Professor Robert Stanley Summers 30 March 1940 – 22 September 2025

A tribute to a remarkable academic and a life well lived

Abstract

Robert Stanley Summers, an Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, formerly the Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA) and known to all as ‘Prof Rob Summers’, died peacefully at his home on the morning of 22 September 2025. He is survived by his wife Prof Beverley Summers, his three sons Neil, Andrew and Matthew, his daughter, Kate, and five grandchildren, all of whom he adored.