J. A. G. Malherbe

Johannes (Jan) A. G. Malherbe (M’75–SM’77–F’94–LF’09) was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1940. He received the B.Sc., B.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and the D.Eng. degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. From 1970 to 1980, he was an Associate Professor with the University of Stellenbosch. In 1981 he moved to the University of Pretoria, where he was Professor until 1988, and from 1989 to 1999 Dean of Engineering. From 2000 to his retirement in 2005, he was Vice-Principal. He has subsequently been with the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria. Dr. Malherbe is a Fellow of the SA Academy of Engineering and the SAIEE and a member of the SA Academy of Science. He was a recipient of the Havenga Prize for Engineering by the SA Academy for Science and Art and the IEEE Third Millennium Medal.