Bourghibe, I could not find record of doctoral work by Ajaratou Njie Saidy. Do you know if it was an honorary doctorate? I am informed she spent ONE month at the univ. college of Swansea for an MSc. in Econ. I have to figure out how to do a masters in a month or maybe her prior experience of 5 months at the Research Institute in the Netherlands in Industrial Mgmt. was accorded credit toward the masters. I have to find that out too I guess. I was also informed she spent 2 months at the univ. of the Phillipines for a certificate in small scale ind inf. mgmt. I will call St. Mary's College in Maryland to ascertain doctoral work. If you mean St. Mary's Univ. in Halifax or The Gambia Univ., please let me know when you're able. I spoke with St. Mary's College in Maryland. They are a 4-year Liberal Arts College. They do not confer Master's or Doctorate degrees. They did however inform me that The President of Gambia had given a speech there once and that a Professor of Anthropology, Bill Roberts who handles an exchange program with Gambia may have conferred or recommended an honorary doctorate on Ajaratou Isatou Njie Saidy. I was informed that Bill Roberts is not associated with the College President's office or the administration of the College. Therefore, when he confers honorary degrees, which he may do because he is a private individual, It does not go in the Alumni Records or The Registrar's Records unless the College itself acknowledges such honor. I have a feeling this may be a case of an over-zealous professor given to pomp and pageantry. It is no wonder H.E. Ajaratou Njie Saidy does not mention this honour on her CV. I could try to reach Bill Roberts and hope to catch him when he's not teaching a class but for my purposes that will not afford any more value. So Bourghibe do you mean another St. Mary's College, Saint Mary's Univ., or The Gambia University? Masoud. Haroun MQDT Darbo. AL Khairawan. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい