Hendrik Stephanus Steyn

Background

Steyn, Hendrik Stephanus was born on November 2, 1920 in Philippolis, South Africa. Son of Hendrik Stephanus and Anna Martha Steyn.

Education

Master of Science, University College Orange Free State, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947. Doctor of Science, University Pretoria, South Africa, 1954.

Career

Lecturer University Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1947-1948. Senior lecturer University Pretoria, 1949-1953. Senior research officer Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, 1954-1958.

Professor mathematics statistics University South Africa, 1959-1971. Vice principal, 1972-1975. Director university affairs, 1976-1980.

Extraordinary professor, 1981-1982. Chairman Advisory Council Universities and Technikons, 1982-1989. Adviser Government Commission on University Affairs, 1969-1971.

Member science advisory council of prime minister, 1964-1968, 70-72, 82-89.

Achievements

• Hendrik Stephanus Steyn has been listed as a noteworthy statistician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of South African Academy of Sciences and Arts (award for mathematics 1970), Institute of Mathematics Statistics, International Statistical Institute.

Connections

Married Francina Coetzee, December 14, 1944. Children: Hendrik Stefanus, Gert Willem.

Father:

Hendrik Stephanus

Mother:

Anna Martha Steyn

Spouse:

Francina Coetzee

child:

Hendrik Stefanus Steyn

child:

Gert Willem Steyn