By Frank Sainworla, Jr. fsainworla@yahoo.com
Just hours from the close of the year 2019, Liberia lost one of its finest Academics, Dr. Frederick Gbegbe, Sr,. former President of the state owned University of Liberia (UL).
Family members of the late Academic confirmed in Monrovia Monday evening that Dr. Gbegbe died on December 31, 2018 at the ELWA hospital in Paynesville on the outskirts of the Liberian capital.
A daughter of the former UL President, Mrs. Hawa Gbegbe Dahn told www.newspublictrust.com Monday night, that Dr. Gbegbe died after a period of illness, when he was rushed to the hospital.
“A very sad day for Lofa and Liberia just few hours to 2019.
worked with him over those years as a recording secretary on the Board.
Dr. Gbegbe was a tough and very principal minded man.
He worked for over 30 years in the educational sectors in Liberia,” says Kolubah Akoi, a prominent Liberian from the northwestern Lofa County..
Dr. Gbegbe served one time as a President of the University of Liberia and later moved to the Cuttington University Graduate School, where he served as Vice President for Academic Affairs.
He was retired earlier this year.
The late Dr. Gbegbe served as the first Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Lofa Country Community College for 5 years.
“I worked with him over those years as a recording secretary on
the Board.
Dr. Gbegbe was a tough and very principal minded man.He
worked for over 30 years in the educational sectors in Liberia,” says Kolubah
B. Akoi, a prominent Liberian from the northwestern Lofa County..
The fallen UL President was a little over 70 years and he is survived by several children and a host of relative.
His wife, Mrs. Mildred Gbegbe, who once served as a senior official of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Monrovia office died earlier this year.
The body of the former UL President is presently deposited at the Samuel A. Stryker Funeral Parlours awaiting funeral rites.
Dr. Gbegbe was a Science Education Specialist.