Robert Patrick Baffour

Robert Patrick Baffour, (born 14 May 1912 – 6 June 1993), was a Ghanaian engineer, politician and university administrator who served as the first Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He was also a pioneer in engineering education in Ghana. He became the first Ghanaian to obtain a University of London degree in mechanical engineering on Ghanaian soil. and ”The Boy Kumasenu”. In his hometown, Elmina, he organised the festivals, Edina Korye Kuw and the Edina Mpuntu Fekuw. He captained the Number Seven Asafo Company, Nyampafo. Later in life, he practised homeopathic medicine as an amateur.

Awards and honours He was awarded the OBE in the Queen's Coronation Honours in 1953. In 1979, the Ghanaian government invested him with the Order of the Volta. The KNUST decorated him with an honorary doctorate in science.

Personal life His son, Fritz Baffour, a journalist and communication consultant served a Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2016 and the Minister for Information in 2012 under the National Democratic Congress.

Death R. P. Baffour died in Elmina of natural causes on 6 June 1993, aged 81 years. He was buried in the Dutch cemetery of Elmina.