NWACHUKWU, Joseph Iheanacho

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, geologist, lecturer, born, November 30 1946; married Christiana-C. Okereke Nwachukwu, four sons; Education: Sacred Heart College, Aba, 1960-64; St. Patrick'sCollege, Calabar, 1965-66; Univer sity ofIfe, Ile-Ife, 1970-74; University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1976-77; The University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 1979-81; Career: Ap pointed Lecturer, Federal School of Mines, Jos, 1974-75; Geologist II,Nigerian Geologi cal Survey, 1975; Geologist, N.N.O.C, La gos, 1976; Graduate Assistant/Senior Lec turer, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1976-91; appointed Associate Professor of Geology, 1991-date; member, American As sociation ofPetroleum Geologists, 1979-94; member, Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society; member, Science Association of Nigeria; member, Scientific Committee, World Petroleum Congress, (Nigerian Chap ter) Editor, Nigerian Association of Petro leum Explorationist, 1988-90; member, NUC Accreditation Panel to UNIJOS, 1990 and Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, 1991; Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Aboh Mbaise Local Government, Imo State, 1994- 96; Publication: Petroleum Resources ofthe Benue Trough in: The Benue Trough Structure and Evolution, Fried, Vieweg & John, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden, 1989; A Geochemical Evaluation of…