Jan S. van Hoogstraten

JAN SAMUEL FRANCOIS  van HOOGSTRATEN  
Whose career was spent aiding refugees and displaced persons as an executive of American and international agencies, both governmental and volunteer, died on October 25, 2011 at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, NY following a heart attack. He was 89 and resided in Mount Vernon, NY. He held senior positions at Church World Service, the overseas relief and reconstruction arm of the National Council of Churches. He also held executive positions at the Tolstoy Foundation. From 1980 until 1992, he held Chief-of-Mission positions at the International Organization for Migration, the principal intergovernmental organization promoting assistance of migrants and refugees based in Geneva. He leaves his wife of 58 years, the former Eleanor Colson Curtis of Mount Vernon, NY, a 1944 graduate of the Madeira School in Greenway, VA; a son, David J. van Hoogstraten, daughter-in-law Michelle Kayon, and grandchildren Daniel and Julia of Washington DC; and a son Nicholas van Hoogstraten, daughter-in-law Sarah Brockus, and grandchildren Anya and Naomi of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Westchester County, NY on November 5 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Heifer International or Church World Service.