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He was professor and dean at a number of South African universities for more than 30 years (including the [[University of Fort Hare]], the [[University of Port Elizabeth]], the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and the [[University of the Western Cape]]). He spent his academic life working as a consultant in the fields of conflict resolution, peace studies, organizational development and the creative use of differences. In this respect he was ''inter alia'' the founding Chair of the South African Association for Conflict Intervention in 1986, the Senior Consultant at the Centre for Intergroup Studies (now the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town) for 21 years and a member of the National Peace Committee after Nelson Mandela was released. | He was professor and dean at a number of South African universities for more than 30 years (including the [[University of Fort Hare]], the [[University of Port Elizabeth]], the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and the [[University of the Western Cape]]). He spent his academic life working as a consultant in the fields of conflict resolution, peace studies, organizational development and the creative use of differences. In this respect he was ''inter alia'' the founding Chair of the South African Association for Conflict Intervention in 1986, the Senior Consultant at the Centre for Intergroup Studies (now the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town) for 21 years and a member of the National Peace Committee after Nelson Mandela was released. | ||
| − | His first wife was | + | His first wife was Ria Louw, the daughter of [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]] and [[Truida Louw]]. In the 1990s he met and married [[Beverley Roos-Muller]], a colleague at [[Fine Music Radio]]. |
He passed away in Cape Town on 5 September, 2019. | He passed away in Cape Town on 5 September, 2019. | ||
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Ampie Muller (1930-2019). Academic, conflict negotiator, radio announcer and part-time actor.
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Biography
Born Adriaan Diederichs Muller in Warden, Orange Free State, on 27 December 1930, the brother of the journalist and editor Piet Muller, he had his schooling at the Dirkie Uys Hoërskool in Warden (1937 – 1948), before going to the University of Pretoria to study psychology. He obtained a B.A., a B.A. Hons and an M.A. degree there between 1949 – 1954 and went to the Free University Amsterdam to complete the Drs. Psigoligiae and a D.Litt et Phil.
He was professor and dean at a number of South African universities for more than 30 years (including the University of Fort Hare, the University of Port Elizabeth, the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of the Western Cape). He spent his academic life working as a consultant in the fields of conflict resolution, peace studies, organizational development and the creative use of differences. In this respect he was inter alia the founding Chair of the South African Association for Conflict Intervention in 1986, the Senior Consultant at the Centre for Intergroup Studies (now the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town) for 21 years and a member of the National Peace Committee after Nelson Mandela was released.
His first wife was Ria Louw, the daughter of N.P. van Wyk Louw and Truida Louw. In the 1990s he met and married Beverley Roos-Muller, a colleague at Fine Music Radio.
He passed away in Cape Town on 5 September, 2019.
Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance
A well known reviewer, who wrote and spoke widely on literature and music matters over the years,
As an actor, he was a member of the Johannesburg amateur company JAATS, and had roles in a number of their productions, including Bitter Einde in 1955.
He worked as a voice artist for the SABC for many years and joined Fine Music Radio in March 1996 as an announcer and later editor, working there till February 2016.
Sources
Helikon, 5(21), 1955.
https://www.accord.org.za/people/ampie-muller/
https://za.linkedin.com/in/ampie-muller-3b425227
Die Burger, 7 September 2019.
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