Christa Wilhelmina Van Wyk

Background

Wyk, Christa Wilhelmina Van was born on December 25, 1948 in Standerton, South Africa. Daughter of Petrus Johannes Heyl and Johanna Wilhelmina Eksteen.

Education

Bachelor, University Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1969. Bachelor of Laws, University South Africa, Pretoria, 1977. Master of Laws, University South Africa, Pretoria, 1979.

Doctor of Laws, University South Africa, Pretoria, 1991.

Career

Lecturer Pretoria University, 1980—1987. Associate professor University South Africa, 1987—1992, professor, since 1992.

Achievements

• Christa Wilhelmina Van Wyk has been listed as a noteworthy law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member ethics committee South African Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, 2003—2005. Invitee Global Forum on Bioethics in Research National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1999. Board directors South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, 1995—2001.

Member project committee legal aspects Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome South African Law Reform Commission, 1994—2003.

Interests

• Reading, hiking, travel.

Connections

Married Theo Van Wyk. Children: Johanna, Theo, Mimi, Christa.

Father:

Petrus Johannes Heyl

Mother:

Johanna Wilhelmina Eksteen

Spouse:

Theo Van Wyk

child:

Mimi Wyk

child:

Theo Wyk

child:

Christa Wyk

child:

Johanna Wyk