FOL Member News

6 Oct, 2023

Anthology Wins Ruppe Award

2023-10-06T13:32:54-04:00

FOL won the 2023 Loret Miller Ruppe Award for Outstanding Community Service for publication of  our anthology “Never the Same Again: Life, Service, and Friendship in Liberia.”

Anthology Wins Ruppe Award2023-10-06T13:32:54-04:00
8 Jul, 2023

Dr. Similih Managwalah Henry Cordor, Chronicler

2023-07-08T15:19:00-04:00

Henry Condor, former co-editor of the LSA Journal, passed away June 29 in Livonia, Michigan, USA. Born in Voinjama, Lofa County, Dr. Cordor was a scholar, a journalist, an analyst of Liberian politics, and a [...]

Dr. Similih Managwalah Henry Cordor, Chronicler2023-07-08T15:19:00-04:00
9 Jun, 2023

Dr. Vernon L. Stone, Archivist, 1944-2023

2023-06-09T15:55:19-04:00

Dr. Verlon Lloyd Stone passed away suddenly at home in Bloomington, Indiana on 30th May, 2023.   He was the founder of the Liberian Collections Project (LCP) at Indiana University, an archive preserving Liberia’s historical and [...]

Dr. Vernon L. Stone, Archivist, 1944-20232023-06-09T15:55:19-04:00
8 Apr, 2023

Dr. Paul E. Mertens

2023-04-08T12:47:14-04:00

Dr. Paul E. Mertens, age 88, of St. Paul, passed away on March 19. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 22 at 11:00 am at Trinity Lutheran Church of Minnehaha Falls, 5212 41st [...]

Dr. Paul E. Mertens2023-04-08T12:47:14-04:00
9 Feb, 2023

Prince Manneh

2023-02-09T12:11:17-05:00

On February 5, 2023, one of Peace Corps Liberia's longest serving staff passed away.  Prince Manneh started out as a security guard before the civil war.  He returned to Peace Corps Liberia in June of [...]

Prince Manneh2023-02-09T12:11:17-05:00
8 Sep, 2022

Joseph Saye Guannu, Liberia’s foremost historian

2022-09-08T12:00:15-04:00

Dr. Guanue died on August 29 in Ganta City, Nimba, at the age of 81.  He was an academic, diplomat, and historian who founded the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Cuttington University.  He [...]

Joseph Saye Guannu, Liberia’s foremost historian2022-09-08T12:00:15-04:00
2 Nov, 2021

We Made the Match !

2021-11-02T16:11:51-04:00

With the help of YOU, Friends of Liberia has raised over $32,000. Coupled with the $25,000 match money from Jim and Pat McGeorge, Cori Maund and Isaac Doss, we have over $50,000 to [...]

We Made the Match !2021-11-02T16:11:51-04:00
7 Sep, 2021

Double Your Donation to COVID-19 Relief

2021-09-07T14:24:27-04:00

Liberia is facing an unprecedented outbreak of COVID and we need your help to continue working alongside partners to send much needed supplies, such as oxygen regulators, to Liberia. Cori Maund & Isaac Doss, Jim & Pat McGeorge, [...]

Double Your Donation to COVID-19 Relief2021-09-07T14:24:27-04:00
12 Aug, 2021

Covid-19 Relief Program Express Ships Oxygen Regulators

2021-08-16T13:00:55-04:00

“People are dying everywhere!” was the subject of an email message received by FOL members Angene and Jack Wilson late in June. Monrovia was experiencing a sudden spike in Covid-19 deaths due to the deadly [...]

Covid-19 Relief Program Express Ships Oxygen Regulators2021-08-16T13:00:55-04:00
18 Jul, 2021

Prof Yekutiel Gershoni

2021-07-19T15:00:25-04:00

The Liberian Studies Association announces with deep sadness the passing of Yekutiel Gershoni, Professor Emeritus, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University and former President of the Liberian Studies Association. Professor Gershoni [...]

Prof Yekutiel Gershoni2021-07-19T15:00:25-04:00
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