Ph.D. Educational Planning, Policy Making and Administration, University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of several books and articles dealing with Retention and Graduation. He has received numerous awards; most recently the Gold Peace Medal from the Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative in September of 2007 and the Silver Medal from the University of Maryland College of Education in May of 2007.He is a Founder, Chair, and Executive Board member of several civic organizations in the US, including PDC. He had served as President of the Teacher’s Federation-Ethiopia/Eritrea (1970-1973.) He has also received Gold Medal for peace from the Society of Ethiopians Established in Diaspora (SEED) in 2008.