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Brooklyn College |
Dr. Kimmich first came to Brooklyn College in 1973 as an associate professor in the department of history. In 1980, he became chairman of the department, where he helped to revise the curriculum and mold elements of the College’s famed core curriculum. From 1984 to 1988, he served as associate provost and from 1988 to 1997 as provost. In 1997, he began a two-year tenure as interim chancellor of The City University of New York. Dr. Kimmich has received many distinguished honors throughout his career. He graduated from Haverford College in 1961 with high honors and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. A Fulbright Scholar from 1961 to 1962 and again, from 1962 to 1963, he earned his doctorate in history from Oxford University, England, in 1964. He spent a year as a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, in 1983; was a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow in 1983-1984; and held an International Affairs Fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations in 1974-75. In 2001, the government of the Republic of Hungary awarded Dr. Kimmich the Order of Merit, Commander’s Cross. In 2006, he was awarded the Yigal Allon Award for Excellence by The American Friends of the Open University of Israel. Dr. Kimmich has written several books on German foreign policy in the period between the two World Wars, as well as many articles on German history. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Directory of American Scholars, and Contemporary Authors. |
Christoph M. Kimmich returned to Brooklyn College in February 2000 as its eighth president, bringing with him not only a deep love for the College but a strong vision for its future and the experience and knowledge to lead it. Enormously respected for his administrative skill and hands-on involvement in every aspect of campus life, Dr. Kimmich quickly implemented an ambitious strategic plan, which is well underway to realizing its goals of high academic quality and of service to students and to the community.