Background
Loening, Walter Edgar was born on December 7, 1928 in Berlin. Arrived in South Africa, 1933. Son of Hermann Eugen and Eva Laura (von Gierke) Loening.
Loening, Walter Edgar was born on December 7, 1928 in Berlin. Arrived in South Africa, 1933. Son of Hermann Eugen and Eva Laura (von Gierke) Loening.
Bachelor of Medicine ChB, University Capetown, South Africa, 1952. FCP in Paediatrics, South Africa College Medicine, 1971.
Medical officer State Hospital, Windhoek, Nambia, 1955-1958. Medical officer, medical superintendent Ceza Mission Hospital, Zululand, South Africa, 1958-1968. Registrar, consultant King Edward Hospital, Durban, South Africa, 1968-1973.
Private consultant, 1973-1979. Consultant, specialist, lecturer University Natal, 1979-1982, professor maternal & child health, 1982-1993, director medical education, 1993-1996. Consultant Ministry of Health, Pretoria, South Africa, since 1997.
Fellow College Medicine South Africa. Member South Africa Medical Association (branch president 1978), South Africa Paediatric Association.
Married Hilary Eunice Wille. 4 children.