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September 03, 2014

 

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LATE PROF. ALEXANDER ADUM KWAPONG
AT THE GREAT HALL, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON

Friday 12th September 2014
Vigil at the Forecourt of the Great Hall
Alexander Adum Kwapong Quadrangle

6:30 p.m - 8.30 pm
Saturday 13th September, 2014

Burial Service at the Great Hall &
Forecourt / Alexander Adum Kwapong Quadrangle

Viewing: 7:30 a.m.

Service: 9:30 a.m.

Final Funeral Rites follow at the Forecourt of the Great Hall, after interment.

Dress Code: Black

Sunday 14th September, 2014

Thanksgiving Service during the 10:00 a.m. Service at the Accra Ridge Church

Dress Code: Black and White

Prof. Alexander Adum Kwapong passed on Saturday 9th August 2014, aged 87; leaving an amazing legacy.

He was the father of Akora Korantema Adi-Dako (1973), Akora Oseiwa (1975), Akora Opokua (1977), Akora Adumea (1982), Faake and Kweiki.

Prof. Kwapong attended Achimota School from 1941 - 1945 and proceeded to Cambridge University, UK to read Classics; returning to the University of Ghana where he became the first Ghanaian Vice Chancellor in 1966. He served for 11 years.

Prof. Kwapong was a founding trustee of the Achimota Trust UK .
http://achimotatrust.org/page32.html , and was also the Chairman of the Council of State under the Kufour Administration from 2001 - 2005.

Please click on the link below to access the memorial website:-

http://www.forevermissed.com/alexander-adum-kwapong/#about

May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Condolences to the Kwapong Family.

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