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Some time ago when I was given a distinguished title of Deputy Director: Information Technology Advisory Services at South African National Biodiversity Institute, I was invited to be featured in Who's Who of the World. I thought that I did not deserve this honour as much as my father did in southern Africa, but I submitted some information anyway. I came to consider afterwards that maybe it was more a vehicle for mobilising invitations to talk at or attend various conferences ranging from agriculture to medicine to engineering to geology and so on... Also, all sorts of new contacts databases seem to link to Who's Who, resulting in my receiving a lot of uninvited e-mails and so forth. I was always amused at the title Deputy Director because, although reflected a rank in the Public Service, I did not direct anyone! We later changed the title to Biodiversity Information Specialist that made much more sense to me.
Well, for what it is worth, here is what I submitted and it appeared for about three years.
Gauteng, South Africa, Feb. 23, 1 954; s
Charles Kenneth Powrie and Beatrice
Philippa Dryden Dymond; m., Sally-Ann Barnes
Swindell, June 27, 1981; children:
Shelly Lee Herbert, Colleen Lynn Schwartz.
Andrew James, Cindy Jean Wentzel.
Richard Daniel. BSc with honors, U.
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1979; MSc, U.
Cape Town, South Africa, 1986. Lab. technician
Cape Provincial Adminstrn.,
Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa,
1981-82; tchr. Herzlia Mid. Sch., Cape
Town, Western Cape, 1983–84; scientist, edn.
officer, technician South African
Nat. Biodiversity Inst., Cape Town, 1985–2000,
chief info tech. adviser, 2000–11,
dep. dir., info. tech. adv. svcs., 2011–.
Author: (book) Common Names of Karoo
Plants: Strelitzia 16. Bishop Ch. of Jesus
Christ Latter=day Saints, Cape Town,
1982–83, 2014– clerical mem., 1983–. Cpl.
Engrs., 1972–82, Kroonstad.
Achievements include patents pending for
SkyHose, airborne hose for fighting bush
fires; first to develop combination of various
ecological, species distribution and
gazetteer databases for facilitating
georeferencing of biological specimens and
species Research, Wood Badge, Boy Scouts of
South Africa 1993. Office: South
African Nat Biodiversity Inst Kirstenbosch
Rsch Ctr Pvt Bag X7 Claremont Western
Cape 7735 South Africa Home: 45 D'Urban St
Bothasig Western Cape 7441 South
Africa Home Phone: 27-21-558-4693. Office Phone: 27-21-799-8703.; Office Fax:
27-21-797-6903, Home Fax· 27-8319-83579-3933.
Business E-Mail:
l.powrie@sanbi.org.za.
