Duke welcomes Bellarmine to Cameron Friday night for the first game in the Mako Medical Duke Classic Honoring Dr. Onye E. Awkari.
Who was Dr. Akwari? This is from GoDuke.com:
DUKE TO HONOR LEGENDARY DR. ONLY E. AKWARI The late Dr. Akwari, a Nigerian-American and the first African-American surgeon on the faculty of Duke University, passed away in Durham in April 2019 at the age of 76…Recruited to Duke as associate professor of surgery in the School of Medicine in 1978, Akwari was revered for advancing the cause of both underrepresented minorities and women in the field of medicine.