(ASSAf, 2020-05-27) Joubert, Marina; Raubenheimer, Helgard; Siegfried, Roy
Reinhard Richard Arndt died on 1 January 2020 at the age of 90, and 23 years after his retirement
from his presidency of the Foundation for Research Development in 1996. A detailed account of Arndt’s
professional career is given in Christopher Vaughan’s book A Biography of the Academic Rating System
in South Africa (National Research Foundation; 2015). This collage of personal tributes and reminiscences
commemorate the passing of a remarkable man who played a significant role in the development of
science in South Africa.