University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science2021-05-122021-05-1219562021http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79861Black and white photoThe photograph of the veterinary graduandi of 1956 is a formal black and white group photo. The only women in the class, Lorraine Albré de Jager, was born on 27 October 1933. She was the 7th woman to qualify as a veterinarian. Her interest in veterinary medicine evolved from the dedicated care of a pup with distemper as a 10-year-old girl to the realisation of a dream of becoming a veterinarian when she was admitted to the Onderstepoort Faculty in 1954.The names of the graduates on the photo are Front (from left to right): GE Thompson, PVA Davies, WH Leibenguth, LA de Jager, I Bacher, PSK Mason, CHB Marlow ; Second row: WPR Eschenburg, CM Breytenbach, AM Lubbe, SB Friedman, DJ Jarvie, AJJ Maree, GMH Shires, SK Bakker. More information on some of the veterinarians can be read in: Past veterinarians in South Africa / Posthumus, P.J. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21238 or the website S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science URL: http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Main.php1 photo + 1 photo with list of namesPhoto: JPEGPhoto with name list: PDF file© 2021 University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Provided for preservation and non commercial purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed in any format without a given attribution to the creator and the written permission of the copyright owner.Veterinary education -- South Africa -- HistoryUniversity of Pretoria -- Veterinarians -- Class photosVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaVeterinarians -- South AfricaVeterinary medicine -- History -- South AfricaStill Image