Johan Kristof Basson

Background

Basson, Johan Kristof was born on February 21, 1928 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Son of Johannes and Christina Wilhelmina (Hogewind) Basson.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, University Stellenbosch, 1945. Master of Science in Physics, University Stellenbosch, 1947. Doctor of Science, University Pretoria, 1953.

Career

Head biophysics and applied radioactivity Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1947-1958. Senior lecturer University Stellenbosch, 1958-1959. General manager Atomic Energy Corporation, Pretoria, South africa, 1960-1988.

Chairman High energy Processing (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town, since 1988. Consultant International Atomic energy Agency, Vienna, since 1965. Chairman South African Forum for Radiation Protection, 1988-1996, Electrical and Magnetic Field Programme, since 1993, Bassonders c.c.

Northern 1, 2, 3, property development. Visiting scientist Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1995. Medical physicist Royal Marsden Hospital, London, 1955-1956.

Researcher Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, England, 1960-1961. Director Euro-Prisma BV (Netherlands), Foam Wholesale Convertors c.c.

Achievements

• Johan Kristof Basson has been listed as a notable physicist, entrepreneur by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Deacon Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria, 1965-1968. Local council member Buffalo Bay, South Africa, 1988-1994. Trustee Body Corporation "The Retreat".

Committee member Tennis Club of Pretoria, 1975-1977. Member South African Institute for Non-Destructive testing (honorary member, president 1973-1974, 81-82), South African Association Physicists in Medicine and Biology (honorary, president 1970, 79, 88), National Association for Clean Air (president 1979-1980), South African Institute Physics, South African Society for Nuclear Medicine, Association of Societies for Occupational Safety and Health.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, squash, surfing, opera, traveling.

Connections

Married Helga Lotz, December 30, 1963. Children: Kristof, Lise, Pieter.

Father:

Johannes Basson

Mother:

Christina Wilhelmina (Hogewind) Basson

Spouse:

Helga Lotz

child:

Lise Basson

child:

Kristof Basson

child:

Pieter Basson