Dick W. Emuchay (5 August 1919 – 8 May 2011), also referred to as "D. W. Emuchay", was a Nigerian medical doctor and administrator. He served as the first chairman of the Public Service Commission of the East Central State. In 1981, Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe, Governor of Imo State, appointed Emuchay as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the newly created Imo State University, later Abia State University He served in that position until 1985. He is reputed to have set up the first privately run rural hospital, when in 1961 he set up a 180 bed cottage hospital in his home town of Azumini, in Ukwa East, Abia State
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5 August 1919 Abak, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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Died |
8 May 2011 (aged 91)
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Zodiac | Leo |
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