Bio

This biography portal gives us a glimpse into the heart of Zach Fomum but leaves room for an authoritative biography and other biographies to present the man and the work God did through him, his ministry, and personal influence, to the glory of our exalted Lord Jesus Christ.

Zach Fomum - His origins

Zacharias Tanee Fomum was born on 20th June 1945 to Papa Solomon Fomum Tanee and Mama Rebecca Angum. Papa Solomon was a born-again Presbyterian minister with a wife who led the church’s women’s group and the choir. Theirs was a small family with an elder brother and sister. After the arrival of Zacharias in 1945, the family kept growing as a younger sister and two younger brothers were born to the family between 1950 and 1960.

The family grew to six children, four of whom were boys and two girls. So it was Peter Akum Fomum, Mary Uko Mbafor, Zacharias Tanee Fomum, Hodia Ngomwi Fon, Calvin Atud Fomum and Emmanuel Mbah Fomum.

Zacharias Tanee Fomum was born in Wumnembug to parents who were from Atuakuh, Effah, Batibo, North West Region of Cameroon. He was born into a Christian home.

An unusual childhood

Zach had an unusual environment for the first four years of his primary school life. The young man learned from his father that he had to be first in class.
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God-send parents

Both his father and mother were radical disciplinarians.  His father, Solomon Fomum Tanee, was a supervisor of over eighty Presbyterian congregations scattered in the district.

Awards & Honor

The reward for a job well done is more work
May and Baker

May and Baker

Prize for outstanding performance in Chemistry

October 1968
Outstanding Performance

Outstanding Performance

in the Final Degree Examination

October 1969
Rockefeller Research Fellow

Rockefeller Research Fellow

The University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

February 1976
 
Doctor of Science

Doctor of Science

From the University of Durham in Organic Chemistry

July 2005