G.H. Menzies Building

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Named after George Hamilton Menzies (1912-1976) who was Professor of Land Surveying from 1946 to 1976 and former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He founded the Photogrammetric Society of South Africa and was its president for 14 years. He was one of the first 3 people to graduate in land surveying. He joined UCT as a lecturer in 1935 and became the first professor of land surveying in South Africa. After a long involvement with UCT, Menzies was elected Dean of Engineering in 1950 and was warden of Driekoppen Hall and later Smuts Hall. He was also a member of the University Senate and trained close to 300 hundred students in land surveying. Source: Origins of Names of Buildings at the University of Cape Town, Mr M. Musemwa (Department of History UCT, 1993). The photogrammetric
record 1977. Vol 9: issue 50. Pp317-321.

Address

24 Engineering Mall Road,Upper Campus, Rondebosch

Campus

Upper

Latitude

-33.958494

Longitude

18.460207

Building Number

144

Building Code

1440

status

Owned

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