Philip Githinji

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Philip Mwangi Githinji was for many years a leading promoter of engineering education and the engineering profession both in Kenya and in Africa at large. At the University of Nairobi he taught thermodynamics, heat transfer, and air-conditioning and refrigeration, among other topics. He earned his PhD there for research into the drying of pyrethrum flowers, a natural insecticide. He eventually rose to become vice-chancellor (president) of Kenyatta University (1987-1992). The president of Kenya decorated him with the award of Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear.