Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Rectors & Vice Rectors |
1919 | Prof Cornelius de Kiewet (Eland) |
| President University of Rochester (1951 - 1961) |
1923 | Stanley Jackson (Tsessebe) |
| Deputy Vice Chancellor University of the Witwatersrand |
1957 | Prof Graham Hall (Impala) |
| Rector - Johannesburg College of Education |
1967 | Kevin Tait (Koodoo) |
| Vice Rector Johannesburg College of Education (1993 - 1997) |
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Professors |
1903 | Leslie Blackwell (No House) |
| Law - Fort Hare University |
1905 | E B Israel (No House) |
| Ophthalmology - New York Post Graduate Hospital |
1910 | George Quail (Impala) |
| Honorary Prof - University of the Witwatersrand |
1912 | George Shepherd (Duiker) |
| Operative Dentistry - University of the Witwatersrand |
1913 | Raymond Alexander (Impala) |
| Director of Veterinary Services of the Union |
1917 | Jack Friedman (Koodoo) |
| Hon Prof of Forensic Medicine - University of the Witwatersrand |
1919 | Edward Roux (Oribi) |
| Botany - University of the Witwatersrand |
1919 | Cornelius de Kiewiet (Eland) |
| History - University of Rochester USA Prof at Iowa University |
1920 | Julius Staz (Koodoo) |
| Dean of the School of Dentistry - University of the Witwatersrand |
1920 | Ignatius de Villiers (Oribi) |
| Engineering - University of the Witwatersrand |
| Chief Engineer of ESCOM |
1923 | Stanley Jackson (Tsessebe) |
| Geography - University of the Witwatersrand |
1923 | Josse Kaye (Koodoo) |
| Radiology - University of the Witwatersrand |
1923 | Sam Kleinot (Eland) |
| Surgery - University of the Witwatersrand |
1923 | Tommy Osborn (Duiker) |
| Physiology - University of the Witwatersrand |
1927 | George Quail (Impala) |
| Honorary Prof - University of the Witwatersrand |
1929 | Sam Wayburne (Impala) |
| Paediatrics - University of the Witwatersrand |
1932 | Joel Mandelstam (Eland) |
| Biochemistry - University of Oxford England |
1933 | Len Samuel (Koodoo) |
| First Director of the Graduate School of Business Admin - University of the Witwatersrand |
1936 | Joseph Gillman (Koodoo) |
| Physiology - University of the Witwatersrand |
1937 | Hilder Ginsberg (Eland) |
1938 | David Friedberg (Tsessebe) |
| Cardiology - University of South Florida USA |
1939 | Robert Plewman (Koodoo) |
| Mining - University of the Witwatersrand |
1940 | Andries Brink (Impala) |
| Medicine - University of Stellenbosch - Chairman of the Medical Council |
1941 | Mike Nissenbaum (Koodoo) |
| Radiation Therapy - University of the Witwatersrand |
1942 | Morris Simon (Duiker) |
| Radiology - TUFTS University Boston |
1943 | Peter Alexander (Impala) |
| English - University of New South Wales Australia |
1945 | Gordon Nelson (Impala) |
| Psychology - University of Port Elizabeth |
1945 | Lyn Baker (Impala) |
| Surgery - University of Natal |
1945 | Kurt Schwarz (Eland) |
| Social Sciences - University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand |
1945 | Robert Metz (Tsessebe) |
| Searle University |
1945 | Harold Seftel (Koodoo) |
| Medicine University of the Witwatersrand |
1946 | David Mymin (Eland) |
| Cardiology University of Winnipeg Canada |
1946 | Eugene Dowdle (Oribi) |
| Immunology - University of Cape Town |
1946 | Michael Treisman (Duiker) |
| Social Sciences University of Oxford England |
1946 | Sam Wolpert (Impala) |
| Neuroradiology TUFTS University Boston |
1947 | Joseph Marcus (Eland) |
| Paediatric Neurology - Down State Medical Centre New York |
1947 | Leslie Blumgart (Tsessebe) |
| Surgery - University of London - Hammersmith Hospital |
1947 | Freddy Siew (Koodoo) |
| Neuromediology - Hebrew University |
1948 | Ivan Melman (Impala) |
| Music University of the Witwatersrand |
1949 | Mark Lowenthal (Oribi) |
| Geriatric - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Be'er Sheva Israel |
1950 | Gordon Klintworth (Duiker) |
| Ophthalmology - Duke University (Medical University) |
| Pathology - Duke University (Medical University) |
1950 | Norman Jaffe (Duiker) |
| Paediatrics TUFTS University Boston USA |
1950 | Jack Katz (Duiker) |
| Medicine Irvine University USA |
1951 | Bob Hepple (Roan) |
| Human Rights Law - Clare College Cambridge |
1951 | Assoc Prof Promund Obell (Sable) |
| Medicine University of the Witwatersrand |
1951 | Assistant Clinical Prof Berney Goodman (Duiker) |
| Geriatric Psychiatry |
1952 | Richard Dutkiewicz (Tsessebe) |
| English University of Cape Town |
1953 | Bronislaw Dutkiewicz (Tsessebe) |
| Mechanical Engineering - University of Cape Town |
1954 | Peter Spargo (Sable) |
| Education University of Cape Town |
1954 | Colin Welsch (Impala) |
| Architecture Stellenbosch University |
1954 | Richard Baker (Eland) |
1955 | Michael Kew (Duiker) |
| Medicine University of the Witwatersrand |
1955 | Neville Rice (Roan) |
| Metallurgy - Imperial College - London |
1956 | Louis Touyz (Duiker) |
| Periodontics McGill University Montreal |
1957 | Graham Hall (Impala) |
| Education University of the Witwatersrand |
1957 | Brian Cheadle (Duiker) |
| English University of the Witwatersrand |
1960 | Ralph Stacey (Eland) |
| Management University of Hertfordshire |
1962 | Hilton Levin (Duiker) |
| Anesthesiology and Intensive Care |
1964 | Donald Hains (Sable) |
| Otolaryngology University of the Witwatersrand |
1965 | Terry Marsh (Impala) |
| Education - Rhodes University Dean of Faculty |
1967 | Mario Altini (Impala) |
| Dentistry University of the Witwatersrand |
1969 | Franco Guidozzi (Impala) |
| Medicine University of the Witwatersrand |
1972 | Associate Prof Christo Nel (Koodoo) (Head Boy) Business Leadership and Strategy |
| Stellenbosch University |
1972 | Stephen Pistorius (Sable) |
| Physics University of Manitoba |
1972 | Stephen Pistorius (Sable) |
| Radiology University of Manitoba |
1973 | Michael Danckwerts |
| Pharmacy & Pharmacology University of the Witwatersrand |
1974 | Associate Prof Malcolm Nay (Sable) |
| Music University of the Witwatersrand |
1974 | Garth Shelton (Koodoo) |
| International Relations - University of the Witwatersrand. |
1979 | Robin Young (Tsessebe) |
| Mathematics and Statistics |
| University of Massachusetts |
1980 | Associate Prof Scott Hazelhurst (Koodoo) Electrical and Information Engineering |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1984 | Associate Prof Jonathan Noble (Duiker) School of Architecture |
1986 | Alex Welte (Duiker) |
| Applied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand |
1997 | Associate Prof Dylan Shell (Koodoo) Computer Science and |
| Engineering Texas A & M University |
| Honorary Doctorates |
1913 | Raymond Alexander (Impala) |
| Doctor of Science (1955) |
| University of Cape Town |
1917 | Gideon Malherbe (Oribi) |
| Doctor of Laws (1970) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1917 | Gideon Malherbe (Oribi) |
| Doctor of Laws (1960) |
| University of Cape Town |
1919 | CW de Kiewiet (Eland) |
| Doctor of Literature - University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland |
1920 | Julius Staz (Koodoo) |
| Doctor of Science in Dentistry (1976) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1920 | Ignatius Michael de Villiers (Oribi) |
| Doctor of Science in Engineering (1964) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1923 | Stanley Jackson (Tsessebe) |
| Doctor of Laws (1976) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1928 | Patrick Lewis (Impala) |
| Doctor of Laws (1970) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1924 | Maurice Shapiro (Duiker) |
| Doctor of Laws (1974) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1931 | Herbert Cecil Nicholas (Koodoo) |
| Doctor of Laws (1985) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1940 | Edgar Mendelssohn (Oribi) |
| Doctor of Laws (1972) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1942 | Harry Schwarz (Oribi) |
| Honorary Doctorate (1995) |
| University of Judaism now known as American Jewish University |
1942 | Harry Schwarz (Oribi) |
| Honorary Doctorate (2005) |
| University of Stellenbosch |
1944 | Lionel Abrahams (Impala) |
| Doctor of Literature (1986) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1945 | Harry Seftel (Koodoo) |
| Doctor of Laws (1995) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1951 | Bob Hepple (Roan) |
| Doctor of Laws (1996) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1951 | Bob Hepple (Roan) |
| Doctor of Laws (2006) |
| University of Cape Town |
1957 | Derek Cooper (Duiker) |
| Doctor of Laws (2011) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
1957 | Graham Hall (Impala) |
| Doctor of Education (2006) |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
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Rhodes Scholars | |
1916 | John Osborn (Koodoo)* |
1917 | Gideon Malherbe (Impala) |
1917 | Prof J Eckstein (Eland) |
1919 | Prof Cornelius de Kiewiet (Eland) |
| President of the University of Rochester |
1923 | Prof Tommy Osborn (Duiker) |
| Physiology |
1939 | Prof Robert Plewman (Koodoo) |
| Mining |
| * Awarded a Rhodes Scholarship but could not accept the award as Oxford did not have an agriculture faculty |
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Elsie Ballot Scholars |
1932 | Thomas Fraser (Oribi) (Head Boy)* |
| This award for studies at Cambridge is similar to the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford |
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Old Boys who became Headmasters |
1906 | Miss R Bredell (No House) |
| Jeppe High Preparatory School |
1911 | St John B Nitch |
| Highlands North and KES |
1913 | Allan Thompson (Koodoo) |
| Mayfair High |
1915 | James Holburn (Eland) |
| Hellenic School Kensington & Malvern Junior High |
1916 | Jimmy Barbour (Duiker) |
| Observatory Junior High |
1920 | James Brownlie (Duiker) |
| Leicester Road Primary |
1921 | Mannie Gordon (Oribi) |
| Houghton Primary |
1921 | Herbert Noble (Eland) |
| Pretoria Boys High |
1923 | Alex Morrison (Impala) |
| Malvern West Primary Brakpan High & Superintendent of Education |
1923 | John Morrison (Impala) |
| Kensington South Primary and Malvern High |
1924 | Ernest Aspoas (Koodoo) |
| Roosevelt High |
1925 | Gustave Masterax (Duiker) |
| Townsview Primary |
1926 | Frank Braun (Koodoo) |
| Leicester Road Primary |
1933 | Jimmy Lane (Eland) |
| Townsview Primary |
1936 | Herbert Crosley (Impala) |
| Hyde Park High |
1937 | Frank McDougall (Koodoo) |
| Brakpan & Hillview High |
1938 | Dr Peter L W Becker (Oribi) |
| Roosevelt Primary |
1938 | John Lowe (Eland) |
| Benoni High |
1940 | Sam Sinoff (Koodoo) |
| Yeshiva College |
1942 | George Collier (Koodoo) |
| Alan Wilson |
1942 | Izzie Kahanowitz (Tsessebe) |
| Carmel College Durban |
1944 | Harold Ward (Tsessebe) |
| Selcourt Primary |
1945 | Robert Daniels (Impala) |
| Kensington South Primary |
1947 | Bishop Reginald Orsmond (Eland) |
| Boys Town |
1952 | Alan C Burgess (Duiker) |
| Northcliff High |
1953 | John Whiteford (Eland) |
| Sir John Adamson High |
1953 | Peter Conradie (Roan) |
1954 | David Quail (Tsessebe) (Head Boy) (1978 -1997) |
| Jeppe High School for Boys |
1956 | Michael Quail (Tsessebe) (Head Boy) |
| Forest Town |
1956 | Michael Quail (Tsessebe) (Head Boy) |
| Waterkloof House Prep School |
1959 | Neil Crichton (Oribi) |
| Roosevelt High |
1962 | Terence B Wilsenach (Impala) |
| Queens High |
1963 | Patrick Mostert (Eland) |
| Observatory East Primary |
1964 | Robert Botts (Impala) |
| Marian College Linmeyer |
1966 | Christopher Young (Impala) |
| Fairmount Primary |
1966 | Gavin Wilmot (Oribi) |
| Sir Pierre van Ryneveld |
1967 | Kevin Tait (Koodoo) (1997 - 2007) |
| Jeppe High School for Boys |
1971 | Heliodoro Perreira |
| E P Bauman Primary |
1972 | Harold Ford |
| Kensington Ridge Primary |
1974 | Mark Grace (Impala) |
| St James Preparatory |
1974 | Dr Larry Harmer (Oribi) |
| Edenvale High |
1978 | Dave Pitcairn (Oribi) |
| Reddam Cape Town |
1984 | Anthony Short (Roan) |
| Tabeetha School in Jaffa, Israel |
1985 | Sean Fuchs (Koodoo) |
| Crawford Lonehill |
1985 | John Luis (Koodoo) |
| Reddam Bedfordview |
| Old Boys who became Deputy Headmasters |
1910 | Alf H C Cooper (Koodoo) |
| Athlone Boys High |
1916 | Jimmy Barbour (Duiker) |
| Troyeville Central |
1917 | Richard L Aspoas (Koodoo) |
| Parktown Boys High |
1923 | Ernest Aspoas (Koodoo) |
| Roosevelt High |
1928 | William Jenkin (Eland) |
| Colin Mann |
1931 | John Sole (Koodoo) |
| Benoni High |
1960 | Errol Da Silva |
| Forest High |
1961 | Ian D Adam (Sable) |
| Jeppe High School for Boys & Glenvista High |
1962 | Brian Barker |
| Goodria Christian College |
| Brisbane Australia |
1966 | John Oehley (Oribi) |
| Pretoria Boys High |
1966 | Christopher Young (Impala) |
| Birch Acres Primary |
1984 | Richard Laidley (Koodoo) |
| Dunvegan Primary |
1985 | John Luis (Koodoo) |
| Senior Deputy Head at Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy |
1990 | Glen Hewitt (Tsessebe) |
| Beaulieu Prep |
1990 | Dale Jackson (Eland) (Head Boy) |
| Jeppe High School for Boys |
1990 | Graeme Mitchley (Tsessebe) |
| Hurlyvale Primary |
1996 | Sean Wilson (Roan) |
| Jeppe High School for Boys |
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Staff who died in Office |
| † - Killed in action |
1916 | Frederick Pooler |
1917 | † James H A Payne |
| Headmaster (1905 - 1917) |
1924 | Harry Percival Jackson |
1926 | Robert Waldo Wilson |
1937 | Arthur Lawrence Cheeseman |
1941 | W F Candy |
1941 | Mrs E H Forbes |
1941 | † Alan Dashwood |
1941 | † Fritz Von Linsingen |
1949 | William R Jenkin (Eland) |
| Old Boy and Teacher |
1964 | Gus Jensen |
1966 | Henry Beckwith |
| Headmaster (1963 - 1966) |
1976 | Matthias Stander |
| Vice Principal |
2004 | Rupert Jooste |
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Matrons who died in Office |
| Ms Daintree (Tsessebe) |
| Mrs Prokoph (Tsessebe) (1942) |
| Ms Stone (Mpiti) |
| Ms Slatter (Mpiti) |
| Ms L Verbi (Oribi) (1980) |
| Mrs E Labuschagne (Oribi) (1992) |