Pieter Maritz

Background

Maritz, Pieter was born on July 23, 1943 in Postmasburg, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Son of Erasmus Jacobus and Ivy Gertrude (Hauptfleisch) Maritz.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa, 1964, Bachelor of Science with honors, 1965, Master of Science, 1966. Doctor Wisconsin National, State University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1975.

Career

Lecturer Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Republic of South Africa, 1967-1972. Research State University Leiden, 1972-1975. Senior lecturer University Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, 1975-1983, 85–, assistant professor, since 1987.

Visiting professor Kansas University, Lawrence, 1984, researcher National Taiwan University, 1989, 90.

Achievements

• Pieter Maritz has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with South African Navy, 1961. South African Science Council overseas study grantee State University Leiden, 1972-1975, Kansas University, 1984. Member South African Mathematics Society (treasurer 1987-1989), American Mathematics Society.

Member Reformed Church.

Interests

• Philately; squash; jogging.

Connections

Married Annemarie Kruger, July 6, 1968. Children– Erasmus Jacobus, Erich Leo.

Father:

Erasmus Jacobus Maritz

Mother:

Ivy Gertrude (Hauptfleisch) Maritz

Spouse:

Annemarie Kruger

child:

Erasmus Jacobus Maritz

child:

Erich Leo Maritz