COMLAN A A QUENUM, Diplomat, Official. Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization. Honorary D., University of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 70, National University of Zaire, 73; Commander, National Order of the Republic, Ivory Coast; Etoile Equatoriale, Gabon; Order of Merit, Congo; Order of Merit, Senegal; Order of Merit, Dahomey.
Education
African School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dakar, Senegal, 1948-1952, Diploma. Faculty of Sei, University of Bordeaux, 1954-1955, Bachelor of Medicine. Med Faculty, University of Bordeaux, 1954-1957, Doctor of Medicine.
University of Dakar, 1958, Certificate Zoology, 1959, Certificate Biology, 1960, Certificate Animal Physiology, 1962, Agrégé Histology & Embryology. Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dakar, 1966, Professor. Spoken languages: French.
Career
Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization since 1965. Chief of Histology Study, Joint Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dakar, Senegal since 1959. Member, World Health Organization Expert Committee on Professional & Technical Education of Medicine and Auxiliary Personnel, 1964-1965.
Professor, Joint Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Dakar, 1963-1964. Professor of Embryology & Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dakar, 1959-1963. Chief Physician, Infirmary, Senegal, 1953-1954.
Membership
Senior Academic Council, National University of Zaire. Biological Association of West Africa. Société Médicale d’Afrique Noire de Langue Française.
Comité de Patronage des Journées Médicales de Dakar. Intl Society of Research on Medical Education. Golf Club of Brazzaville.