Background
Villiers, Jacobus Wynand Louw De was born on October 27, 1929 in Smithfield, South Africa.
Villiers, Jacobus Wynand Louw De was born on October 27, 1929 in Smithfield, South Africa.
Bachelor of Science, University Stellenbosch, 1949. Master of Science cum laude, University Stellenbosch, 1951. Doctor of Science in Physics, University Stellenbosch, 1957.
Head mass spectrometry division Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Pretoria, 1955—1958, member. Head reactor physics subdivision Atomic Energy Board, Pretoria, South Africa, 1963—1967, director reactor development division, 1967—1969, vice president, 1973—1976, deputy president, 1976—1979, president, 1979—1982. Executive chairman Atomic Energy Corporation South Africa, 1981—1986, Chief Executive Officer, since 1987.
Managing director Fisika Praktika (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria, 1970—1972. Head safety division Uranium Enrichment Corporation, 1972—1973. Member Prime Minister's Science Advisory Council, 1979—1981, chairman, 1982—1986.
President Atomic Energy Board, since 1979. Member Electrical Council, since 1985. Vice-chairman National Energy Council, since 1987.
Member Dutch Reformed Church. Member of South African Institute Mechanical Engineers, South African Institute Physics (foundation member).
Son of Adriaan Jacob van Wyk and Maria Catharina (Du Toit) De Villiers. Married Juanita Susanna Deetlefs De Villiers, July 25, 1953. Children: Helene, Milla, Adriaan J., Johannes C.