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In Memoriam: Alexander A. Kwapong, Former UNU Vice-Rector
It is with great sadness that the United Nations University announces the death of Prof. Alexander Adum Kwapong, UNU Vice-Rector from 1976 to 1988. Prof. Kwapong died in Accra, Ghana on 9 August 2014, aged 87.
Working with UNU’s second rector, Dr. Soedjatmoko, he was instrumental in the establishment of the first UNU institute — UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) — and the first institute established in Africa — UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), based in Accra, Ghana.