The 1958 BVSc graduates

Abstract

The photograph of the veterinary graduandi of 1958 is a formal black and white group photo. Ingrid Wolleschak was the 9th female BVSc graduate. She started the then 5-year Veterinary Science course at Pretoria University in 1954 and during the 4 years of study at Onderstepoort was the only lady in the first “big” class of 30 students. At the end of 1958 she qualified with distinctions in Surgery, Gynaecology and Special Hygiene of Meat and Milk and was awarded the ICI Prize for Surgery and Gynaecology.

The names of the graduates on the photo are: Front (from left to right): MAJ Azzie, KL Malkin, WAS Brümmer, JPJ Smit, I Wolleschak, CT McDonald, WL Jenkins, WJ Ehret, DS Etherington ; Second row: J Jacobs, RJ Bezuidenhout, HGJ Coetzee, CJ Roos, H Hellig, R Bothma, RH Clatworthy, H Ebedes ; Third row: GHR Bisschop, LF Naudé, BH Barnard, HN van der Made, WE Galpin, IS Watt, SN Bayer ; Fourth row: RJ Kruger, JM O’Grady, RR van der Veen. (Source: The firste ten women to graduate as veterinarians from Onderstepoort / Rudolph Bigalke & Gareth Bath URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76659