IN LOVING MEMORY OF DR. AWETAHEGNE ALEMAYEHU AUGUST 4, 1939 – MAY 22, 2020 A G R E A T H U S B A N D , F A T H E R , G R A N D F A T H E R A N D B R O T H E R Dr. Awetahegne was a genuine soul that radiated happiness to everyone around him. He motivated all of us to live a happy and simple life. May he rest in peace.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DR. AWETAHEGNE ALEMAYEHU
AUGUST 4, 1939 – MAY 22, 2020
A G R E A T H U S B A N D , F A T H E R , G R A N D
F A T H E R A N D B R O T H E R
Dr. Awetahegne was a genuine soul that radiated happiness to everyone around him.
He motivated all of us to live a happy and simple life. May he rest in peace.
Dr. Awetahegne Alemayehu Dr. Awetahegne Alemayehu was born in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia on August 4, 1939 to the late W/ro Selas Gebre-Michael and Ato. Alemayehu Sinque.
Dr. Awetahegne completed his elementary education at Queen Sheba School in Adwa and continued his education at Haile Selassie 1st Secondary School in Addis Ababa. Shortly thereafter, he joined Alemaya College of Agriculture and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Engineering. Pursuing his education further, Dr. Awetahegne came to the United States and completed his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Extension from the University of Missouri in 1967 and also completed his Doctoral Degree in Agricultural Extension from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1975.
Over the years, Dr. Awetahegne served his country Ethiopia by assuming several pivotal positions in the development of his country. He was the Director of Agriculture in Tigray, Vice Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, 1st Vice Chairman of the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa and also a member of the Board of Trustees. In his roles, Dr. Awetahegne was instrumental in shaping the overall functioning of the Ministry and oversaw the operations of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Corporation. Dr. Awetahegne’s expertise also extended in supporting the Ministry of Agriculture in Lesotho, South Africa. Spurred by his love of children, Dr. Awetahegne taught Math to young children in Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland, until his full retirement.
On January 11, 1970, Dr. Awetahegne married W/ro Almaz Beyene, whom he adored so dearly, and from their union their children Yohannes and Belen were born. He was also a beloved grandfather to Mathias and Elias. Dr. Awetahegne was a noble husband and devoted father who inspired his children to realize their full potential.
Dr. Awetahegne was truly dedicated to his family, education and profession and had a strong commitment to his community. He served his term as a Chairman of the Selam Mutual Association of which he was a member for more than thirty years.
Dr. Awetahegne will surely be missed by his wife, his children, grandchildren, brother and his extended family and friends.
የዶ/ር አወጣኸኝ አለምአየሁ አጭር የሕይወት ታሪክ
“እግዚአብሔርን አንዲት ነገር ለመንሁት እርስዋንም እሻለሁ፤ በሕይወቴ ዘመን ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ቤት እኖር ዘንድ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ደስ የሚያሰኘውንም አይ ዘንድ፥ መቅደሱንም እመለከት ዘንድ። በመከራዬ ቀን በድንኳኑ ሰውሮኛልና፥ በድንኳኑም መሸሸጊያ ሸሽጎኛልና፥ በዓለት ላይ ከፍ ከፍ አድርጎኛልና።” መዝሙረ ዳዊት 27፡ 4-5 ዶ/ር አወጣኸኝ ከአባታቸው አቶ አለምአየሁ ስንቄና ከእናታቸው ወ/ሮ ሥላስ ገብረሚካኤል አድዋ ከተማ እ.አ.አ. ነሀሴ 4 ቀን 1939 ዓ.ም. ተወለዱ ::
ዕድሜያቸው ለትምህርት እንደደረሰ እዛው ከተማ በሚገኘው ንግስተ ሳባ ት/ቤት ገብተው የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ትምህርታቸውን አጠናቅቀው፣ የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርታቸውን ለመከታተል አ.አ ወደሚገኘው የቀ.ኃ.ሥ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ት/ቤት ተመድበው ትምህርታቸውን ካጠናቀቁ በኋላ አለማያ በነበረው የግብርና ኮሌጅ ገብተው በአግሪካልቸራል ኢንጂነሪንግ (Agriculatural Engineering) በመጀመሪያ ዲግሪ ተመረቁ:: በመቀጠልም ለበለጠ ትምህርት ወደ ዩናይትድ ስቴትስ በመምጣት ሚዙሪ ስቴት በሚገኘው “ሴንት ሉዊስ” ዩንቨርስቲ በግብርና ኤክስቴንሽን ትምህርት ሁለተኛ (ማስተርስ) ዲግሪያቸውን እ.አ.አ በ1967 ዓ.ም አገኙ:: ትምህርታቸውን ካከናወኑ በኋላ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ተመልሰው የትግራይ ክፍለ ሃገር የእርሻ መምሪያ ኃላፊ እንዲሆኑ ተሹመው በቅንነት ለዓመታት ሰርተዋል::
ለትምህርት በነበራቸው ጉጉት የተነሳ እንደገና ወደ አሜሪካ በመመለስ በስኮላርሽፕ ወደ “ዩኒቨርስቲ ኦፍ ሜሪላንድ” ገብተው በግብርና ኤክስቴንሽን የዶክትሬት ድግሪያቸውን እ.አ.አ በ1975 ዓ.ም አግኝተዋል:: አሁንም ወደ አገራቸው ተመልሰው በልዩ ልዩ መስክ፣ በልዩ ልዩ ደረጃ ሰፊ የስራ አስተዋጽኦ ፈጽመዋል። ለመጥቀስ ያህልም የቡናና ሻይ ኮርፖሬሽን፣ በአካባቢ ጥበቃ እና እድገት፣ በምስራቅ አፍሪካ የበረሃ አንበጣ መከላከያ ድርጅት ቦርድ አባል ቀጥሎም የቦርዱ ሊቀመንበር በመሆን አገራቸውን ኢትዮጵያን በመወከል አገልግለዋል:: እንዲሁም በግብርና ሚኒስቴር ምክትል ሚኒስቴር ማዕረግ ተሹመው ሰፊ ስራ አበርክተዋል:: በተጨማሪም ዘርፍ ሰርተዋል:: በዚህም ወቅት ILCA (የአፍሪካ የቀንድ ከብት ማዕከል) በነበራቸው የተካበተ ልምድ ለድርጅቱ አስተዋፅዖ አበርክተዋል:: ከሀገራቸው ውጪ፣ ደቡብ አፍሪቃ ወደ ምትገኘው ሃገር ሌሴቶ ወደምትባለው አገር በመሄድ ከሰፊው ልምዳቸው በማካፈል ለሃገሪቱ አገልግሎት ሰጥተዋል::
በመጨረሻም ወደ አሜሪካ መጥተው ለልጆች በነበራቸው የተለየ ፍቅር በሜሪ ላንድ የሞንትገሞሪ ካውንቲ የሕዝብ ት/ቤት ተቀጥረው የልጆቹ የሂሳብ ችሎታ እንዲጎለብት ያላሰለሰ ጥረት በማድረግ በጡረታ እስከተገለሉበት ጊዜ ድረስ አስተምረዋል::
ዶ/ር አወጣኸኝ ከወ/ሮ አልማዝ በየነ ጋር እ.አ.አ በጥር 11 ቀን 1970 ዓ.ም በጋብቻ ተሳስረው ለብዙ አመታት አብረው ኖረዋል:: ሁለት ልጆች ፣ ዮሐንስ አወጣኸኝ እና ብሌን አወጣኸኝ የሚባሉ አፍርተዋል:: እንዲሁም የሁለት ወንድ ልጆች ማቲያስ እና ኤልያስ የሚባሉ አያትም ሆነዋል:: ዶ/ር አወጣኸኝ ባለቤታቸውን በፅኑ የሚወዱና የሚያከብሩ መልካም ባል ነበሩ::
ዶ/ር አወጣኸኝ ወዳጆቻቸውንና ጓደኞቻቸውን የሚያከብሩና ጠንካራ ማህበራዊ ግንኙነት የነበራቸው አስተዋይ ሰው ነበሩ:: ከሚጠቀሱት የማህበራዊ ኑሮ ተሳታፊነታቸው አንዱ ከሠላሳ አመታት በላይ ለቆዩበት “የሰላም ማህበር” አባል ከመሆናቸውም በላይ በማህበሩ ሊቀመንበርም ነበሩ:: እነሆ ዛሬ ትልቁ መፅሃፍ አፈር ነህና ወደ አፈር ትመለሳለህ ባለው የማይታጠፍ ትዕዛዙ ፣ ወደ ፈጣሪያቸው ሲሄዱ በመሪር ሃዘን ስንሸኛቸው እግዚአብሔር ነፍሳቸውን በመንግስተ ሰማያት እንዲያኖራት እንጸልያለን::
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DR. AWETAHEGNE ALEMAYEHU
AUGUST 4, 1939 – MAY 22, 2020
“One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his
temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide
me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.”
Psalms 27:4-5 NIV
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