Gershon Collier

Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier (February 16, 1927 – May 25, 1994) was a Sierra Leone Creole diplomat, chief justice of Sierra Leone and educator. His granddaughter is WNBA player Napheesa Collier.

Career

 * He was called to the English Bar at the Middle Temple Inns of Court, London.
 * When Albert Margai left the Sierra Leone People's Party in 1958, Gershon Collier was one of the supporters and was a member of that People's National Party's first executive committee.
 * In 1961, he became Sierra Leone's first permanent representative to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
 * On October 16, 1963, he was designated concurrently ambassador in Washington, D.C. war he was concurrently accredited from 1963-11-20, until 1967-02-17.
 * He got in contact with Gamal Abdel Nasser who became Godparent of his son Gamal.
 * In 1967, Albert Margai arranged his nomination as chief justice of Sierra Leone.
 * However, Albert Margai lost the election in 1967 and Collier lost his office as chief justice.
 * In 1967, Collier migrated to New York City where he took a teaching appointment at New York University.
 * Collier's granddaughter Napheesa Collier won a gold medal in basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.