PEARSE, Michael Augustus Oluwole

jour nalist, born July 16, 1929, Abeokuta, Ogun State; married Felicia Bosede Obadan 1959, three sons, four daughters; EducatiomOtapete Methodist School, Ilesha, 1934-36, Olowogbowo Methodist School, Lagos, 1936-43,Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos, 1943-48, Commonwealth Press Union Fellowship Scheme, London, 1962, Oxford University, 1962;Reporter, West African Pilot, Yaba, Lagos, 1949-50; Reporter, Daily Times Lagos, 1950-51; Reporter, Daily Service, 1951-53; Reporter and later Chief Correspon dent, Daily Express, Kano, Enugu, Ibadan, 1953-65; promoted News Editor, Features Editor and later Assistant Editor,Daily Express; Chief of Bureau, West African News Service (WANS), 1959-60; First Regionl Editor, Daily Express, Kaduna; Lagos Editor, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, 1965-73; associate Editor, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, 1974-76; DeputyEditor and later Managing Editor, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, 1976-79; ap pointed Editor-in-Chief, NNN, January 1980; Editorial Adviser, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, August 1981-September 1984; Chair man, Board ofGovernors, Nigerian Institute of Journalism, since 1979; Associate Member, Nigerian Institute of Management; former member, Nigeria's Branch, British Institute of Journalists; former Chairman,…