Not one to be easily defeated, Dr Potgieter worked as a junior doctor at the South Rand Hospital before joining the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa in the late 1950s when he was assigned to the Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital (EOH) in Welkom as a medical officer. After teaching high school pupils for a few years, she started her own adult training business, Ingwe Corporate Training and eventually joined Dale Carnegie Training as account manager and facilitated training for many corporates. He pioneered and chaired the marvellous Wits Arts Festivals in the 1950s. The pioneer of carbon dioxide laser for general surgery, Dr Isaac Kaplan died in Israel on 24 August 2012, aged 93. She is survived by her four children, ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. He was born in Lisbon on 13 May 1925 but moved to Mozambique in 1933. To counter the fall in student numbers, and to underline its usefulness to the University, Bonner’s department took to offering service courses to other departments, including a hugely popular course on customary law in South Africa in the School of Law. In October 1986, the Treaty between Lesotho and South Africa was signed and the project proceeded to the design and construction phases. But he opted not to stay in the profession. In the class yearbook, Dr Kaye wrote that he felt he’d been born lucky. In 1994 Walter published a book on the design of hospital laboratories. One of Mokopane’s well-known residents and Midmar Mile legend, Dr Huskisson travelled extensively in African countries as the leading ethnomusicologist with the SABC and built, over 35 years an extensive music library for the nine ethnic languages in Southern Africa. He held leadership roles at various organisations, serving as chief scientist for the Amphibian Survival Alliance, director of the New Zealand Frog Research Group, co-chair of the Amphibian Specialist Group, which was part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission. Cedric only really experienced the downside of this when he got to Michaelhouse and, like my father, was given the nickname "Veg". “We spent seven years in Beaufort West, where Thomas was involved in a church, taking many of their services. "They didn't even bother to respond to me.". “Life with Claire was interesting. He remained in the department for 17 years before retiring in 2003, the same year in which he won the Benjamin Pogrund Medal for his contribution to teaching. Although he withdrew from surgery in his early 70s, he continued to work on medico-legal cases until finally retiring at 80. She was just Heather – the person I always turned to when I had doubts or worries. Kris was born in Durban, South Africa. He was awarded the Defries medal for his work in Public Health and granted Honorary Membership of the Canadian Public Health Association. At the age of 30, Givon opened the Goodman Gallery. He progressed to full professorship by 1996 and was Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management at UKZN from 1995 to 2004. Stein's many publications spanned the fields of educational and semiotic theory and practice, as well as art and culture generally. In 1957, Prof joined the Department of Paediatrics at Wits and completed his registrar time in 1960. Morrow moved to the University of the Western Cape in 1991 to serve as Professor of Philosophy of Education, and then Dean of Education. In 1972 he lectured at the University of Cape Townand in 1973 he was appointed professor in the sociology department at Wits. Brenner’s father, Morris, came to South Africa from Lithuania in 1910 to escape conscription; his mother, Leah, came from Latvia in 1922. In association with the Chamber of Mines, he did groundbreaking research into the nonlinear behaviour of mine hoist catenaries (cables). He also travelled to New Guinea and Indonesia on behalf of the Australian government and set up clinics there. The funeral service will be held on 5 September 2011 at 14:00 at St Margaret’s Anglican Church in Witbank. He became a member of the Council of the South African and UK Royal Institutes of Electrical Engineers and a Fellow of both Institutes. References:1. As a heritage specialist, Doug contributed significantly to the documentation of Witwatersrand sites. She was 66. For these and other services he received the 2001 "Bethaller of the Year”merit award for community service. He graduated from Wits with a BSc Eng (Mining Geology) degree and worked briefly with the Geographical Survey, after which he went into private practice. After graduating with an MBChB from University of Cape Town, Professor Saunders undertook post-graduate work at the Royal Post-Graduate Medical School at Hammersmith in London, and at Harvard University. Too many ideas in this sentence. Johnny received awards from a number of local and international bodies for his contribution to music and society, notably the Knight of Arts and Letters from the French Government in 1991 and the Order of the British Empire in 2015. Dr. Ramasar was raised in Umzinto, a small town on the south coast of Kwazulu-Natal. He completed his medical and surgical internship at the Johannesburg General Hospital and developed an interest in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Helen regularly attended the annual Founders’ Tea and she was a Wits benefactor. Sibulele was elected the SRC president (2012/13) and earned the respect of many, regardless of their affiliations, through his caring service and humble personality. Alistair liked to entertain, taking great pleasure in greeting every person at a social event, with questions designed to draw out their achievements and interests. Another mentor was Professor Hugh Paterson (BSc 1950, BSc Hons 1952, PhD 1968), whom Terry met at Ndumu and who supervised his PhD. The couple went to the UK with their three children (Peta, Tessa and Nicholas) and lived there for 27 years. Alumni recall how he delighted in trundling them in a wheelbarrow from the Great Hall after graduation with cardboard signs around their necks; the post-graduation dinners he hosted; that pipe! He returned to Australia in 1978 and served as Executive Dean of the Division of Science and Engineering at Curtin for almost a decade. A friend had a small aeroplane and many a Friday afternoon they would fly around the district looking at the dams to see the water levels.”. He had an enduring relationship with Wits, having lectured in the University's Department of Community Health and having managed the Wits Rural Block as public health registrar. Recreationally, Soggot enjoyed flying. Equally important was her commitment to finding peaceful ways of opposing oppression and injustice, said Naidoo of Duncan, who was also patron and chair of Gun-Free South Africa and honorary life vice-president of the South African Council of Churches. Ann’s exceptional work and skills were recognised by the Faculty of Medicine in 1979 when she was promoted to the position of Ad Hominem Professor of Experimental Embryology. Gerald was known for his creativity and his originality in design. Associate professor in the Wits School of Music and formerly the head of department, Mary Elizabeth Rorich (BMus 1968, PhD 1985) died on 27 February 2010 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He embodied the complex politics of Alexandra, influenced by socialist ideas of the mid-20th century and a deep commitment to this unique space in Johannesburg. He applied immediately, was called for an interview and was astonished when Ninham offered the 25-year-old the job on the spot. I can still remember him reading the Doctor Doolittle books to me, and listening as he read to the others in turn. Liz is survived by her partner, Clare Digby. He obtained his BArch degree in 1947 and, in 1989, his MArch (Urban Design) with a thesis on “Development of an African City: With reference to the re-urbanisation of Johannesburg and the Development of an Inner Core”. Hare later set up his own law firm, and continued to represent the government of South Africa through the transition to democracy. Psychologist Dr Lauren Janet Ozen (née Unterhalter) (BA 1979, BA Hons 1980, MA 1982, PhD 1989) died in Los Angeles, USA on 4 April 2016, at the age of 57, shortly after being unexpectedly hospitalised. The development of the conservation and nature reserve surrounding the Woodmead Country Club (of the Johannesburg Country Club) also shows his influence. He was much loved and respected by all who worked with him. Munro was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1938. He married Musa Katz in 1955 and the couple had three children, two of whom are Wits alumni. He matriculated from Greenside High School in 2000. He was generous and honest with other photographers. J Lab Clin Med 1958;51(1):24-36. After graduating Berjak joined the South African Defence Force in 1939 but recalled two years later to take up the post of chief medical superintendent at Crown Mines, a post he held until his retirement in 1969. He lectured modern British history at the University of Melbourne until his retirement in 1994. (This notice was published in The Washington Post on December 25, 2012 and submitted to Wits Alumni Relations by Dr Yodaiken’s wife, Dr Naomi Baumslag, on 30 January 2013). Weekly. She was a member of the Black Sash anti-apartheid movement, and she and her husband, Raymond (BCom 1953, BA Hons 1967) left South Africa in the 1960s after the secret police threatened her. Prins was also responsible for the new Annex building for the Department of Architecture in the late 1970s. When asked how she managed a family juggling life as a top researcher and administrator she said: “Isn’t it what all women do?”, Sources: Wits University and Wits Review archives, Wikipedia, Daily Maverick. With his family he enjoyed many summers as a camp physician and cottager. These were concepts that went straight over my head in suburban white South Africa. After the war, the family came to South Africa and settled in Johannesburg. Over and above Professor Bothwell’s work as a research scientist he was an able administrator and a brilliant clinician. He maintained an ongoing interest in academic medicine and continued to contribute and present at our regular journal club meetings. In her clinical work she would occasionally share an anecdote from her own personal life that was relevant to understanding one’s own situation. He is survived by his wife, children and grandchildren. After graduating in 1945, he joined the South African Railways and Harbours (as it was known then) where his father worked, and served in Port Elizabeth on “boring construction work” as well as on the Cape Town harbour works, which he found more to his liking. Anne was fiercely intelligent, an energetic organiser, deeply sincere, and serious about basic human values. He was also editor of the Annual Survey of South African Law from 2003-2005. She is the reason that South Africa has a comprehensive death certificate, listing several causes of death. When Andre Brink’s Kennis van die aand was banned in 1974, Coetzee emerged as a central figure in mitigating apartheid’s censorship laws, establishing an independent publishing house, Taurus, with Ernst Lindenberg and John Miles in 1975. After matriculating from Dale College in 1946 he enrolled at Wits University to study mechanical engineering. A passionate Joburger, Lissoos promoted his home town’s heritage as a tour guide for the Parktown Westcliff Heritage Trust and Soweto heritage tours. The Wits Wages Commission, headed by Steven Friedman, called a meeting intended to channel this student activism... A couple of dozen people signed up. Aron was born on 13 July 1929. Emanuel developed the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust’s model for working with children under five, and set it up in a number of countries, including South Africa. The National Award of the Baobab and the Stella Soliderieta Italiana, bestowed in 2007, were further testament to his philanthropy. After democratisation in 1994, he served as an ANC representative in Parliament. Lots of Love forever John, Laurel, Kevin and Bruce. David was born in the UK and came to Johannesburg as a young child. One entered the house at roof level. Dr Plit retired officially in 2011, and was awarded the Chris Barnard certificate in recognition of “outstanding service to the medical profession and the people of South Africa”. He published over 100 papers and wrote a medical textbook and a novel, The Sibylline Books, which references Wits. which she obtained in 1978 from the University of the Witwatersrand. Diagnosed in December 2009, Anne died very soon thereafter, aged 55. He subsequently gained his Membership of the Royal College of Pathology, becoming an FRCPath (Fellow). Son of Joseph Daniel and Georgina Henrietta Guest (Harding) le Riche, and brother to Mervyn (Nan), Francis (Audrey) and Roy (Joyce). She leaves her husband, Rafi and two children, Jordan and Asher. However his professional career was far from over. He went to Johannesburg whenever possible for more than 40 years not only to see old friends but also to encourage math projects in the country. Dr Herbie Manfred (MBBCh 1947), aged 92 passed away on the 16 of July 2014 and was buried on 17 July 2014 at West Park Cemetery. He joined Wits in 1961 after studying in the US on scholarship. It wasn’t an act of vanity, but an affirmation of his belief in the intrinsic value of history and passing history from one generation to the next. I pay tribute to my friend, to a man whose boy’s heart never ceased searching, never ceased affirming life, never ceased feeling things with extraordinary generosity, and with all the weight that feeling can muster, never ceased driving those muscles to say something that could be seen out there in the world, loud, clear, uncompromising, real. He leaves his wife Palesa Tyobeka, son Silumko and daughter Anathi. Oliver Kerfoot, who died aged 93 on New Year’s Day 2017, graduated from Wits with a BSc in Botany and Geology in 1951. Born on 21 September 1940, Boden matriculated from St John’s College. Aubrey Dickman was regarded by all who knew him as a true gentleman. He was Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Tel Aviv University and established the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Maxillofacial Surgery at Beilinson Hospital. In 1962, she became Head of Anaesthetics – and Associate Professor seven years later – at what is now Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, where she was instrumental in establishing the Intensive Care Unit. In 2009 he moved to Port Elizabeth, where he set up the first paediatric cardiology unit at the city’s provincial hospital. James Kantor, his law firm partner, was then arrested, as was Kantor’s brother-in-law, Harold Wolpe, who was the ANC’s lawyer. He returned to South Africa in 1969 and worked at Baragwanath Hospital and the Johannesburg General Hospital before going into private practice. It took a while to get his practice off the ground, but eventually, in spite of the strong ecclesiastical contingent, Cedric built up a very successful medical practice.
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