Former President John Mahama on Monday received the family of renowned physician Dr Emmanuel Evans-Anfom to formally inform him of his passing.

The scholar and former university administrator died on April 7, 2021. He was the second Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) from 1967 to 1973.

He was credited as the originator of matriculation events at universities, which he introduced during his tenure at KNUST.

The celebrated surgeon who was born on October 7, 1919 left behind four children.

In attendance was the Mr Mahama's 2020 running mate, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang.