| Honorific-Prefix: | Sir, Dr |
| Dick Waobianyi Emuchay | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MB ChB MFR |
| Birth Date: | 1919 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Abak, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria |
| Death Place: | Azumini, Nigeria |
| Office: | Chairman, Public Service Commission East Central State Nigeria |
| Term Start: | 1972 |
| Term End: | 1976 |
| Administrator: | Ukpabi Asika |
| 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: | Christiana Nne Alali (m. 1956) |
| Nationality: | Nigerian /British |
Dick W. Emuchay (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.[1] He also played a role in establishing the National Secondary School, Azumini.[2]
Emuchay was born in Abak, Akwa Ibom State in eastern Nigeria, and he attended Government College Umuahia,[3] 1932 - 1934King's College, Lagos, 1935-1936Higher College, Yaba Lagos 1937-1942University of St Andrews, Scotland 1945-1949Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, England (Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene). He took his examination in 1953.[4]
He taught biology at Igbobi College, Yaba,[5] before proceeding to St. Andrews University Scotland and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He practised medicine briefly in the United Kingdom both as a general practitioner and house Surgeon before relocating back to Nigeria.
In 1961, D. W. Emuchay became the Proprietor and Medical Superintendent, Cottage Hospital, Azumini which he founded. Years later, his son Dr. Chika O. Emuchay established the Group Medical Practice (GMP) at No. 1 Emuchay Close, Ogbor hill, Aba to provide support to Cottage Hospital, Azumini.
In 1986, the federal government conferred on him a national honour, the award of Member of the Federal Republic.
D. W. Emuchay married Christiana Nne Alali in 1956 at St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church Aba, Abia State. He is the father of 8 including Nigerian diplomat and former Consul-General to South Africa, Okey Emuchay, MFR.[6]