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...left Obibi-Ezena in Nigeria's Owerri Division in 1948 to study political science and international law in the United States. After a brief stay at Bethune-Cookman College in Florida, he came to Adelphi College in Garden City, Long Island, and by 1950 had won his Bachelor of Arts degree. Enrolling at Harvard that fall, Eze proceeded to win both a Master of Public Administration degree from Littauer, and an M.A. in Government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Tribal Robes to Pin-Stripe Suit | 2/2/1955 | See Source »

When Eze returns to Nigeria to take up the tribal duties he inherited from his grandfather in 1952, he will carry with him the pleasant memories of seven years as an American college student, ranging from his college days at Adelphi to a still-remembered party one night in William James Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Tribal Robes to Pin-Stripe Suit | 2/2/1955 | See Source »

...interest in journalism--he worked both as a cub reporter and a radio newscaster in Nigeria--led him to write a column for the Adelphi paper, under the rather irreverent title of "As Easy Sees It." Everything went well, Eze recalls, until one April 1, when the paper published a special April Fools' edition satirizing the president's wife. After that he turned to other, non-journalistic interests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Tribal Robes to Pin-Stripe Suit | 2/2/1955 | See Source »

...Cover) Manhattan's Adelphi Theater, off Broadway, was filled with a waiting audience. "Thirty seconds!" a tense voice called. The theater hushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Microphone Missionary | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

...Emerson and sprinter Dave Hedberg still managed to turn in pleasing performances. Emerson, besides swimming with the fourth-place medley relay trio in both the trial and final, tied for sixth in the qualifying rounds of the 100 yard breaststroke with Adelphi's Gary Kieler, and managed to edge Kieler by one foot in a swim-off. The Harvard junior then turned in a 63.8 time to take fifth place in the finals from Yale George McFaul...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Swimmers Capture Second In Eastern Intercollegiate | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

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