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Prof Kwesi Andam laid to rest
Ekumfi Atakwaa (C/R), March 1, GNA - A
large number of mourners from all walks of life including
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Friday attended the burial
of Professor Kwesi Akwansah Andam, the immediate past Vice
Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology (KNUST) at Ekumfi Atakwaa in the Central Region.
Also among the mourners were Prof John Evans Atta Mills,
presidential candidate of the main opposition National
Democratic Congress, Dr Kwesi Nduom, flagbearer of the
Convention People’s Party, Most Reverend Peter Cardinal
Appiah Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Bishop Robert
Aboagye Mensah of the Methodist Church of Ghana and Maulvi
Wahab Adam, Ameer and the Missionary of Ahmadiyya Muslim
Mission.
In a tribute, President Kufuor described Prof Andam as a
devoted citizen who showed a great love for his country.
He said he never felt disappointed for making him the Vice
Chancellor because he brought great transformation into the
University during his tenure.
In a sermon, Bishop Aboagye Mensah said Prof Andam
experienced God's love and was prepared to share it with
others.
He said Prof Andam never forgotten to praise and adored God
whenever he brought joy and satisfaction into his life.
Prof Andam who held the post of Vice Chancellor from 2002 to
2006, died at the 37 Military Hospital on December 14 2007,
after a short illness.
He was born at Ekumfi Atakwaa on December 15 1946 and
attended Ghana Secondary Technical School at Takoradi and
later Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
where he read civil engineering.
He obtained his PhD in Structural Engineering Computer Aided
Design (CAD) Division at the University of Newcastle, Upon
Tyne in the United Kingdom.
Prof Andam took up appointment as a lecturer with KNUST and
was promoted a senior lecturer in 1985, an associate
professor in 1992 and a full professor in 1997.
He was a prolific writer who had over 100 science books and
papers to his credit.
Prof Andam held many positions in and outside the country
and was the seventh Vice Chancellor of KNUST.
He left behind a wife, Prof Araba Bentil Andam and four
children.
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