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Diemont, Marius
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Judge Diemont served as President of the SRC in 1933/34, when he was a student at UCT. In 1954 he was elected to the University Council, on which he served for over thirty years - for nearly half of this period, as Deputy Chairman. He also served as President of the University Court, and on the Governing Board of the Baxter Theatre. In 1976 he was honoured with an LLB(Honoris Causa) by this university. As well as devoting time to his Alma Mater, Judge Diemont was involved in the Simon van der Stel Foundation, which was established in 1959. Its purpose was to protect, preserve and restore historic buildings of the Cape, especially homesteads. He was also particularly interested in libraries,and served on the governing body of the Friends of the South African Library. This collection reflects these personal involvements, though the majority of the papers are professional papers. Mostly they concern cases where Judge Diemont himself presided.