Professor Seyoum Gebre-Selassie
(5 June 1936 – 10 February 2007)
Professor Seyoum Gebre-Selassie entered into rest after a short illness
on February 2007. He was born and lived for much of his life in Addis
Ababa. He was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and
Social Anthropology SOSA) at Addis Ababa University (AAU). He earned his
BA in 1959 (Ethiopia), his 1st MA in 1961 (India), his 2nd MA in 1975
(USA), and his Ph.D. in 1976 (USA). Professor Seyoum had an extensive
teaching, research and administrative experiences. He served as a
Director of the Awassa Community Development Training and Demonstration
Center, a Registrar of AAU, a Dean of the School of Social Work (Haile-Selassie
I University), a Dean of the College of Social Sciences at AAU, and a
Chairman of the Department of Sociology at AAU. Prof. Seyoum co-founded
various professional organizations and played leadership roles in most.
Some of the organizations in which he made noble contributions include
the Family of Guidance Association of Ethiopia, the Association for
Social Work Education in Africa, the Ethiopian Society of Sociologists,
Social Workers, and Anthropologists (ESSSWA), the Pastoral and
Environmental Network for the Horn of Africa, and the International
Association of Schools of Social Work.
The staff and students of SOSA and members of ESSSWA are deeply pained
by the news of Professor Seyoum’s death. We will all miss him. May the
bright memories of his great deeds give peace and consolation to his
children, relatives, colleagues, and students.
Professor Seyoum Gebre-Selassie entered into rest after a short illness
on February 2007. He was born and lived for much of his life in Addis
Ababa. He was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and
Social Anthropology SOSA) at Addis Ababa University (AAU). He earned his
BA in 1959 (Ethiopia), his 1st MA in 1961 (India), his 2nd MA in 1975
(USA), and his Ph.D. in 1976 (USA). Professor Seyoum had an extensive
teaching, research and administrative experiences. He served as a
Director of the Awassa Community Development Training and Demonstration
Center, a Registrar of AAU, a Dean of the School of Social Work (Haile-Selassie
I University), a Dean of the College of Social Sciences at AAU, and a
Chairman of the Department of Sociology at AAU. Prof. Seyoum co-founded
various professional organizations and played leadership roles in most.
Some of the organizations in which he made noble contributions include
the Family of Guidance Association of Ethiopia, the Association for
Social Work Education in Africa, the Ethiopian Society of Sociologists,
Social Workers, and Anthropologists (ESSSWA), the Pastoral and
Environmental Network for the Horn of Africa, and the International
Association of Schools of Social Work.