Background
Watson, Ruth Marguerite Daughter of Thomas Hewison Lowes and Florence Elizabeth Best.
Watson, Ruth Marguerite Daughter of Thomas Hewison Lowes and Florence Elizabeth Best.
BScOT, Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1958. Master of Education, Stellenbosch, Germany, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Stellenbosch, Germany, 1989.
Head Occupational Therapy Programme, Stellenbosch, since 1969, Cape Town, South Africa, 1989—2002. Honourary life president Occupational Therapy Association South Africa, since 1974. Chair professional board Health Professions Council SA, Pretoria, 1978—1992.
Head school health and rehabilitation University Cape Town, 2000—2002. Postgraduate supervisor University Western Cape, Cape Town, since 1989. Researcher University Cape Town, since 1998.
Funder African Scholrship Fund, Capoe Town, 1974. Lay minister & mentor Christ Church Kenilworth, Cape Town, 1998—2010. With community development NRF/Mellon, SANPAD, Cape Town and Mount Frere, South Africa, 1992—2010.
Member of Occupational Therapy Association South Africa (president 1974).
Married Thomas Leslie Watson, July 11, 1970. 1 child Hugh John.