keith l miller obituary

He matriculated from Queens College in 1951 where he excelled both academically and in sport (rugby being his favourite), finishing school with honours and school colours. She was an inspirational English teacher for more than two decades at Kings College School, Wimbledon, one of Britains leading independent schools. Working part-time as a power station attendant and studying in the evenings, Webb graduated as an electrical engineer in 1941. These medics were influenced by Witsie couple Dr Sidney Kark (MBBCh 1937, MMed 1954, DSc honoris causa 1982) and Dr Emily Kark ne Jaspan (MBBCh 1938), who ran Pholela, the landmark health centre in the 1940s in rural KwaZulu-Natal. In 1971, he was the only white person in South Africa to write Zulu as a matric subject. Advocate Kuny shunned the limelight. Since the aircraft was not dedicated to this project other more pressing needs always took priority when, as luck would have it, suitable meteorological conditions were just waiting to be exploited. He is survived by his wife, Bernice, and three children. PFSU was not only one of the first biofluids groups anywhere in the world but quickly grew to become an international powerhouse. Since 1992 we have been compiling death notices from public sources, such as the Government Gazette prior to 2008. This effort, involving extensive research and the development of a theory of quantum physics, took 15 years to write. He is survived by his wife Joan, three children and their respective children and grandchildren. He completed the first three years of school in one year and matriculated at the age of 14. He had Parkinsons disease and motor neurone disease. Dr Coomarasamy Nithianathan CN Pillaydied at the age of 90 on Christmas Day 2020. His work on the mining-related buildings of the Witwatersrand was excellent, thorough and significant, and I think, remains unique in this field of study. Doug is survived by his sons Howard and Mike and daughter Cheryl. Somehow he convinced not only those at Prince Henry to let him do this, but got officials at Long Bay jail onside to provide the labour to prepare the course. She started there at Medical School and devoted her life to helping people and caring for people with much love. In spite of this she was able to get funding to initiate various phases of the roof and building repairs that are still ongoing to this day. In the early 1960s, Groenewald was Chief Inspector of Factories, during which he drafted regulations for earth leakage protection. In addition to his Wits qualifications he held a BA in Drama and African Studies from UCT, and an MA in Southern African Studies from the University of York. Sources: Wits University statement; Honorary degree citation; Roddy Quin (manager, friend and family spokesman); www.johnnyclegg.com; Wits Review July 2008 and October 2017. She was 98. The recipient of five municipal bursaries, he held a BSc degree from the University of Pretoria as well as a degree in civil engineering from Wits. Le Baptiste! We followed to the portal at the North Transept where there is an exquisite carving of St John the Baptist. These two documents summarised and restated the international law standards and UN standards on peaceful assembly. He was a prolific researcher and inspiring mentor and teacher. Dorfmans colleagues described him as kind, generous, conscientious and a gentlemanly, compassionate and deliberate man who loved golf, wine and food. He enjoyed opera, photography and travel, and was an avid reader and a devoted family man. She retired from Wits in 2002, having played a leadership role, rallying support and actively participating in initiatives seeking to re-position the School of Music within a sustainable niche.Marguerite established an excellent reputation on a national level through her contributions to music education. Skye Products (Pty) Ltd was sold in 1997 and the Zylstras and their three sons redirected their philanthropy through the Skye Foundation and the Skye Charitable Trust they established. She acquired further qualifications from East Rand College and the University of South Africa. Professor Lieberman was born in Johannesburg and educated at Grey College in Bloemfontein from 1955-1959, and he obtained his degree in medicine from Wits in 1965. One past student (of the 1970s), on hearing ofhisdeath, wrote of the department under his leadership as the wonderful years spent watching and learning from you all at Wits, and benefiting from your intellectual and social generosity. Selwyn Lionel Price (BSc Eng Civil 1949) died on 18 August 2011, aged 84. (Submitted by son-in-law, Mike Smith, 25 January 2013), Dr Bernard Bloch (MBBCh 1945) passed away on 1 January 2012. After retiring as head of department in 2000, Professor Wranz took up a part-time sessional appointment in the Department of Anatomical Pathology, devoting his efforts to the teaching and training of registrars. Professor Scholess research provided a new measure called the Biodiversity Intactness Index. Funeral Information Visitation Friday, April 28, 2017, 4:00-8:00 PM at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 44 S. Mill St., Naperville. He returned to Wits and started his second year in 1951, by which time he had six months left to complete his apprenticeship and had to complete the outstanding time during his university breaks. He obtained a PhD from Wits in 1974. His personal assistant of 28 years said, Ian was liked and respected by everyone, especially his clients, who he was committed to. My mom and dad were incredibly understanding and supportive but in the earliest days it was Heather who sustained me. The death of Professor Hertha de Villiers (Graf) (MSc 1957, PhD 1963) signals the end of an era for South African anatomy, physical anthropology and forensic science. Professor Peterson is survived by his wife Pat, and two children Neo (a lecturer in the Television Studies Department at Wits) and Khanyi (BMus 2019). He was born in the Northern Karoo on 28 February 1930. Passionate advocate for the disenfranchised and public health administrator, Unfortunately, the WRF was viewed with suspicion by more traditional forces, who considered a Wits presence in a remote rural area a departure from its core function as an urban university. He was married to Hilda (Kithinji) for 23 years and they had two sons, Moagi and Neo. His courage to speak out against discrimination against black students attracted the wrath of the apartheid government, who would deny him citizenship and a passport for more than 30 years. He consistently supported the profession, chairing a division of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers. Old-fashioned values perhaps in our shamefully self-centred age, but invaluable, timeless ones surely?. This made for very happy family gatherings for us cousins as all the uncles knew each other well! says Pippa. Furthermore he, together with Professor Harry Seftel, was the first to demonstrate the association of vitamin C deficiency and osteoporosis. Raman suggested the gallery name to acknowledge John Fassler (Head of Architecture 1948 1968). He remembered his time at Wits as one of being stretched, struggling at first to adapt but eventually excelling and enjoying his studies and campus activities. Legendary Sowetan mathematics teacher, philanthropist and political activist Prof. Thamsanqa Wilkinson Kambule (honorary DSc 1997) died in hospital in Centurion on 7 August 2009, aged 88. At the turn of the decade he was also appointed as a commissioner of the broad-based Human Rights Committee that was set up following the banning of the DPSC, which continued to help to raise awareness about state violence in the build-up to the first democratic elections in 1994. Heather was such a huge presence in my life that I stopped calling her 'Small'. He cleaned up before Mum got back. He was a member of the Wits Council in 1997 and after retiring, aged 75, founded the Kambule Trust to raise funds for science and technology education. Wits University, his alma mater, awarded him the rare distinction of a Gold Medal in 2019, the South African Institute of Architecture honoured Prins with their Gold Medal of Distinction and in 2002 the Simon Van der Stel Foundation (now Heritage South Africa) awarded Prins its Foundation Gold Medal. Former SRC president Linda Vilakazi-Tselane says: Prof Shear deserves the respect and recognition that matches the support and sacrifices he made for the marginalised students. Michael Kenneth Scholes (BArch 1970) was born in Durban and received his high schooling at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg. In 1987, Yvonne and her husband emigrated to the UK to be closer to their children. In 1961 he helped Nelson Mandela pose as chauffeur to evade the security police who were scouring the country for the Black Pimpernel. He retired from SRK in 2005 but continued on a full-time basis as an associate. She earned her LLB Degree from Wits University, where she met and married Mthetho Vilakazi (BProc 1989). Dr. David John Philips (BA 1967), Associate Professor in the History Department at the University of Melbourne, died 16 August in Australia, aged 62, after a heart attack. Gina also attended ballet and classical music concerts with Jill and my late mom on numerous occasions, and they shared a love of literature, current events and the British Royal Family. Working towards his BSc and Honours, he was taught by postgraduate students such as Joel Mandelstam (BSc 1940, BSc Hons 1941) and learned in a collaborative way with a small group who were doing research projects. I was so impressed that I thought I must write and congratulate you and your team on a magnificent job. Prins went on to produce some splendid heritage Impact Assessments, which became valuable archival resource material. Moelwyn-Hughes took sabbatical leave to Stanford, Cambridge and Oxford universities to pursue chemistry research, and later to research staff development methodologies. (2008) and in 2004 published Understanding Your Three-Year-Old. He was a well-known oenophile and enjoyed good practical jokes. At home dad often took over domestic tasks in order to allow mom to do both physics and theology as well as to run the household. Memorials: may be directed to South Waterloo At the age of 30, Givon opened the Goodman Gallery. He also refereed basketball for middle school, high school and local college. He practised in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) before returning to South Africa to work in construction, eventually as MD of the LTA Group. He married Marina in 1957 and then pursued further studies in the UK. He completed a masters periodontics in 1975 and he earned a diploma in general dental practice from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1992. Professor Gilchrist met his best friend and future wife, Toni Besset, in 1967, on a flight from Houston to Los Angeles; they connected over the novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. He was generous with his knowledge and well liked for his humour. It was Prof's subject, industrial organisation and management that was the golden thread of the whole building degree. Sources:South Coast Heraldand Politicsweb. The most significant achievement of this Working Group was the publication in 1983 of a comprehensive book on the extractive metallurgy of uranium, titled Uranium Extraction Technology. His internship was served in medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology at Edendal Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and his residence in clinical pathology (clinical hematology and clinical chemistry) was at Groote Schuur Hospital of the University of Cape Town Medical School, Cape Town, South Africa in 1975 and 1976. He married Rosemary LIGHTON (Wits, 1957- ; DOB 11 MARCH 1937, DOD 22 APRIL 2012) in 1961. He spent five years working at now Helen Joseph Hospital, joining themodern medical, respiratory and academic teaching unit, established by Dr Andre van As (MBBCh 1960, PhD 1976). She was employed by Gemini Consulting as a strategy consultant, by Coca-Cola Group as its head of Information Technology Strategy and executive for Africa and the Middle East. He was actively involved in the Staff Association regarding conditions of service and teaching accountability. She won the Ethekweni Bridge Club Championships in 2007. During his time at Wits, he served on many School, Faculty and University committees. or anything. After matriculating Alan completed his Bachelor of medicine and Bachelor of surgery at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1963, and also completed one year towards a Bsc in Science. He is survived by his wife and two children, both of whom are artists. He was active in student politics and became vice-president of the National Union of South African Students (Nusas), working with Steve Biko, who was active in Nusas at the time. In 1974, the family relocated to Canada where he joined the faculty of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He was an avid reader and a keen gardener, and served as President of the South African Iris Society. She was awarded a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1975 and started her career as lecturer in the Department of Building Management at Wits. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter. They moved to Swaziland as medical missionaries when he was a few months old. His wife, son, daughter, and four grandchildren survive him. A waiter, standing beside the table suddenly piped up: Was he partially missing two fingers? and the table fell silent. Dr Vallabh was particularly interested in the influence of the Internet on the doctor-patient relationship, and in using the Web for medical education. His academic career took him to Ricker College in Houlton, Maine, where he was an Assistant Professor between 1962 and 1965. Advocate Kuny shied away from the spotlight, but was pivotal in defending many anti-apartheid activists alongside the likes of Advocate George Bizos (BA 1951, LLB 1954, LLD honoris causa 1999), Lord Joel Joffe (BCom 1952, LLB 1955, honoris causa 2001) and former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson (BCom 1952, LLB 1955, honoris causa 1990). He would get great delight in catching them out! He met his wife, Elizabeth Greenshields, while doing his practical year for Architecture in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Half of the gardens operating costs came from city funding, which was wiped out during that fiscal crisis, Medbury said. (The group included Cecil Skotnes, Christo Coetzee, Larry Scully and Nel Erasmus.) We were married a few months before he qualified in 1951. Charles was ours. He left an indelible impression on the field of engineering geology and his passionate interest in data banking kept not only his own records in order but those of the companies he worked in. At the time of his election to mayor, he was studying for a master's degree at Wits. Barons Court was a South African enclave even then, for those that didnt like the way that country was going, so when he helped carry up the bags of a young lady from Port Elizabeth moving into one of the other flats that soon led to them going out together, though his taste in Swedish cinema is something she still shudders at. Professor Frikkie Van Reenen passed away after a short illness on Saturday, 8 September 2007 in George where he was in retirement. Prins, through his work for Hanson and Tomkin, was deeply involved in the design of the Zionist Federation Building on the corner of De Villiers and Banket streets in Johannesburg. His first medical experience came when he was 17 and serving as a medical orderly on the hospital ship in the Mediterranean in the last two years of World War II. He campaigned fiercely against the Tricameral Parliament and was vociferously outspoken on human rights violations. Settling in Paris, he was Research Professor at the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences in the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Sorbonne University, and Director of Research at CNRS, the French National Scientific Research Agency. In 1957 he left South Africa for Nigeria where he taught at high schools, edited Black Orpheus and published his autobiographical novel, The Living and Dead and Other Stories. He held several service positions including that of president of the Transvaal Institute of Architects (TIA, in 1978 and 1979), president in chief of the Institute of South African Architects (ISAA, in 1982 and 1983). In 1970 Viljoen joined JCI and established the geological research unit with a mandate to find new mines for the company, which involved extensive travel. In 1997 he was recognised Champion of Black Economic Empowerment Pioneers Award by the Black Management Forum. Chairperson of the Press Council of South Africa Judge Phillip Levinsohn (LLB 1963) died on 21 February 2023 at the age of 83 after a brief illness. He was also active on many university committees, including campus planning and library administration. Dr Lionel Freinkel (MBBCh 1956, PhD 1997) died 21 August, aged 80. He enjoyed jazz music and early on exhibited a sophisticated appreciation for music, suggesting a musical career was imminent. He received the Order of Eswatini from King Mswati III and an honorary DSc degree from the University of Swaziland. 1966 was also the year that Catherine was born. 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