Calie Pistorius

Carl Wilhelm Irene ("Calie") Pistorius
Born	9 August 1958
Alma mater	University of Pretoria, Ohio State University

Carl Wilhelm Irene ("Calie") Pistorius (born 9 August 1958)^[1] is a South African academic who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom.

Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is his cousin's son.

Education

Pistorius obtained the degree B.Sc (Eng) (cum laude) in electronic engineering from the University of Pretoria in 1979 and the degree B.Eng (Hons) (cum laude) in electronic engineering from the same university in 1981. He obtained a M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Ohio State University in the U.S. in 1984, a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering also from the Ohio State University in 1986, and a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1994.

Academic career

Pistorius is a consultant to industry and government on issues relating to strategy, management of technology, technological innovation, competitiveness and national technological policy. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation in South Africa.

Pistorius has published widely both nationally and internationally and has 107 academic publications to his credit. He has received numerous awards and prizes including the prize for the best Ph.D dissertation from the ElectroScience Laboratory at the Ohio State University, the President's Award from the National Research Foundation and the Bill Venter Prize for outstanding contributions to research published in book form by university personnel in South Africa.

At the university, Pistorius was head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering for five years, Director of the Institute for Technological Innovation for four years, Director of Information Technology for two years and Dean of the Faculty for one and a half years.

On 25 February 2009, it was announced that Pistorius would be stepping down from his position as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, in order to take up the role of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, as of 1 September 2009.^[2] Pistorius later came under criticism for his part in the closure of the University of Hull Scarborough Campus.^[3]

References

1. Who's Who of Southern Africa - Professor Carl Wilhelm Irene "Calie" PISTORIUS, retrieved 2009-02-25
2. Resignation of Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Calie Pistorius, retrieved 2009-02-25
3. Engl, Josh Halliday North of; correspondent (2016-03-28). "Hull University students demand refund over campus closure". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-05.