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The University of Liberia (UL) has held a vigil service for its former president, the late Prof. Dr. Emmet A. Dennis, who died on March 6, 2022 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States of America.<\/span><\/p>\n The vigil service was held Tuesday in the auditorium of the University\u2019s Capitol Hill campus, bringing together the bereaved family, current and former presidents of the University of Liberia, presidents of other universities, government officials, UL vice presidents, faculty, staff and students, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Dennis\u2019 remains were given appropriate escort by UL authorities into the auditorium at the start of the vigil service.<\/span><\/p>\n In a tribute, the President of the University of Liberia Rev. Prof. Dr. Julius Julukon Sarwolo Nelson said the demise of Dr. Dennis is a profound loss for the University of Liberia and the country\u2019s educational sector.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is a profound loss for Liberia\u2019s flagship institution of higher learning, the University of Liberia, and the educational sector of the Republic of Liberia,\u201d said Dr. Nelson, who served as Vice President and Dean of Students during the tenure of Dr. Dennis. <\/span><\/p>\n President Nelson described the late Dr. Dennis as a man of deep trust with extraordinary talent and a gifted administrator par excellence.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHis leadership on the University of Liberia campus was all encompassing and strong. In the last three decades he devoted his time to educating young people at the University of Liberia and in Liberia at large, including the United States,\u201d said Dr. Nelson.<\/span><\/p>\n President Nelson credited the late Dr. Dennis, and Professor Emeritus at the A.M. Dogliotti School of Medicine, University of Liberia, and former member of the UL Board of Trustees, for having advocated for the expansion of the University of Liberia campuses, adding that UL now has four campuses.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Ophelia Inez Weeks, immediate past president of the University of Liberia and current Executive Director of the Ellen Johnson – Sirleaf Center for Women and Development, said she will miss her colleague and mentor, the late Dr. Dennis.<\/span><\/p>\n In a tribute read on behalf of former Liberian President and Visitor of the University of Liberia, Mrs. Ellen Johnson – Sirleaf, Dr. Weeks said it was former president Sirleaf\u2019s utmost pleasure to appoint Dr. Dennis as UL\u2019s 13th president.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe was indefatigable, internationally respected, an eminent professor, scientist and scholar who had a deep commitment to higher education who also had a wonderful sense of humor. A Liberian who had maintained a distinguished and illustrious career in the United States of America,\u201d said Dr. Weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n She said the late Dr. Dennis was a man who helped establish Liberia\u2019s first Biomedical Research Institution and had served as its founding Director in 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n She explained that Dr. Dennis was a strong advocate for the establishment of a National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL). Dr Dennis served as a member of the institute\u2019s inaugural board. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n Delivering the exhortation on the theme: \u201cMission Accomplished, \u201cUL Vice President for Graduate Studies, Rev. Dr. Jonathan C. Taylor said Dr. Dennis completed his task of serving his institution and the country very well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking from a text taken from the New Testament Book II Timothy 4:6, Dr. Taylor described Dr. Dennis as an educator par excellence, a distinguished Liberian scholar, a servant of God and a man of great humility and faith.<\/span><\/p>\n Representative Matthew Zarzar, Chair of the Board of Trustees, University of Liberia, said the vigil service was a celebration of the home-going of a fellow trustee, a scientist, an educator, a professor, a statesman and a visionary. <\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Romelle Horton, President of Cuttington University, said Dr. Dennis\u2019 death truly hit her and the university family hard, adding that \u201cit is difficult to express the sadness that they feel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Horton said the late Dr. Dennis was a dedicated son of this soil [Liberia], a family man, and a strong educator who brought his deep knowledge of academic excellence to a variety of issues that have been critical to the transformation of the educational sector, especially tertiary education.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n The president of the University of Liberia Faculty Association (ULFA), Dr. Edna Johnny, the President of the University of Liberia Staff Association (ULSA) and a representative of the student leadership paid tributes on behalf of their institutions, praising Dr. Dennis for making great impacts in the lives of UL faculty, staff and students during his administration.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The University of Liberia (UL) has held a vigil service for its former president, the late Prof. Dr. Emmet A. 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