Hendrik (Hennie) Johannes Jacob Bingle (1910–2007) was a Calvinist, educator and Rector of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Hendrik Johannes Jacob Bingle | |
|---|---|
| Rector of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education | |
| In office 1964–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Coetzee |
| Succeeded by | Tjaart van der Walt |
| Chancellor of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education | |
| In office 1981–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Pieter Vorster |
| Succeeded by | F.W. de Klerk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 15, 1910 Colesberg, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Died | June 29, 2007 (aged 96) |
| Spouse | Anna Susanna de Klerk |
| Alma mater | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
| Known for | Calvinism and Education |
Roots
editBingle was born on 15 August 1910 in Colesberg, Cape Province, South Africa. He was the son of Pieter Willem Bingle and Albertje Catharina Andria Coetzee.[1] He married Anna Susanna de Klerk in 1936. He died on 29 June 2007.
Education
editHe passed matric at Paul Kruger High School in Steynsburg. He was a teacher at Steynsburg, Vryburg, Messina and in Johannesburg. In 1931 he worked at the State Archives. He obtained an M.Ed. in 1935 and in 1940 a PhD at the Potchefstroom University.
Career
editIn 1945 he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Education at that University.[2] In 1949 he was promoted to Professor. He was appointed as Dean of the Education department in 1951. He stayed dean until 1962. He was closely involved in the university becoming an independent one in 1951. He was one of the writers of the University's Statute. Op 20 November 1963 he was elected by the Universities Board as Rector. Bingle was a Calvinist, he founded an institute on campus for the promoting of Calvinism. He was chairman of the Afrikaans Calvinist Movement. The university grew in student numbers in his time as rector. He visited 16 universities worldwide to see how to expand the university constructively. He had close links to the Government of the day, via membership of national committees.[3] The degree Doctor Educationis (Honoris Causa) were presented to him in 1981 and he received the Chancellor's medal in 2001. Today the student centre at campus carries his name.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ van Wyk, J.H. (March 2003). "(Afrikaans) Die Kerkblad - Die redakteur gesels met... prof. H.J.J. Bingle (translated: The Church Journal, the editor interviewed Prof. H.J.J. Bingle)". Gereformeerde Kerke Suid Afrika (GKSA) Die Kerkblad, Volume 105, Issue 3149,p. 16 – 17. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "BINGLE, HENDRIK JOHANNES JACOB (HENNIE)". CKE. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Beleid- en bestuurstrukture(translated: Policies and Management)" (in Afrikaans). nwu.ac.za. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Staff commemorated Hennie Bingle's 100th birthday". Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "In dankbare herinnering aan ... portret van 'n man soos Hennie Bingle" (in Afrikaans). Ingenta. 1 September 2007.
- ^ Schutte, B.C. ""H.J.J. Bingle se plek in die S.A. Opvoedkundige panorama". (translated: HJJ Bingle place in S.A. Education)" (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Portraits of NWU leaders unveiled". NWU. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "(Afrikaans) Onderwysontwikkeling (translated: Education development)". Instituut vir bevordering van Calvinisme. 1987.
- ^ Duvenage, P. (2016). Afrikaanse filosofie (translated: Afrikaans Philosophy) (in Afrikaans). Sun Press. ISBN 978-1-920382-78-0.
- ^ "50 jaar gelede 11 Februarie 1967" (in Afrikaans). Die Burger newspaper. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.