to him during the occasion and it read: "A Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in England and Edinburgh, Professor Archampong is a highly regarded clinician and clinical investigator, a consummate bedside teacher, and a mentor to generations of West African surgeons. He has, by his dedicated application and singular devotion, made significant contributions to the development of postgraduate medical education in West Africa in the areas of appropriate, affordable and accessible surgical practices, and in the acquisition of hands-on skills in surgical manpower development. Blessed with a charming disposition and exemplary character, Professor Archampong personifies the true breed of the West African surgical personality." Selected works Archampong has authored and co-authored articles in a number journals in the field of surgery and on medical education; he has also contributed to several books in these fields. He together with two colleagues edited a significant international text book in surgery which emphasizes the African experience. Some of his works are as follows; (contrib.) Medicine for African Students, (edited by Eldryd Parry, Blackwell, Oxford, 1976); (contrib.) Modern Development in Surgery (edited by Chondrie, Nagpur Press, Nagpur, India, 1976); Medical education and national development in Africa, (1990); Breast Cancer in Ghana, (1990). Personal life Archampong married Catherine Awula-Ata Konotey-Ahulu in 1963. Together they have twelve grandchildren and five children; three boys and two girls. His hobbies include music, gardening and lawn tennis. Archampong passed on Saturday, 14 November 2021 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra. References 1933 births 2021 deaths Alumni of the Accra Academy Alumni of University College London Alumni of the UCL Medical School Ga-Adangbe people People from Accra Academic staff of the University of Ghana 20th-century Ghanaian educators Recipients of the Order of the Volta Fellows of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Academic staff of the University of Ghana Medical School