PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family: Son of Reginald and Sarah; Married Emma Joffrion; Children: Ochieng & Ayoka Education: Savannah State Col, BS, biol, 1965; Tufts Univ, MS, 1971. Memberships: Bd dir, Beaufort Jasper Water Admin, 1978-82; Hilton Head Rural Water, 1980; Planning comm, Beaufort Co Planning Comm, 1982; Bible Transl Comt; chmn, Gullah-Geechee Cult Heritage Corridor Comn. Addresses: Office: 70 Honey Horn Rd, PO Box 22136, Hilton Head, SC, United States 29925 Phone: Office: (843) 681-7066.
CAREER
Harvard Sch Pub Health, Boston, res asst, 1965-68; Process Res Cambridge, Boston, biologist, 1968-70; Bramley Health Comm Ctr, Boston MA, asst dir, 1971; Beaufort Jasper Comprehensive Health, dir comm serv, 1971-80; Pa Ctr, dir, 1980, hon paramount chief, 1989, exec dir emer, 2002; Gullah Heritage Consult Serv, founder, dir & pres, currently.
AWARDS
South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, 1999; Governor's Award, 1999; DHL, Bank Street Col, 2000; Carter G. Woodson Memorial Award, National Education Association, 2005.
Achievements:
Author: Gullah Cultural Legacies, 2003; published numerous publications.