Background
Willich, Gideon Pieter Retief Von was born on August 22, 1923 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Johan Stephanus Von Willich and Hester Johanna Van Der Merwe.
Willich, Gideon Pieter Retief Von was born on August 22, 1923 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Johan Stephanus Von Willich and Hester Johanna Van Der Merwe.
Bachelor of Science, University Witwatersrand, 1944. Doctor of Science in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957.
Assistant engineer F E Kanthack and Partners, Johannesburg, 1945—1948. Land surveyor W von Willich, Pretoria, 1949—1950. Assistant engineer City Engineer, 1951—1952.
Research officer National Building Research Institute (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), 1952—1953, National Engineering Research Institute (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Pretoria, 1957—1958. Senior lecturer, professor, department head University Pretoria, 1959—1984. Associate Bruinette Kruger Stoffberg, 1984—1987.
Retired, 1987
Consultant structural engineer Self and Bruinette Kruger Stoffberg, Pretoria, 1959—1987. Member Electricity Control Board of South Africa, 1969—1994. Council member South Africa Institution of Civil Engineers, 1969—1986.
Chairman Committee for Metrication in South African Universities, 1969—1973.
Fellow: South Africa Institution of Civil Engineers (life. President 1983-1983).
Married Marlene Elizabeth Coetzer, September 12, 1953. Children: Johan Heinrich, Michele Kyra Havenga.