Governor, a position he held until his death in August 1989. Dr. de Kock also served as a Director and later as Chairman of the National Finance Corporation and its "successor" the Corporation for Public Deposits. Other positions occupied by him included that of Alternate Governor (later Governor) for South Africa on the Board of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), Governor for South Africa on the Board of the Development Bank for Southern Africa, member of the Committee of Twenty and member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council. Dr De Kock played an important role in professional bodies through active participation and delivering lectures. In 1980 and 1981 he was the President of the Economic Society of South Africa and also served one term as President of the Institute of Bankers in South Africa. Honorary doctorates and awards received / bestowed on Dr de Kock included the following: 1982 - D.Econ. (University of Natal) 1983 - Stals Prize for Economics - (SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns) 1987 - D. Com. (University of Port Elizabeth) 1988 - D.Com. (University of Pretoria & Potchefstroom University for CHE) 1990 - Frans du Toit Medal - (SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns) Other distinctions included his election as an honorary Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in South Africa in 1984 and his election by Euromoney magazine as "Central Banker of the Year" in 1988. After his death the University of Pretoria instituted the Gerhard de Kock Memorial Lecture, which was delivered annually by a prominent personality in the field of central banking. A bronze bust of Dr de Kock by the sculptor Jo Roos remains to this day, to the entrance of the Gerhard de Kock Auditorium in the Head Office Building of the Reserve Bank. References 1926 births 1989 deaths Afrikaner people Governors of the South African Reserve Bank 20th-century South African businesspeople 20th-century South African economists