Dick W. Emuchay

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Sir, Dr

| name = Dick Waobianyi Emuchay

| honorific-suffix = MB ChB MFR

| image = Dick_W_Emuchay.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|8|5}}

| birth_place = Abak, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1995|5|8|1919|8|5}}

| death_place = Azumini, Nigeria

| office = Chairman, Public Service Commission East Central State Nigeria

| term_start = 1972

| term_end = 1976

| predecessor = None (position created)

| successor = None (new states created)

| office2 = Chairman, Public Service Commission Imo State Nigeria

| term_start2 = 1976

| term_end2 = 1982

| office3 = Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council Imo State University now Abia State University

| governor3 = Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe

| term_start3 = 1982

| term_end3 = 1985

| alma_mater = University of St Andrews

| profession = Medical Doctor

| spouse = {{marriage|Christiana Nne Alali|1956}}

| nationality = Nigerian/British

}}

Dick W. Emuchay {{Audio|Ig-Dick Emuchay.ogg|listen|help=no}} (5 August 1919 – 8 May 1995), also referred to as "Sir D. W. Emuchay", was a British-Nigerian medical doctor and administrator. He served as the first chairman of the Public Service Commission of the East Central State. In 1981, Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe, Governor of Imo State, appointed Emuchay as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the newly created Imo State University, later Abia State University He served in that position until 1985. He is reputed to have set up the first privately run rural hospital, when in 1961 he set up a 180-bed cottage hospital in his home town of Azumini, in Ukwa East, Abia State.

The first medical doctor from Azumini, Emuchay was unanimously elected the first national chairman of the Azumini Welfare Association during the association's inaugural meeting on 30 December 1958.{{cite web|last1=Ejike G.|first1=Ubani|title=The Birth of a Lightning Rod: Azumini Welfare Association|url=http://nebula.wsimg.com/47b54eb9ed136d538d01b46cfff2193b?AccessKeyId=5CB1B8B07D40F9690116&disposition=0&alloworigin=1|accessdate=1 October 2014}} He also played a role in establishing the National Secondary School, Azumini.{{cite news|last1=Briggs|first1=John DeQ|title=Doctor has Only Lawn in Village; Houseboys Cut it.|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%20Disk3/Watertown%20Times/Watertown%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201966%20Jan%20Grayscale.pdf/Watertown%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201966%20Jan%20Grayscale%20-%200414.pdf|accessdate=1 October 2014|work=Watertown Daily Times|date=24 January 1966}}