Formal group photograph of the 1953 BVSc graduates with Prof K Schulz, Prof D Coles, Prof EM Robinson, Prof PJJ Fourie (Dean), Prof WO Neitz, Prof N Starke and Prof WD Malherbe. The only lady in the group, Margaret Irmgard Rose was born in South Africa on 15 May 1931 and subsequently spent her childhood years in Germany, only returning to SA in 1947 to finish her schooling at Durban Girls High School in 1948. She was determined to become a veterinarian and in 1950 became the 5th girl to be selected for admission to Onderstepoort.
The names of the graduates and staff from the Front (from left to right): Prof K Schulz, Prof D Coles, Prof EM Robinson, PD de Wet, Prof PJJ Fourie (Dean), MI Rose, Prof WO Neitz, Prof N Starke, Prof WD Malherbe ; Second row: JL du Plessis, DJ Thornton, LP Colly, HR Thorogood, HF Strydom, E Langen, PJ Schutte, JM Erasmus, JJ Jackson, WS Allderman, Dr D Tabic ; Third row: AJ Snijders, JL Kruger, JE Dorrington, RD Bigalke, CE Claus. More information on some of the graduates can be read in Past veterinarians in South Africa / Posthumus, P.J. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21238
