Utrecht University awarded Hugo Tempelman an honorary doctorate this week for his long-standing commitment to community development, particularly children and youth programs and research in rural areas of South Africa. Hugo’s full title is now PhD (h.c), MD, MCM.
From 2007 to 2012, Hugo Tempelman was a visiting lecturer in education and healthcare in resource-poor areas at Utrecht University. In this role, he supervised master’s students at the Faculty of Social Sciences and prepared doctoral studies for UMC Utrecht. In 2015, Ndlovu’s collaboration with Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht took firm shape with the establishment of the Ndlovu Research Consortium, which also includes the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg. As part of this collaboration, 250 students have already conducted research at the Ndlovu Clinic.
The university’s website states: Rector Magnificus Henk Kummeling is proud that Hugo Tempelman will receive an honorary doctorate this year. “As Utrecht University, we are always looking for ways to contribute to a better world, to bridge the gap between new scientific knowledge and social impact. Hugo Tempelman is a role model in this. He uses his expertise to help others. The data obtained in the clinic are in turn the basis for new scientific publications, to which he himself contributes. He is very deserving of an honorary doctorate for social services.”
