20 Facts About Ebenezer Laing

Ebenezer Laing, was a Ghanaian botanist and geneticist who served as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon.

Ebenezer Laing was a professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, and later an emeritus professor.

Ebenezer Laing was a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, inducted in 1965.

Ebenezer Laing was born in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana on 28 June 1931.

Ebenezer Laing was educated at the all-boys' Anglican boarding school, Adisadel College and continued at Achimota School for sixth form.

Ebenezer Laing was the recipient of the Basindale Prize for ranking second in his class.

Ebenezer Laing proceeded to Corpus Christi College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge where from 1954 to 1958, he earned a doctoral degree in Genetics as a student of Sir Ronald Fisher.

Ebenezer Laing was appointed a lecturer at the University of Ghana's botany department and rose through the ranks to become a full professor.

Ebenezer Laing later became the chairman of the botany department.

Ebenezer Laing served as the Hall Master of Legon Hall, of which he was an alumnus.

Ebenezer Laing was an external examiner at other universities on the African continent.

Ebenezer Laing was a board member, advisor or consultant to several institutions: the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences where he was elected a Fellow in 1965, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Cocoa Research Institute, the Volta Basin Research Project and the Population Dynamics Program at the University of Ghana, Legon.

Ebenezer Laing was a Founding Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, elected in 1985.

Ebenezer Laing provided advisory services to the development of new higher education initiatives in both the public and private sector in Ghana.

Ebenezer Laing co-chaired the ninth PEEM meeting at the World Health Organization in 1989, and was the national counterpart for the organization of the 1992 three-week Health Impact Assessment training course "Health Opportunities in Water Resources Development", held in Akosombo, Ghana.

Ebenezer Laing was married to Mildred Laing and had three children.

Ebenezer Laing was an amateur photographer and a trained concert pianist with special interest in classical music from the Baroque and Romantic periods.

Ebenezer Laing played tennis and was a technology-savvy biologist, taking up computer programming in his old age as a hobby.

Ebenezer Laing died in Accra on 19 April 2015 from natural causes.

Ebenezer Laing was buried at the Osu Cemetery in Accra.