Person

Malan, S. I.

1922–2008

Die Malan album, 2011: t.p. (S.I. Malan) p. 100 (Stephanus Immelman; Fanie was born July 2, 1922 in Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Appointed as Head of the library at the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfoentein from May 1947. From 1956 senior lecturer and later Head of the Department of Librarianship at Potchefstroom University. Received a honorary doctor’s degree in Librarianship in 1990 from the University of South Africa. Passionate about family history and did thorough reseach for his publications. Fanie died November 7, 2008 in Pretoria). SANB correspondence with author, Dec. 10, 1974 (full name: Malan, Stephanus Immelman; date of birth: July 2, 1922)