Selassie Seyoum Gebre (1936-)
Seyoum Gebreselassie born in 1936 in Ethiopia.
He had a BA from University College Addis Ababa in 1959. An MA in Social Service Administration from the Tata Institute in India in 1961 and another MA in Sociology leading to a PhD in Sociology and Social Work at the University of Michigan in 1976.
He worked for Awassa Community Development Training and Demonstration Center in Ethiopia, becoming its Director between 1961 and 1964. He taught social work at Haile Selassie University between 1967 and 1968 and was Dean.
He was a founder of the first effort to establish an African Association of Schools of Social Work (ASWEA) and served as a member of the executive and vice president of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) representing the Africa region. He served as member of executive of the International Council of Social Welfare between 1968 and 1972.
He was one of the leaders in the reestablishment of social work education in Ethiopia in the 21st century and achieved the highest academic rank, full professor, in 1995.
His thesis was titled Government and the promotion of social equality – a comparative analysis of selected developing countries.
Also see biography written by Wassie Kebede in Encyclopedia of Social Work title Gbreselassie, Seyoum
Selassie, S. G. (1976). Government and the promotion of social equality – a comparative analysis of selected developing countries. PhD Thesis. University of Muchigan