I have known Antoinette since she was an exceptional student at the then Wits Technikon in Johannesburg.
Philip Lewis Bonner, emeritus professor in history, died suddenly on Sunday 24 September 2017, aged 72. As Deputy Vice-Chancellor in the late 1980s, he provided leadership at a time of political protests and harassment, a state of emergency and clashes between anti-apartheid activist students and police. Apparently there were 52 student demonstrations while he was in this office. It was, as he said in his book, β€a steep learning curveβ€ for him - and he even took a police rubber bullet in the back. All this in addition to other responsibilities for student life. Born in what was Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, he spent his early years on a smallholding, surrounded by unspoilt nature. He started his secondary schooling at Prince Edward School in 1945. Every year he received the form prize for science projects, including β€The Birds of the Salisbury Districtβ€ and β€The Microscopic Life of the Makabusi Riverβ€. Though he was interested in a career in the natural sciences, he decided to study dentistry at Wits. He was on the House Committee at Cottesloe Residence and, having organised a res dance with the teachers’ training college freshers, met Franoise Clerc there. He moved to Phineas Court in 1956. Married Franoise in his third year. As a student he was also a keen athlete and rugby player, and remained fit all his life, playing competitive squash.
Starting a new phase of her life in New York, Pearl quickly made friends with whom she played bridge, exercised regularly, and volunteered at the local Community Center. When asked what she did at the Community Center, Pearl answered, quite seriously, β€I help feed the old people! β€ By then in her late 80s and early 90s, Pearl never saw herself as old. She read voraciously, listened to music, and travelled extensively, within the US and abroad, often with her sister and brother-in-law, Rose and Syd Cohen. Up to age 96, Pearl travelled almost every year to visit family in the US, and friends and family in England, Israel, and South Africa. Dr Mankowski didn’t shine academically. Left school a bit of a dropout. He had a four-year spell at Fort Ord in the military . There he met one or two mature young men who encouraged him to consider studying further. An African American teacher who inspired in him a love of maths. He passed his university entrance level easily. He registered for a music degree. He finally addressed his speech problem with therapy. He never looked back, developing a breadth of vocabulary that allowed him to circumvent problem words. He joined the Wits staffing complement as a graduate assistant in March 1959 until 1965. Was offered a temporary lecturer position until 1967. He was senior pathologist at the SA Institute of Medical Research for thirty years. Discovered the endemic nature of a particular disease. In 1991 he and his wife founded the Readucate Trust to continue the work of the Rebecca Ostrowiak School of Reading established by his wife and her mother in 1969. Freinkel is survived by his wife and four children, three of whom are Wits alumni. Born in Villiersdorp, Barnard received the first scholarship for apprentice electricians awarded by the Johannesburg City Council. He studied further in England after receiving his undergraduate degree and later, a diploma in township development from Wits. Barnard went on to become City Electrical Engineer of Johannesburg, retiring from the City Council in 1986 after more than 41 years of service. He chaired the Association of Municipal Electrical Undertakings from 1983 to1985 and was the first electrical engineer to serve on the Electrical Control Board, from 1986 to 1994. Barnard travelled the world as part of his service on national. International electricity advisory boards. His other accomplishments include scoring two holes-in-one in
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