Annual prize awarded for original research in science in South Africa
Nicolaas Christiaan Havenga (1882–1957)
The Havenga Prize (Havengaprys in Afrikaans) is a prize awarded annually by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Arts) to a candidate for original research in the Sciences since 1945. Candidates are judged on the quality of research publications and evidence of the promotion of Afrikaans. The Havenga prize can only be awarded to a person once, but can be awarded posthumously.
The prize is named after Finance Minister Nicolaas Christiaan Havenga, who donated £50 annually to the academy for the prize from 1946. A bequest of R4000 was received from Havenga's estate and R14000 from the estate of his wife, Olive. Since 1979 the prize has been awarded in the form of a gold medal.
Havenga prize winners
1947 – Dr. T.E.W. Schumann (Mathematics and Physics); Dr. P.J. du Toit (Medicine); Dr. H.O. Mönnig (Medicine)
1948 – Dr. A.I. Malan (Chemistry); Dr. R.J. Ortlepp (Biology); Prof. C.G.S. de Villiers[Wikidata] (Biology)
1949 – Prof. Dr. D.L. Scholtz (Geology); Dr. S.J. du Plessis (Agricultural Sciences)
1950 – Dr. M.H. de Kock (Economics); Dr. R. Campbell Begg (Medicine)
1951 – Prof. Meiring Naudé (Mathematics and Physics); Prof. HL de Waal (Chemistry)
1952 – Dr. A.J. Heese (Biology); Dr. M.M. Loubser (Engineering)
1953 – Prof. Dr. E.H.D. Arndt (Economics); Prof. JJ Theron (Agricultural Sciences)
1954 – Dr. D.G. Steyn (Medicine); Prof. H.A.W. Verlegen (Mathematics and Physics)
1955 – Dr. L.T. Nel (Geology); Dr. F.J. de Villiers (Chemistry); Dr. T.J.W. Jorden (Chemistry)
1956 – Dr. C.S. Grobler (Biology); Dr. C.R. van der Merwe (Agricultural Sciences)
1957 – Prof. F.R. Tomlinson (Economics); Prof. W.O. Neitz (Medicine)
1958 – Dr. A.J. Petrick (Chemistry); Prof. D.J. Malan (Mathematics and Physics)
1959 – Dr. L.D. Boonstra (Biology); Dr. A.J.A. Roux (Engineering)
1960 – Prof. D.G. Franzsen (Economics); Prof. I. de V. Malherbe (Agricultural Sciences)
1961 – Prof. M.W. Henning (Medicine); Dr. J.N. van Niekerk (Physics); Prof. H. Rund (Mathematics)
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