It is often said that "not how long one lived, but what one was able to achieve while on earth." Seemingly, this is the case of the late Fatu Gittens-White, former chair of the Management Department and associate professor in that department at the University of Liberia, whose funeral drew a large number of persons last Saturday to bid her farewell at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Camp Johnson Road. Expecting that there would be a large turnout, canopies were constructed before the church to help with the sitting capacity.
The few tributes, including those from the Liberian government, the University of Liberia and the church, recounted the services of Madam White, as a teacher, a church member, a manager and member of the society. She was eulogized for being an antithesis of mediocrity in the educational field and also for teaching her students, especially females, basic etiquettes.
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