Johannes Lodewikus (Jan) Sadie was born on 8 July 1918, at Langebaan.
He matriculated from Franschhoek High School and studied at:
Stellenbosch University (SU), Nederlandsche Economische Hoogeschool (now
Erasmus University, Rotterdam), University of Cambridge and London School of
Economics.
Academic Degrees: B.Comm (SU 1940), M.Comm (SU 1942), Ec.Dr. (Rotterdam
1949), D.Comm (SU 2000)
Honorary doctorates from the Universities of Port Elizabeth, Stellenbosch and
UNISA.
Jan Sadie was fond of music and opera and liked to invite his friends to live
performances by well known musicians in his home. He was married to Betty
Haarsme (she died in 2002) and had a daughter and three grandchildren. Jan
Sadie died on 30 April 2005, at Stellenbosch.
Academic career
1942-1949: Lecturer and Senior Lecturer of Economics
1950-1983: Professor of Economics, Stellenbosch University
1973-1983: Director of Stellenbosch University, Bureau for Economic
Research
1987-1995: Professor extraordinary of Economic Demography, University of
Pretoria
International Exposure:
1952-1953: Research Officer, Population Division, United Nations, New York
1960-1961: Demographic adviser of the United Nations at the Centro Latina
America de Demografia (CELADE), Santiago-de-Chile.
1963: Visiting professor in the Netherlands.
1966: Advisor to the Rhodesian government on Economic Planning for Economic
Development.
1967: Adviser to the Rhodesian Treasury on the reform of their system of
taxation.
1973: Research at the International Labour Office, Geneva.
1975-1976: Visiting professor in Belgium and Germany.
1988-1989: Chairman of the Committee on the Financial Relations between the
first and second tier government in South West Africa/Namibia.
Extra-academic functions in South Africa:
1954-1955: Economic Adviser to the Tomlinson Commission of Enquiry into the
socio-economic development of the Black Homelands.
1958: Demographic Adviser to the Du Toit Commission on the White occupancy of
the rural areas.
1968-1969: Adviser to the Franszen Commission on Fiscal and Monetary Policy in
South Africa.
1964-1971: Adviser, Industrial Economics Division, Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research.
1970-1971: President, Economic Society of South Africa.
1969-1980: Member of the Committee on Demographic Research of the Human
Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
1980-1981: Member of the Advisory Committee on Fertility Surveys.
1980-1982: Member of the Buthelezi Commission. Member of the Board of the HSRC.
1975-1986: Member of the Statistics Advisory Council.
1991: Consultant to the Central Statistical Service with regard to the 1991
Population Census.
President, Demographic Association of South Africa
Member of the South African National Gallery Board of Trustees
Member of Committees of: Affordable Material Provision (HSRC), Chairman;
Longterm expenditure guidelines for the provision of housing; Conditions of
sale and rent of dwellings in government schemes.
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