Dato Dr Sharom Ahmat was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs in 1979. He interviewed me in California when I was in 3rd year university in 1979. I then joined USM after I completed my MSc in 1982. He remembers me because I was late for my interview that day and was the last to be interviewed and he waited till I appeared, and said never mind because I had a class. I had informed him earlier before he arrived on campus that I had a class and maybe I could not make it to the interview. After I graduated with my MSc, I reported for duty to him at USM Penang campus on 28 june 1982. This is my first and last job, in shaa Allah. I met him again at the Penang Story Lecture at the E&O Hotel on 18 August 2013.
Penang Story Lecture 17-18 August 2013
Berita Harian, 10 September 1970, Page 2
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