B.Sc, Ph.D.,engineer, scientist retired diplomat businessman; DOB: January 11,1932; Hometown: Ogbagi- Akoko; State:Ondo; Married: Esther Aduke Odusanya, (deceased); Gertrude Kassami; nc: three sons, two daughter; Education: Akoko Jubilee Central School, Ikare-Akoko, Ondo State, 1942-44; Government College, Ibadan, 1945-50; University College, Ibadan, 1950-52; University of London,1952-55; 1956-57;CLAB University of Besancon, France, 1980; International Bible Institute and Leadership Training School, The Redeemed Christian church of God, Lagos,1998.en Lecturer(Physics), University College,Ibadan, 1957-61; Elected Councillor, Akoko Divisional Council, Ikare, 1958-60; Elected mem. Owo Central, Akoko, the Western Nigeria House of Assembly, Ibadan, 1959-60; md. Technical onsultant, Western Nigeria Government Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation, Ibadan, 1961 -63; University Research Fellow in Applied Physics,University of lbadan, 1963-65;Deputy dir: UNESCO Regional Centre for Science and Technology for Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, i965- 67; Senior Lecturer, Physics, University of Lagos, 1965-68; Programme Specialist, Department of ScienceTeaching and Technological Education and Research, UNESCO Secretariat Paris. 1967-70; dir. UNESCO Regional Office, Science and Technology for frica, Nairobi, Kenya,1970-83; examiner (Physics) ,Universityof Nairobi; Kenyatta University College, Kenya, 1982- 83;UNESCO Representative to Kenya with ambassadorial diplomatic status to Uganda,Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Somalia; Special Adviser to the Civilian Government of Ondo State of Nigeria, 1987-83;UNESCO dir. Technological Education and Training, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 1984- 90; Operational Activities, Sector of Natural and Exact Sciences,UNESCO, Paris,1990-91;UNESCO Deputy Assistant dg/Principal dir. Science and Technology, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 1991-92; Consultant to the UNESCO;ch. Euro-AfricaServices Limited. Lagos;mm: British Institution of Physics; Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, United Kingdom, 1964; International Society of Engineering Education, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1988; hon.mem. East African Academy of Arts and Science, 1967; Fellow: Physical Society of Great Britain,1959; Chartered Electrical Engineer of Great Britain, 1964;Nigerian Society of Engineers,, 1981; foundation member International Association for Continuing Engineering Education, Helsinki, Finland, 1990; Editor-in-Chief,Bullet in of the UNESCO Field Science Office for Africa. 1970-83; member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education. Minister, Redeemed Christian church of God, Olive Tree Parish, Ikoyi, 1998;ah: Sylvanus Thompson Graduate Scholar, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London. 1956-57.Int. dec: Honoured by the EuropeanSociety ofEngineers at their 25th Anniversary. 1988; MeritAward. UNESCO,1990; honorary fellow, International Association for Continuing Engineering Education, 5th World Conference, Helsinki, Finland, June 1992. publ: The Return, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, Kenya; Political Party: Presidential Aspirant,defunct Social Democratic Party, Ondo State,1993; Special Adviser to the Governor of Ondo State in Education; Traditional Title: Ajagunnall,Ogbagi-Akoko, Ondo State, 1968; High Chief Otunba Asiwaju of Ogbagi-land, Ogbagi-Akoko,Ondo State, 1992.sc: presd. Rotary Club of Victoria Garden City, Lekki Peninsula, Lagos, 1998-99; Island Club, Lagos, hob: tennis, cricket, swimming, chess, off: 1,Violet Yough close, P.O. Box 75331, Victoria Island, agos;res: 1-8 Road,34,Victoria Garden City, ekki Peninsula, Lagos.
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