Dr. Cyril U. Orji
Cyril is living a retired life after over 20 years in industry as a software engineer with telecommunication companies and defense contractors and nearly 15 years in academia as a computer science professor.
Cyril’s formative years were in Enugu Nigeria where he was born and attended primary school. His experience with the American way of life started when he entered Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Gborokiri, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. This was a joint high school project between the then Government of Eastern Nigeria and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). But the express train to UCLA was derailed by the Nigerian civil war, 1967-1970. At the end of the war, Cyril completed his high school education at St. Teresa’s College, Nsukka. He worked for the Nigerian Posts and Telecommunications (P & T) before coming to the United States for further studies.
Cyril earned a BS (College Honors), Electrical Engineering, an MBA, an MS, Computer Science and a Ph.D., Computer Science, all from the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois. He is married to Adanma (nee Ada Ohiaeri), a registered nurse. Cyril and Adanma are naturalized citizens of the United States and are blessed with four adult children, Uzoma, Obinna, Uzoamaka and Uchenna.
Cyril is an attentive observer. He enjoys talking politics and writing short stories based on everyday observations. He is the author of “Lamentation: An Immigrant’s Dilemma,” a fictional chronicle of the experiences of an immigrant bringing up a family in diaspora.
Cyril can be reached by email: cyorji@yahoo.com OR cyorji@gmail.com
He can also be reached by text or WhatsApp: +1 732.674.8790
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