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PROFILES OF GHANA NATIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS OF APRM

PROF SAMUEL KWASI ADJEPONG
CHAIRMAN

Prof. S. K. Adjepong was born on October 8th 1944. He is a Professor in Physics and was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana for 10 years (1991 - 2001).

Since 1966, he has worked in different capacities in the University of Cape Coast, and rose through the ranks (from a Demonstrator, an Assistant Lecturer, a Lecturer, a Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor), to the post of the Vice-Chancellor of the University. He has attended over 13 international conferences and has to his credit over 30 scientific publications and 10 public lectures and papers delivered at conferences. His numerous publications have been in the areas of Upper Atmosphere Physics, Materials Science, Non-Conventional Energy Physics and Radiative Heat Transfer and Condensed Matter. 

Prof. Adjepong worked as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and later became a Senior Lecturer at the same university. He has been an Associate member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, since 1985, and is a founding member of Ghana Investors and Industrial Property Protection Association, a member of the Ghana Science Association and the American Physical Society. 

Prof. Adjepong has served on over 15 boards and committees in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, UK and the USA, and was the chairperson of five, including the current NAPRM-GC, the Council of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (1999 - 2000) and Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (1992, 1995, 2000).
He has also served as Chief Examiner for undergraduates of the West Africa Examinations Council, External Examiner for the River State and Cross River State Universities and as an external assessor of published articles submitted by academic staff of other universities for promotion to the grade of Senior Lecturer and Associate Professors.

During his ten-year tenure as Vice-Chancellor, the University of Cape Coast saw a number of developments, such as the establishment of an International Exchange Programme with over 20 Universities in Africa, Europe and the USA; the construction of a number of structures, e.g. accommodation hostel for students, office blocks, flats for academic staff and the establishment of a Dental Clinic on the University campus. He also raised over US $2.3 million for various development projects in the university.

Prof. Adjepong is currently the Principal of the Methodist University College, Ghana.

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