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Thursday 27 April 2023

Schaeffer, Walter


SCHAFFER, Walter. Ph.D., M.Sc., H.E.D. Head of Department of Physics, University of Cape Town. Born Cologne, Germany, 5th October, 1906, son of Herman and Clara Schaffer. Came to South Africa 1910. Educated at Queen's College, Queenstown, and Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Chairman, Cape Jewish Communal Priorities Board. Member, Cape Committee, S.A. Jewish Board of Deputies. Member, Owl Club. Served with the South African Forces during World War II; Captain, Meteorological Section, S.A.A.F. Married Millie Gladys Levinsohn, 1932; two sons, one daughter. Add.: 6, Nor. folk Close, Highstead Road, Rondebosch, Cape.

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