{"id":7923,"date":"2017-01-16T09:22:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T08:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7923"},"modified":"2017-04-18T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:25:52","slug":"egbe-dr-preston-atsegboritse","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/egbe-dr-preston-atsegboritse\/","title":{"rendered":"EGBE, Dr. Preston Atsegboritse"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>medical practitioner, diplomat, bom May 20, 1922, Warri, Delta State; married Ethel Veronica, Afejuaye Da-Silva 1949 (died 1986), four sons, three daughters; Education: Govern mentSchool, Warri, 1929-33,Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, 1934-35, King&#8217;s College,Lagos, 1936-41, HigherCol lege, Yaba, Lagos, 1942-45, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1953-58; Ca reer: Appointed Assistant AgriculturalOf ficer, 1946-53; Medical Officer, Jericho Nursing Home, Ibadan, 1961-62; Medical Officer, General Hospital, Agbor, 1962-64; Medical Superintendent, General Hospital, Benin City, 1969-71; principal Medical Of ficer, Warri Medical Zone, Delta state, 1971- 74; Chief Medical Officer and Secretary, Delta State Hospitals Management Board, 1974-77; Director, Board of Management, Ukpilla Cement Factory, defunct Bendel State, 1978-79;Chairman, Board ofManage ment, Yonwuren College, Warri, 1985; ap pointed Nigerian Ambassador to The Repub lic of Uganda, 1987; Licentiate, Royal Col legeofPhysicians, Ireland; Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; Founder, Mid- West (now Delta and Edo), Motoring Club, 1972; member, Board of Management, Bendel State Amateur Hockey Association, 1985-87; National Honour: conferred with the Order ofthe Officer ofthe Niger, Octo ber 1965; Foreign Honour: conferred withThe Knight of St Gregory the Great, 1975; Hobbies: golf, billiards, snooker, badminton, swimming. Home: Warri, DeltaState.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2398,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7923","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-diplomat","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7923"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}