50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION | 1972-2022
BY SHARON MATCHETTE
Growing up in Zimbabwe, Takura Nyamfukudza’s career path was set. When he was 12, Takura’s mom, a nurse; and his sister, a dentist, decided that young Takura would be a doctor. That determination continued unchallenged through the family’s immigration to the United States when Takura was 16, through his time in boarding school … and right up until his first biology class in his freshman year of college.
Takura Nyamfukudza BY SHARON MATCHETTE
It quickly became clear to Takura (Moore Class, 2013) that his academic passion resided somewhere other than with Biology 101. “I passed,” he reported, “but I had zero interest.” In his second semester at Indiana University-Purdue University, he switched his major to political science. Takura’s interest in a legal career was sparked when he sat in on some law-related classes at his undergraduate school. Upon the recommendation of a friend, Takura checked out WMU-Cooley and soon enrolled. A calling to the law and service is a bit of a family tradition. In addition to his mom and sister serving in the health fields, Takura has an aunt who is a solicitor and barrister in England. His maternal grandfather in Zimbabwe served as an interpreter in pre-independence court, imbuing Takura with the importance of “always doing the right thing.”
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