OWOLABI, Prof. Israel Esan

B.Sc, Ph.D, physicist, born April 27, 1935, Ayegbaju-Ekiti, Ekiti State; married Abike, three sons, one daughter; Education: Afri can Church School, Arigidi-Ekiti (now Ayegbaju-Ekiti), 1941-44, United School, Oye-Ekiti, 1945-47, Methodist School, Ifaki- Ekiti, 1948-49, Christ's School, Ado-Ekiti, 1951-55, Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Ibadan, 1956-58, Univer sity College (now University of Ibadan), Ibadan, 1958-61, University of Durham, En gland, 1961-64; Career: Appointed Lec turer II, Lecturer I and later SeniorLecturer, Department of Physics, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1964-71; Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronicand Electrical Engineering,OAU, Ile-Ife, 1971-76; Associate Professor and Acting Head, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, OAU, Ile-Ife, 1976- 78; appointed Professor of Electrical Engi neering, University of Ilorin, October 1978; Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, Unilorin, 1978-80; Dean, Faculty of Engi neering and Technology, Unilorin, 1980-84; appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Unilorin, since February 1989; member, Institute of Physics, since 1966; fellow, Royal Meteoro logical Society; fellow, Institution of Elec trical Engineers, UK;…