Prof Mueller quickly proved himself to be an extremely dedicated teacher in a tough environment. He served as Chair of the Governing Committee and then Head of School for about 10 years. He spent the next 33 years at Wits, rising through the ranks to associate professor.
He was born in Johannesburg in 1949 and matriculated at King Edward VII High School.Īfter completing his honours degree, he spent a short time in industry, and completing his master’s degree at Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg), he returned to Wits in 1981 in response to a call to help a new division as it was emerging into an independent Department of Computer Science. Professor Conrad Steven Mueller (BSc 1975, BSc Hons 1976, PhD 1989) a pioneer of computer science at Wits and in South Africa died on 23 November 2023.
