Jan has been a professor at the UvA since 1999 and has helped out the ACD countless times during these 24 years. He has always been available to help out the association by aiding in the organization of activities or by giving lectures for both students and their parents. Because of Jan’s experience in the past decades he has gained many stories about the ACD which he always likes to share with lots of excitement.
Bill Horde en Michiel Beij
Bill Horde and Michiel Beij were also appointed the status of honorary members during the GMM on the 28th of February 2023. Bill has been the labmanager from 2015 till 2021 and Michiel is the floorwalker practical chemistry of the FNWI since 2014. Because of their positions they have been able to do a lot for the ACD. They have helped with organizing a rugby practice, an ER course for the boards and experiments during the open days and family days.
Sven Beerents
On February 9th in 2015 during the general meeting Sven Beerents was elected as honorary member of the Amsterdams Chemisch Dispuut. He has contributed to several committees and has been the secretary of the ACD-board. He also played a big part in the transition from Roeterseiland to Science Park. Sven has realized the plan that Kasper made for the Brainwave, which is also a reason that he is now an honorary member of our association.
Kasper van den Hurk
Kasper has also been elected on February 9th of 2015. He has also been active in a lot of committees and has been the secretary of the ACD-board. Kasper has made sure that the famous borrels of the ACD could be continued in the Academisch Kwartier at Science Park and he has also made the plan for the Brainwave. His achievements should definitely be remembered, which is why he is an honorary member of our association.
Yu Ling Wu
On September 26th in 2003 Yu Ling was elected as honorary member. She was the Commissioner of Education and student affairs in the board of 1999/2000, the chair of the Almanac committee and has also been active in the SLA, Koest and PAC. She is an honorary member of our association because of all the things she has done for the Amsterdams Chemisch Dispuut
Machteld Petram
Machteld has also been elected on September 26th. She was the vice chairman of the ACD-board of 2000/2001, the chair of the Almanac committee 1998/1999 and has been active in this committee between 1998 and 2001. She has also contributed to the parentday committee, the RTTR 10 years committee, the Kern and she has been bartender of the year. All of her efforts have made her honorary member of our association.
Mirjam Hoefkens, Yvonne van Duin and Frank Vergeer
They did a lot of work for KOEST, Roetertoeter and the ACD. They are all ex-board members of the ACD, the Roetertoeter or both.
Peter Kaarsgaarn
Peter was of building management and security and played an important role in the origin and the existence of the Roetertoeter and in keeping it open.
The reasons for the election of the people below is yet unknown. If you have information about the election of one of these honorary members, you can send an e-mail to bestuur@acdweb.nl.
Cees Zeegers
Frank Vergeer
Martin van Teunenbroek
Jan Rientsma
Piet-Jan Klijn
Peter Kaarsgaarn
Mirjam Hoefkens
Yvonne van Duin
Robin Doodeman
Members of merit
Michael van den Brink
On the 11th of June 2019, Michael van den Brink was declared a member of merit of the ACD. Michael was part of the bar committee for two yours and consecutively became the chairman of the 68th board of the ACD. In this year he arranged that the coming PAC and the ONCS were organised in Amsterdam. He was also the treasurer of the board of the foundation ONCS (2015-2017). Through his efforts, Michael has put the ACD on the map as an association who is able to organise large events. This is why Michael can call himself a member of merit with pride.
Tijmen Bakker
Also on the 11th of June 2019, Tijmen Bakker was declared a member of merit of the ACD. As well as being apart of a few committees (ABC, EJC, AJW), he was commissioner of activities of the 69th ACD board. He was able to set the first steps to digitalising the ‘poflijst’ and set up foundation Brainwave in his board year. He has also helped organise the FLUX-festival en has been featured many times as DJ Tijmen at many parties of the ACD. This makes him eligible to be a member of merit.
Danny Kroon
On the 19th of February 2019 Danny Kroon was elevated to the title of member of merit. Danny was chosen a member of merit because he, next to his being secretary of the 2015-2016 ACD-board, has extensively exerted himself for the association. Danny’s function as an exemplary secretary for those following him was also taken into account. Danny regularly shows his appreciation of being secretary and is always available to help at the ACD. The biggest service Danny has delivered is the, nigh sisyphean, task of checking and rechecking the general meeting documentation.
Rob Kunst
On the 25th of September 2018 Rob Kunst joined the society of the members of merit. He has earned this honorary title for his years of dedication to developing the new cash register. For ages, manually keeping check of all the tabs and transactions made was a task that took blood, sweat and tears to complete. Rob changed this by successfully implementing the electronic register, which will benefit the ACD for many years to come. Rob also was part of the ABC from 2015 to 2016 and heavily contributed to its revenue. Aside from this Rob has also made many aftermovies for the EJW, BEC and the ONCS, something that not only the ACD, but also our brother and sister associations are very grateful for. The fact that Rob has never followed the bachelor chemistry makes this all the more impressive.
Luc Alders
Luc Alders has been elected member of merit on September 26th in 2003. He was the chair of the ACD-board 1999/2000, he has been bar manager of the RTTR 2000/2001 and he has been active in the Almanac committee 1999/2000, the Journal committee 1998/1999, the BEC in 1999 and 2003, the SLA and the KERN.
Ron Jukes
Ron Jukes was the chair of the ACD-board 1998/1999. In that year he has also set up the Almanac committee, which issued the first ACD almanac in 1999. He has also been a member of the FSR FNWI from 1998 to 2000. During this period he has dealt with the housing of the study associations at the new location: Science Park. He has also been the chair of the Almanac committee 1999-2000 and has been active in the PAC board. Beside all of this, you could also often find him behind the bar, pouring some beers.
Jelle Groen
Jelle Groen has made all kinds of drawings and illustrations during his study. These were used for the ACD Journal, posters or T-shirts. He has also made comics for the Journal. This he did with his twin brother Roel.
Roel Groen
Roel Groen has made all kinds of drawings and illustrations during his study. These were used for the ACD Journal, posters or T-shirts. He has also made comics for the Journal. This he did with his twin brother Jelle.
Astrid Janmaat
Astrid Janmaat was treasurer in the ACD board and has helped hosting the national chemistry olympiade that same year. She also helped organising the PAC symposium ‘Chemistry Lives’ in 1998 and has been part of the KasCo.
The reasons for the election of the people below is yet unknown. If you have information about the election of one of these members of merit, you can e-mail to mailacd@gmail.com.
Chris de Graaf
Arwin Geijtenbeek
Remco de Jong
Jochem Wichers-Hoeth
Boris Rodenko
Emile Rienks
