MABAYOJE, Prof. John Oluyemi

medical practitioner. Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, University of Lagos, President, West African College of Physicians; Born: March 31, 1920 at llesha, Oyo State; Education: St. John's school, lloro, llesha, 1926-32; Government College, Ibadan, 1933-38; Higher College, Yaba, 1939-40; began his medical studies at the School of Medicine, Yaba, Lagos, 1941-46, later attended the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, 1947-48 and the Postgraduate Medical School of Lon don, 1949, collecting all along a series of medical qualifications, pri zes and honours; further studies at the Institute of Cardiology, London, 1955; Institute of Neurology Lon don, 1957; University of Toronto, Canada, 1964-65 and Johns Hopskins Hospital Medical School and School of Hygiene U.S.A. 1965, appointed physician, special grade. Federal Ministry of Health, Lagos, 1952-56; was specialist physician, 1956-61 and senior specialist physlcian, 1961-69; appointed professor and head. Department of Medicine, University of Lagos in 1969, contri buted several scholarly articles in Bri tish, Nigeria and West African medical journals on…