Overlijdensbericht en herinneringsplaats van

Johan van Rekom

30-04-196324-01-2015
It is with deep regret that we have learned of the sudden passing of our dear colleague

Johan van Rekom

Assistant Professor of Marketing Research at our Department of Marketing Management. He passed away last weekend at the age of 51.

Johan has been with RSM for almost 25 years. He started at RSM as a PhD student and wrote his thesis on the topic of Corporate Identity. After he received his PhD degree he studied topics like the effects of organisational identity on the motivation of organisation members and the essence of brands. He strongly believed in his interdisciplinary approach and his unwillingness to compromise on his core academic values deserves great respect.

Johan taught the introductory marketing research courses in our bachelor programmes for many years and successfully supervised a large number of students with their Master thesis. Johan was extremely dedicated to his students and took their interest to heart in his very special way. Several of his students received thesis awards, which testifies to his enormous dedication and drive to get the best out of his students. In his current roles as thesis co-ordinator of our Master Marketing Management and as a member of the RSM Examination Board he showed the same attitude and tireless effort.

We will remember Johan as a kind, giving and scientifically driven colleague with broad and deep interests and a nice sense of humour. Johan always amazed us with his knowledge of many languages —ranging from Norwegian to Italian and from Portuguese to Czech—and his deep insights into even the weirdest historical events. His phenomenal memory served him well in his work as a professional tour guide in his spare time and it was always true fun to have him lead us at our departmental outings sharing his unparalleled knowledge. In his own way he was able to make us look in a different way at places many of us had been visiting for many years without noticing the very special details he was aware of. He loved hiking, and spent many of his holidays in the Alps, where he found the open views and rarefied air at the top all the more attractive because of the challenge of getting there.

Johan was a generous and humble person. He will be dearly missed by us all.
Our thoughts are with his mother, brother and other relatives and friends.

The funeral will be held on Friday January 30 from 11am onwards at Monuta Soek, Hoogmadeseweg 66, 2351 CV Leiderdorp.

With kind regards and fond memories of Johan

Steef van de Velde, Dean RSM
Ale Smidts, Chair Department of Marketing Management RSM
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Nancy Frey
A loving salut to Johan on his 60th birthday today!
With me in my thoughts & heart.
Lovingly remembered.
Nancy
Nancy - Stuttgart, Germany
30 april 2023
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Nancy Frey
Johan, the 7th year to celebrate your birthday without you by my side, however you're with me in my heart. "Die Liebe hoeret nimmer auf". Nancy
Nancy - Stuttgart, Germany
30 april 2022
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frans scheper
het leven schiet voorbij, je verliest elkaar uit het oog, maar ingeval van Johan niet uit het hart. Drie jaar te laat, maar met niet minder verdriet verneem ik van zijn veel te vroege heengaan. Lieve Johan, rest in peace.

Frans Scheper
Oisterwijk
frans - oisterwijk
4 december 2018
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Willem Dankbaar
Johan was een jeugdvriend van mij. Ben nog met hem op vakantie geweest naar Italië en ons geliefde Corsica. Kan iemand mij vertellen waaraan hij zo veel te jong overleden is? Eventueel bericht u naar dank@xs4all.nl
Willem - Overveen
2 december 2018
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Giuseppe Visone
Sentite condoglianze anche da parte di chi lo ha conosciuto circa 25 anni fa ad Amsterdam. Oggi per curiosità ho preso una vecchia agendina ed ho trovato il nome di Johan. Incuriosito ho fatto una ricerca sul web ed ho appreso la triste notizia. Tutto il mio cordoglio. Pino Visone Napoli Italia
Giuseppe - Itali
27 maart 2018
condoleance 126  |  
Cocky van der Hoeven
Voor iedereen , die Johan heeft gekend, was 24 januari 2015 een zwarte dag.
Cocky van der Hoeven
Cocky - Bergschenhoek
24 januari 2016
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Henk de Vries
Beste familie,

Een jaar verder. Johan is nog regelmatig in mijn gedachten. Sterkte!

Henk de Vries, oud-collega
Henk - Delft
23 januari 2016
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Flo Methorst
Ik ben enorm geschrokken van het feit dat Johan van Rekom is overleden. Omdat ik niet meer in Nederland woon, kwam het slechte nieuws mij deze week pas ter oren. Johan was mijn scriptiebegeleider. Hij stond altijd voor mij klaar en heeft mij meegenomen in zijn passie voor Marketing. Voor mij was scriptie schrijven een feestje (op een paar stress momenten na natuurlijk) dankzij Johan. De nabestaanden wens ik veel sterkte.
Flo - Barcelona
3 juli 2015
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Irina Kotliar
Kan het niet geloven. Wat een leuke, intelligente, fijne, lieve mens was dat! Heb hem als een heel leuke docent en veel later als een immer vrolijke tangopartner meegemaakt. Doet mij erg veel pijn en verdriet te denken dat die innemende, zonnige glimlach niet meer zal schijnen.
De nabestaanden wens ik heel veel sterkte.
Irina - Rotterdam
15 juni 2015
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5 maart 2015
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