The UP alumni association is called TuksAlumni Association and is governed by a Board.
The Alumni Relations unit acts as secretariat to the Board and is part of the Department of University Relations of the University of Pretoria.
The TuksAlumni Board consists of ten elected alumni as well as four ex officio members. The Board advises the Alumni Relations unit regarding alumni matters, takes part in the election of the four Convocation members to the University Council as well as in the appointment of the Chancellor of the University. The Board also represents alumni on the UP Institutional Forum.
The TuksAlumni Board consists of:
Elected members
- Mr Nelson Borman
- Mr Naren Harrypersadh
- Dr Hinner Köster (Chairperson)
- Dr Gert Meyer
- Mr Willie Spies
- Mr Neeltjé Wilkens (Deputy Chairperson)
- Mr Joubert van Wyk
Co-opted members:
- Mr Francois Grobler
- Mr Gert-Andries van der Merwe
Ex officio members:
- Representative of Executive Management
- President of the Convocation
- Director: Marketing and Communication
- Deputy Director: Advancement
- The President of the SRC
CHAIRPERSONS OF THE BOARDS OF THE FORMER "BOND VAN OUD-TUKKIES" AND THE TUKSALUMNI ASSOCIATION
- 1918: Prof WA Macfayden
- 1918 - 1921: Mr A Meester
- 1922 - 1938: Mr TPC Boezaart
- 1939 - 1944: Dr FJ le Roux
- 1944 - 1950: Prof BV Lombaard
- 1951 - 1956: Dr H Muller
- 1957 - 1964: Dr AW Lategan
- 1965 - 1968: Dr PS Rautenbach
- 1969 - 1978: Dr DM Joubert
- 1979 - 1984: Dr CG Coetzee
- 1985 - 1988: Dr VE Hesse
- 1988 - 1992: Mr BC Alberts
- 1992 - 1994: Prof HM Siglé
- 1996 - 2008: Mr KM Schultz
- 1996 - 2008: Dr BP Botha
- 2009 - 2010: Mr Rikus Immink
- 2011 - 2013: Mr Willie Spies
- 2014 - 2014: Judge William de Villiers
- 2014 - : Dr Hinner Köster
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