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==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Mazoka was born in [[Monze]], [[Zambia]] (then [[Northern Rhodesia]]). He attended Union College, where he graduated in 1969 with a degree in mechanical engineering. For his senior thesis, Mazoka designed and built a wind tunnel in 10 weeks. The tunnel, whose construction attracted attention from the media, filled the basement of the college's Science and Engineering department and would be used for three decades.<ref name="Union">{{cite press release |publisher= Union College |date=June 2, 2006 |url=http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=6469 |title=Mazoka '69, former Zambian presidential candidate, dies |accessdate=2006-06-04}}</ref> | Mazoka was born in [[Monze]], [[Zambia]] (then [[Northern Rhodesia]]). He attended Union College, in Schenectady, New York, where he graduated in 1969 with a degree in mechanical engineering. For his senior thesis, Mazoka designed and built a wind tunnel in 10 weeks on a low budget less than $100. The tunnel, whose construction attracted attention from the media, filled the basement of the college's Science and Engineering department and would be used for three decades.<ref name="Union">{{cite press release |publisher= Union College |date=June 2, 2006 |url=http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=6469 |title=Mazoka '69, former Zambian presidential candidate, dies |accessdate=2006-06-04}}</ref> | ||
Mazoka loved to play sports. He distinguished himself as a soccer player at Union College. He worked summers at General Electric.<ref name=zambian/> | |||
==Career== | |||
With his engineering degree and his Harvard University management diploma Mazoka entered the Zambian business community. In the 1970’s he served as director of [[Zambia Railways]], the state railways, when [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was President of Zambia.<ref name=zambian/> | |||
He later worked for Anglo-America Corp., a mining and general resources company, for eighteen years - the last ten as general manager of the Central African division. He also once headed the [[Zambian Tourism Bureau]]. His notable tourism influence was reaching an agreement with a South African hotel chain to turn the [[Ridgeway Hotel]] in Lusaka into Holiday Inn.<ref name=zambian/> | |||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
