Foulah Tong: 1960 and Beyond
2 May 2021 at 21:05 |
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Alhaji Dr. Mohammed Leadi Cole is a Pharmaceutical Scientist who was born in Foulah Tong, in the eastern part of Freetown, Sierra Leone. He received his primary Education at the Amaraia School, the East End Municipal and Government Model Schools. He then attended the Sierra Leone Grammar School up to the sixth form.
He studied Pharmacy at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, USA graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Hon.) Degree in 1977. He gained a Master of Science Degree in 1982 in Pharmaceutics, from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, USA. That same year, he returned home and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Forces as the first ever Military Pharmacist, rising to the rank of Captain before retiring. In 1988, Captain Cole won a Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue a PhD Degree in Drug-Formulation at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.