Carolus Johannes Reinecke was the rector of the

Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (abbreviated as PU for CHE) was a South African university located in Potchefstroom. Instruction was mainly in Afrikaans. In 2004, the university was merged with other institutions to ...

, situated in

Potchefstroom Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty riv ...

, South Africa.

Roots

Reinecke was born on 21 December 1941, in

Krugersdorp Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for ''Kruger's Town'') is a mining city in the West Rand District Municipality, West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Marthinus Pretorius. Following the discovery of gold on ...

, South Africa. He was the son of Carolus Johannes Reinecke and Cornelia Marthina van Dyk. He passed standard 10 (grade 12) at Piet Potgieter High in Potgietersrus, Northern Transvaal. (His father was the principal) He married Hendriena Fransina Venter, daughter of Abraham Adriaan Venter and Hester Snyman.

Education

He obtained the following degrees at the

Potchefstroom University The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (abbreviated as PU for CHE) was a South African university located in Potchefstroom. Instruction was mainly in Afrikaans. In 2004, the university was merged with other institutions to ...

: BSc (Physics and Chemistry), BSc Hon (Chemistry) and a MSc (Chemistry). He then completed his PhD (in Bio-chemistry) at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He was appointed as Head of The Bio-Chemistry department of his alma mater, and in 1983 became Dean of the Natural and Agricultural Sciences Faculty of that university.

Rector

After being

Vice-rector A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school. Outside the English-speaking world the rector is often the most senior official in a u ...

from 1985 to 1988, he was appointed as rector in 1988. He was rector until 2002.

Notable happenings during his term as rector

Under his leadership the university dealt with and approved: *In 1990 the hostels were opened to all races. * NEHAWU and MESHAWU (Metal and Electrical Workers Union of South Africa),both trade unions, were recognized. *Madoda Shadrock Zibi, was the first black vice-rector appointed *In 1999 the Potchefstroom Educational College was taken over by the university, a decision taken by the government of the day *He had a programme running with Universiteit Twente a Dutch University, regarding quality control for educational institutions. The research division: Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) help him with his university's education quality control.

Publications

*(Afrikaans) Reaksiekinetiese ondersoek van die ontbinding van kaliumtrioksalatokobaltaat in ‘n oplossing (translated: Reaction kinetic investigation regarding the dissolution of potassium trioxalate cobaltate in a solution ) *Protein synthesis in vitro directed by bacteriophage and plant viral RNA.

References

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