- Romeo A. Horton
Romeo Alexander Horton (1923-2005 was an
Americo-Liberian and was the founder and former president of theCentral Bank of Liberia . Horton was also a civil servant and was the Assistant Economic advisor toWilliam Tubman before he was promoted tofirst Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Labor .Early life
Romeo Horton was born to Reverend Daniel Horton and Ora Milner Horton on August 20, 1923 in
Monrovia, Liberia . Horton began his education at theRicks institute inVirginia under the tutelage of his father who was principal. Hortons's father transferred to theBooker Washington Institute (specifically to the Agriculture Department) and Horton also enrolled there and graduated his eighth grade class in 1937.Sources
* http://liberiandeathpage.com/article_2006_03_4_3749.html
* http://runningafrica.com/Announcements-12232005_RomeoHorton.html
* http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/categoryfront.php/id/25/Obituaries.html
* http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1045/A_._Romeo_Horton_Is_Dead.html
* http://www.africanfront.com/banks.php
* http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1654/is_200410/ai_n7631803
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