{"id":38504,"date":"2014-08-11T14:42:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T14:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=38504"},"modified":"2014-08-11T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T18:43:13","slug":"first-ghanaian-vice-chancellor-of-ug-dies-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/first-ghanaian-vice-chancellor-of-ug-dies-at-87\/","title":{"rendered":"First Ghanaian Vice Chancellor of UG dies at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Ghanaian Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Alexander Adum Kwapong has died.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kwapong died on Saturday, August 9, at age 87.<\/p>\n<p>He was also the chairman of the Council of State under the erstwhile Kufuor administration.<\/p>\n<p>Born on March 8, 1927, Prof Kwapong attended Achimota School and proceeded to Cambridge for his tertiary education.<\/p>\n<p>He then came to the University of Ghana in 1953 where he rose from the ranks of a lecturer and later became the Vice Chancellor in 1966 and served for eleven years in that position.<\/p>\n<p>He was the first ever Ghanaian to have acted in that position.<\/p>\n<p>He was chairman of the Council of State from 2001-2005.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Ghanaian Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Alexander Adum Kwapong has died. 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