Background
Verwoerd, Wilhelm Johannes was born on September 5, 1929 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Hendrik Frensch and Elizabeth (Schoombee) Verwoerd.
Verwoerd, Wilhelm Johannes was born on September 5, 1929 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Hendrik Frensch and Elizabeth (Schoombee) Verwoerd.
Bachelor of Science, University Stellenbosch, 1949. Master of Science cum laude, University Stellenbosch, 1953. Doctor of Science, University Stellenbosch, 1963.
Geologist, Geological Survey, South Africa, 1954-1967;
officer-in-charge, Geological Unit Atomic Energy Board, South Africa, 1960-1963;
senior lecturer, Rand Afrikaans U., Johannesburg, South Africa, 1968-1971;
professor, U. Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1972-1992;
research scientist, U. Stellenbosch, South Africa, since 1992. Visiting scientist Geophysical Laboratory Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1977-1978. Geologist South African Geological and Biological Expedition to Marion and PrinceEdward Islands, 1965.
Member American geological expedition to Skaergaard in Greenland, 1974. Member South African Committee for Stratigraphy, since 1982. National correspondent International Association Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth's Interior, 1972-1990.
Member United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-IGCP Project on Alkaline and Carbonatite Magmatism, 1990-1995.
Member Geological Society South Africa (honorary, president), Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (Havenga prize 1987).
Married Anna Elizabeth Smit, December 18, 1954. Children: Hendrik, Dirk, Wilhelm, Gideon.