Richard van der ross biography for kids
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Prof Richard van der Ross passes away Reflections on an extraordinary life
Prof Richard van der Ross passes away: Reflections on an extraordinary life
Dear Campus Community,
It is with great sadness that I must announce that our former Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Richard van der Ross - affectionately known as Dickie - passed away at his home on the morning of 13 December.
A writer, activist and educator, Prof van der Ross is a man whose contributions to South Africa - and especially to South African higher education - cannot be overstated.
Change in UWC’s character began with the appointment of Prof van der Ross as Rector in
In the University Council rejected the ideological basis upon which the University had been founded, providing the basis for the development of a university-wide partnership of staff and students, which gradually (and at times painfully) found its form.
Prof van der Ross oversaw UWC’s transition from being a College of the U
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Richard van der Ross, pioneering coloured educationist, activist and historian
Obituary
Vice-chancellor of UWC known as 'Uncle Dicky'
17 December - By Chris Barron
Professor Richard van der Ross, who has died in Cape Town at the age of 96, was an anti-apartheid activist, educationist and the first black vice-chancellor of the University of the Western Cape. He was the first coloured person in South Africa to receive a doctorate - in philosophy from the University of Cape Town.
He accepted his appointment at UWC in with considerable misgivings. It was a construct of apartheid, of which he had been an outspoken opponent all his life. It was a bush college run by pro-government members of the Broederbond.
It was in the heart of the Cape Flats, where coloured people had been forcibly resettled after being kicked out of their homes in the "white" suburbs. Van der Ross himself had been removed from his house in Wynberg and lived in Belhar, next door to UWC. The students reflect
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Professor Richard (Dick) van der Ross, author, former teacher, anti-apartheid activist and Freeman of the City of Cape Town, died at Bergvliet Evergreen on Wednesday månad
He was In , mayor Patricia de Lille hosted the launch of Professor Richard van der Ross’s book, In Our Own Skins (“Book launch,” Bulletin, May 28, ). In this academic offering, Professor Van der Ross details a political history of the coloured people.
As a teacher and principal of the Battswood Seconday School and Training College, during his involvement in teachers’ unions, and even as editor of the Cape Herald, he maintained the view that education afforded us all the greatest opportunity for change. In September , he was granted the Freedom of the City for serving the Cape community through education.
Ms De Lille has hailed Professor Van der Ross as “a great son of Cape Town who made an immense contribution to the city as a teacher and activist during apartheid”.
Professor Van der Ross was born in Plum