John G. “Jack” Van de Water ’61
Major: History and Government
Profession: Dean of International Programs & Director of International Education, Oregon State University; Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Programs, Oregon University System
Home: Corvallis, Oregon

Jack Van de Water’s career has focused on international dimensions of higher education. His work involves collaboration with each academic unit at Oregon State University to strengthen the international dimensions of education and international activities, including foreign study and exchanges, the English Language Institute, foreign student advising, international internships, the international degree program, and international dimensions of curriculum research and faculty development. He has been an ACE Fellow in Academic Administration with the American Council on Education and has served as a Fulbright Scholar in both Japan and Thailand.

In addition to his undergraduate B.A. degree from St. Lawrence, in history and government (those departments, now separate, were at that time combined), Dean Van de Water received an M.A. in international relations and a PhD. in comparative and international education, both from Syracuse University. At St. Lawrence, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and ROTC and was a class officer. He received an Alumni Citation from St. Lawrence in 2003, at which time he indicated that his interest in international education began when he was an undergraduate at the University.