"References" section in a CV

Question

By "References", I mean the recommendation letter writers, For example, the VERY bottom of this CV, http://pages.uoregon.edu/bwebster/NSA-CV.pdf with 4 people.

Can someone point to a CV template with this "references" section? Or maybe what functions should I use to make such effect? (with 2 people on parallel blocks) I find plenty of CV templates online, but none of them has this part.

Answer 1

Using bits and pieces from moderncv.cls, I put together and new entry type \cvdoublecolumn and a macro \cvreference. They will allow you to typeset your references like in your example, using the CV document class moderncv. If you're not familiar with moderncv, there's a big example file showing a lot of possibilities.

Astrinus's edit: I've substituted \cvline with \cvitem, as stated below, to ease copy and paste.

\documentclass{moderncv}

\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}

% Define \cvdoublecolumn, which sets its arguments in two columns without any labels

\newcommand{\cvdoublecolumn}[2]{%
  \cvitem[0.75em]{}{%
    \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemcolumnwidth}#1\end{minipage}%
    \hfill%
    \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemcolumnwidth}#2\end{minipage}%
    }%
}

% usage: \cvreference{name}{address line 1}{address line 2}{address line 3}{address line 4}{e-mail address}{phone number}
% Everything but the name is optional
% If \addresssymbol, \emailsymbol or \phonesymbol are specified, they will be used.
% (Per default, \addresssymbol isn't specified, the other two are specified.)
% If you don't like the symbols, remove them from the following code, including the tilde ~ (space).

\newcommand{\cvreference}[7]{%
    \textbf{#1}\newline% Name
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{}{\addresssymbol~#2\newline}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#3}{}}{}{#3\newline}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{#4\newline}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#5}{}}{}{#5\newline}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#6}{}}{}{\emailsymbol~\texttt{#6}\newline}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#7}{}}{}{\phonesymbol~#7}}

\begin{document} 
\maketitle

\section{References}

\subsection{set in separate rows}

\cvdoublecolumn{\cvreference{Nicolai Reshetikhin}
    {Department of Mathematics}
    {University of California}
    {Berkeley, CA 94720-3840}
    {}
    {[email protected]}
    {510-643-6234}%
    }
    {\cvreference{Mikhail Khovanov}
    {Department of Mathematics}
    {Columbia University}
    {990 Broadway}
    {New York, NY 10027}
    {[email protected]}
    {212-854-4186}%
    }

\cvdoublecolumn{\cvreference{Roman Bezrukavnikov}
    {Department of Mathematics}
    {Massachusetts Institute of Technology}
    {77 Massachusetts Avenue}
    {Cambridge, MA 02139}
    {[email protected]}
    {617-253-2684}
    }
    {\cvreference{Tom Braden}
    {Department of Mathematics}
    {University of Massachusetts}
    {Amherst, MA 94720-3840}
    {}
    {[email protected]}
    {413-545-1732}
    }

\subsection{set in one row only (like your example)}

\cvdoublecolumn{\cvreference{Nicolai Reshetikhin}
    {Department of Mathematics}
    {University of California}
    {Berkeley, CA 94720-3840}
    {}
    {[email protected]}
    {510-643-6234}\\[1em]
    \cvreference{Roman Bezrukavnikov}
    {Department of Mathematics}
    {Massachusetts Institute of Technology}
    {77 Massachusetts Avenue}
    {Cambridge, MA 02139}
    {[email protected]}
    {617-253-2684}
    }
    {\cvreference{Mikhail Khovanov}
    {Department of Mathematics}
    {Columbia University}
    {990 Broadway}
    {New York, NY 10027}
    {[email protected]}
    {212-854-4186}\\[1em]
    \cvreference{Tom Braden}
    {Department of Mathematics}
    {University of Massachusetts}
    {Amherst, MA 94720-3840}
    {}
    {[email protected]}
    {413-545-1732}
    }

\end{document}

Answer 2

I recommend a mixture of minipages and tabular. For example:

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{marvosym} % For cool symbols.
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{lr}
% Referee 1
\begin{minipage}[t]{2.5in}
Prof.\ X Y\\
Place A\\
Location B\\
Country and Postcode\\
\Telefon\ +00 1 234 5678\\
\Letter\ \href{mailto:[email protected]}{X\textrm{@}A.ac.jp}
\end{minipage}
&
% Referee 2
\begin{minipage}[t]{2.5in}
Prof.\ X Y\\
Place A\\
Location B\\
Country and Postcode\\
\Telefon\ +00 1 234 5678\\
\Letter\ \href{mailto:[email protected]}{X\textrm{@}A.ac.jp}
\end{minipage}
\\
\\ % Additional newline for spacing.
% Referee 3
\begin{minipage}[t]{2.5in}
Prof.\ X Y\\
Place A\\
Location B\\
Country and Postcode\\
\Telefon\ +00 1 234 5678\\
\Letter\ \href{mailto:[email protected]}{X\textrm{@}A.ac.jp}
\end{minipage}
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

Each referee lives in a minipage, and these are arranged in a tabular environment.