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BANDA, Pierre
Revision as of 03:28, 17 June 2008 by Lyonbriggs (talk | contribs) (New page: BANDA, Pierre. (Malawi- ). First AFRICAN AMERICAN president of the LORAS COLLEGE Senate. In 1983 Banda avoided elimination in the primary election by one vote. He campaigned on to ...)
BANDA, Pierre. (Malawi- ). First AFRICAN AMERICAN president of the LORAS COLLEGE Senate. In 1983 Banda avoided elimination in the primary election by one vote. He campaigned on to win a three-way contest with 46 percent of the vote-seventy-seven votes higher than his closest challenger. The voter turnout was the highest in six years. Banda, in his freshman year at Loras, was then serving in his first year in the senate.