Christoph M. Kimmich (born January 16, 1939) is a German-American historian. He was the eighth President of

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from 2000 to 2009. He was educated at

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(BA 1961) and

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(PhD. 1964) and elected to

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. He was trained as a historian of modern Europe.

Career

Kimmich was born in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

, Germany. He immigrated to the United States and became a U.S. citizen in 1957. In 1973 he came to

after eight years of teaching at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. He is a member of the faculty of the Department of History as well as the CUNY Graduate Center. From 1980 to 1984, he served as Chairman of the Department of History, before being appointed Associate Provost. He became Acting Provost in 1988 and Provost the following year. Kimmich served as Interim Chancellor of the

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from November 1997 to September 1999. In February 2000, he was appointed President of

. Under his leadership, the quality of admitted students increased and more than 300 new faculty members were hired.Richardson, Clem
Prexy's Ready to Pass Torch at His Beloved B'klyn College
''New York Daily News'', June 26, 2009. Kimmich served as president for nine years before retiring in August 2009. Kimmich has written several books on German foreign policy in the period between

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and

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, as well as articles on this subject and on other subjects in

German history The Germani tribes i.e. Germanic tribes are now considered to be related to the Jastorf culture before expanding and interacting with the other peoples. The concept of a region for Germanic tribes is traced to time of Julius Caesar, a Roman gen ...

. He has lectured in the United States and other countries. Kimmich has been awarded a

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, an International Affairs Fellowship, and a

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. He spent the academic year 1974-75 at the

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in New York City, and the academic year 1983-84 as a Visitor at the

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References

External links

Brooklyn College President's Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimmich, Christoph 1939 births Living people Chancellors of City University of New York Writers from Dresden German emigrants to the United States Presidents of Brooklyn College