Professor Judith Bishop

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Professor Judith Bishop

• Farewell Breakfast
• 18 June 2009

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Dearest Professor Bishop

• You are crossing the ocean, henceforth saying
  good-bye to South Africa for the time being.
  Saying good-bye to your closest friends and
  family. Saying good-bye to all that you have held
  dear over the past couple of years. Saying
  good-bye to the country that raised you from her
  soil.

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However

• Your closest friends, family and colleagues have
  learned to love you, and they still do. You
  inspired them with your warm heart, tender ways
  and encouraging words You led the way not in a
  threatening manner, but rather in a manner which
  inspires courage not due to fear, but due to
  aspiration.

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Luckily

• Luckily you love technology. Luckily we have all
  managed to cope with it. Luckily we get things
  like Skype, e-mails, Facebook and apparently
  there is something known as TwitterI do not know
  it yet, but I am sure you do. Because, you LOVE
  technology.

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Therefore

• Dear Professor, although you are crossing the
  oceanyou are ever closer to our hearts. Your
  presence will still be felt because you will not
  forget us. You will be a constant reminder when I
  look at the Mac. You will be a constant graceful
  personality at the numerous conferences. And your
  pictures will only multiply.

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Therefore

• We have not lost you. We will never forgot you.
  Nor will Pretoria ever forget you. We are all
  here today not because it is a free breakfastbut
  because we wanted to be here, with you. May these
  last few days be extraordinarily special.

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• And now I can end by saying Thank You We
  Love You.
• I hope these following messages inspire you when
  the days get cold and the people get funny in
  America.

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From Karen Lazenby

• Dear Judith
• In the ten years that I've known you, you have
  accomplished so much and yet you remained
  friendly and down-to-earth. Your new career is
  terribly exciting and I wish you everything of
  the best!
• Warm regards

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From Jakkie Pretorius

• Dear Judith,
• Best wishes on your exciting new venture. I
  really appreciate the input I received from you
  over the years, and I sincerely hope that your IT
  user experience improved since we first met about
  9 years ago! Bon voyage, and I'll appreciate the
  opportunity to stay in contact
• Kind regards

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From Liz Jones

• Thank you, Judith, for the wonderful working
  relationship we had - wishing you every happiness
  in your new career!

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From Marie Muller

• Dear Judith,
• my Bookclub pal and room mate during our Nile
  trip, I'm going to miss you! But, fortunately
  we're only an e-mail and Facebook apart! Hope to
  follow your success in Seattle with interest!
• Stay in contact, dear friend!
• Love

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From Tommie Meyer

• Dear Judith.
• Good luck with this exciting opportunity. I'm
  sure you will be just as successful in this as
  you are in academic life. All the best.

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From Johnny Lo

• Dear Prof Bishop
• It has been a pleasure working with you for
  the past 10 years and seeing you morph from an
  academic into a techno geek! Many thanks for
  providing the Polelo group with the best possible
  resources and environment to accomplish into what
  we are today. Thanks for been a wonderful teacher
  and a friend. I hope we could still keep in touch
  and wish you all the best.
• Bon Voyage.

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From Andre van der Westhuizen

• Thanks Judy for the friendship. Thanks for the
  drive. Thanks for the enthusiasm. Go well.

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From Roelf Sandenbergh

• Judith
• Thanks for the special and unique contribution
  you made to the Faculty and University.
• Regards

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From Izette Willemse

• Dear Prof Bishop
• The University is losing a remarkable lecturer
  and researcher with your departure. All the best
  for all your future ventures. Thank you for all
  your help always.
• Kind regards

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From Stefan Gruner

• All the best wishes, for joy and success in
  your new position in America

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From Piet van der Westhuizen

• I wish you huge success with your new career!
• With best regards

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From Nadia Stolz

• It was really nice knowing you and working
  with you. I wish you all the best for the
  future!!!
• God Bless!
• Regards

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From May Chan

• Thank you for everything.
• You were one of the rare motherly teachers I
  have come across so far and it was my absolute
  privilege to have know you.
• You are going to be deeply missed by our
  research group, the one and only Polelo.

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From Gerda Fourie

• I wish you all of the best for the future. May
  the love of JESUS CHRIST be in your heart
  wherever you go. It was a honour working together
  with you on the THRIP projects.
• Best wishes

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From Scott Hazelhurst

• Dear Judith
• Best wishes for your new venture. You have made
  a huge contribution to the
• development of computer science in South Africa
  and am sure you will
• continue to make an impact.
• At a personal level, you have been very
  influential -- as my first year
• lecturer, as my honours lecturer, my first boss
  and a wise counsel and aid
• ever since. There are two incidents in particular
  that I remember your
• kindness and help in my honours year where a bout
  of chicken pox in the
• middle of exams plus over-commitment in student
  politics hit my hard and
• you supported me in catching up and your help in
  giving me my first job and
• giving me support. Most of all I would like to
  commend you as a role model
• in your enthusiasm for computer science as a
  discipline. You have shown me
• what exciting field it is, and how important it
  is to communicate that in
• teaching and in research.
• All the best, and keep in touch!

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Wits 1987
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From Professor John Skinner

• Dear Judith
• It really is sad when the University and
  South Africa lose such a talented scientist to a
  western country so fully endowed already with
  such talent.
• On behalf of the Royal Society of South
  Africa hearty congratulations on what must surely
  be a prestigious promotion and our very best
  wishes for a successful transfer and continued
  outstanding progress in your chosen career.
• I am looking forward to maintaining personal
  contact for the next few months at any rate, via
  the festschrift to honour emeritus professor
  Derek Henderson FRSSAf and I hope you will
  continue to retain contact with science at large
  in South Africa through your Fellowship of the
  Society.I should add that, had you remained in
  South Africa, the plan was to involve you
  strongly in Royal Society affairs, especially in
  promoting your branch of science and also
  involving more women.
• With warm regards and best wishes

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From Kathrin and John Müller

• Dear Judith
• Unfortunately we are not able to attend your
  farewell breakfast. We would have loved to be
  there. Thank you for all the unforgettable times
  we shared being part of the Polelo team. We often
  think back to those days with fond memories, and
  know they will surely accompany us for the
  remainder of our lives.
• We wish you all of the very best for all that
  lies ahead and know you will make a great success
  of it.
• God bless

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From Anke Rädel

• Dear Judy
• I am sad to hear that you will be leaving the
  University of Pretoria soon! You have always
  been a wonderful sounding board and source of
  information for me in all aspects of computer
  science! You have made invaluable contributions
  on various panels of the NRF and the former FRD
  and I was particularly grateful for your lucid
  assessment of applications for NRF scholarships
  many years ago! A BIG thank you for all your
  help and advice over the years!
• I wish you well for the new chapter in your
  life and hope that it will bring you good health
  and exciting new challenges.
• I will certainly miss knowing that I cannot
  call on you any more in my professional capacity
  but hope that our paths will still cross somehow,
  someplace.
• Fond regards

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From William Bishop

• To the woman who gave me life.. May this next
  journey be one of the greatest. I am so proud to
  call you my mum.

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From Rachel Bothma

• Dearest Professor
• I wish I had the opportunity to work with you
  for a longer period. These past few months have
  been so inspirational. Thank you for your
  patience, guidance, and trust.
• Love

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A very loved Mother
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A very hardworking Woman