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MenuHomeUpfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon | HOPE, Richard Edward Godfrey (Dick)Born: 1919 04 07Died: 2004 06 25 ArchitectSACA:Reg No: 794 Year registered: 1942 | |
BArch 1942 (Witwatersrand) The Wits Graduation programme for 23 March 1941 lists HOPE as graduating with a Degree of Bachelor of Architecture (with distinction). Obituary published in the Johannian - the magazine of St John's College, Johannesburg - Vol XVI No 2 2004 pp 227 On 25 June 2004, Dick Hope passed away peacefully aged 85 years after a stroke following a fall and hip surgery. He was born in Surrey, England on 7 April 1919 and was educated at The Ridge School and St John's College in Johannesburg. (His younger brother was Robin Hope who retired to Plettenberg Bay.) Dick matriculated in 1936. Dick graduated with a BArch from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1942. Thereafter he volunteered for service in WW2, first as a regular, then in the Engineers Corps. He saw service in the Middle East and later in Italy, rising to the rank of Captain. On his demobilisation he returned to South Africa in 1945. He married Madge Catherine Hope on 1945 11 25. He commenced service in 1946 01 02 with the Cape Foreshore Committee as assistant to the Chief Town Planner and studied Town Planning through the British Town Planning Institute where he passed the qualifying examinations. In 1952 he moved to Ndola where he practiced as an architect in Zambia from 1953-1969. His design for the Anglican Cathedral in Lusaka was controversial and caused division in the diocese of Northern Rhodesia, but was never-the-less built to his plans. Thereafter he relocated to Johannesburg and worked for Goldfields as a Property Consultant. In his public life, Dick gave unselfishly to the community. His association with Rotary International started in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1954 when he joined the Rotary Club of Ndola. He became President of the Rotary Club of Ndola in 1959 and later District Governor of the then District 220 in 1966/1967, a vast area which covered Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mauritius, Reunion, Comoros and Madagascar. After leaving Zambia he moved to Oaklands, Johannesburg before retiring to White River in 1970, remaining a Rotarian. He was a member of the Rotary Club of White River for fifty years. During the Second World War, Dick was mentioned in dispatches in 1946 for his service in Italy. He received the Order of the British Empire in 1962 for his contributions to the public in Zambia. He was Mayor of Ndola on two occasions and later became an Alderman. Dick was awarded the Silver Star - Belgian Red Cross for Public Service in 1962 for the help afforded to the Belgian refugees from the Congo. During his active life Dick was a Council Member of the South African Property Owners' Association from 1968 to 1974 and was Chairman in 1975/1976. He was the proud recipient of a Paul Harris Fellow recognition whilst living in Zambia. Dick is survived by his wife Madge, to whom he had been married for 58 years, their three daughters, and four grandchildren. References | ||
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