HONORARY MEMBERSHIP

According to the Society/s Constitution, the Council may grant honorary membership to a person in recognition of exceptional services to and the promotion of the objectives of the Society on account of the excellence of achievements as scientist. Fifty nine (59) honorary members were nominated in the past 41 years. It is clear from this list that the SASCP deviated from its broad definition of honorary membership in that it also nominated persons who were not necessarily members of the SASCP because of their position in society and based on particular services rendered to the agricultural industry as a whole. Among the more prominent names are those of the President of the RSA, JJ Fouché, ministers of Agriculture, H Schoeman and DCH Uys, well-known agricultural leaders such as FJH le Riche and B Fourie as well as senior departmental officials such as DF Retief, JG Strydom, SA Hulme and WP Grobbelaar. Persons who excelled in their field of study include JPF Sellschop, K Nathanson, EW Laubscher, GD Thompson, E Wolff and JJ Human.

1977

His Honorable H. Schoeman

1978

Prof Oberholzer

Mr D.C.H Uys

Mr J.J.A. van Wyk

1979

Prof G.D.B. de Villiers

Mr F.J.H. Le Riche

1980

Mr D.V. Horton

Mr R.R. Melck

Mr L.B. Rothman

1981

Dr P.J. Venter

1982

Mr C.D. Cillie

Dr J.G. Strydom

Prof K. Nathanson

1983

Mr F.P.R. van Wyk

1984

Mr M. Daling

Mr A.J. Botha

1985

Prof S.A. Hulme

Prof E.W. Laubscher

Dr G.D. Thompson

1988

Dr W.P. Grobbelaar

1990

Mr W.A. du Preez

1991

Mr W.E. Pienaar

Dr E. Wolf

1992

Mr I.S. Ferreira

1993

Prof J.J. Human

1994

Mr B. Fourie

1995

Mr J.W. Louw

1996

Mr A. Beyers

1997

Mr J. J. van der Merwe

Mr F. J. Dijkhuis

1998

Dr G. Green

1999

Dr M. Farina

Dr A.H. Heyns

2000

Prof J. de Jager

Dr J. de Kock

2001

Dr K.W. Pakendorf

2004

Dr Gideon Joubert

2005

Dr N.J.J. Combrink

2006

Prof P.S. Hammes

2008

Dr J.J. van Biljon

2010

Prof G.A. Agenbag

Dr J. Dreyer

2011

Prof J.B.J. van Rensburg

2012

Mr Willem T. Engelbrecht

Mr Schalk J. Grobbelaar

2015

Prof. Andrew LP Cairns

2020

Dr Johan Labuschagne

2021

None

2022

None

2023:

Prof Michael Savage

2024:

Dr JJ Bornmann

Dr James Allemann