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WILLIAMS, Dr. Jacob Adelayo Ayelanimi

B.Sc, MS, Ph.D, geneticist and plant breeder, b: August 1, 1938; ht: Brass; so:Rivers; m: Abigael Olufemiwa Elemide, 1969; nc: three s, one d; ed: St. Cyprian's Primary School, Port Harcourt, 1944; Duke Town School, Calabar, 1945-46; Ade-Oshodi Memorial Baptist School, Lagos, 1946- 50; King's College, Lagos, 1951-57; University College, Ibadan, 1958- 62; University of California, Davis, USA, 1964-69. cr: snr. Science Master, Anglican Grammar School, Igbara Oke, 1962; Demonstrator (Botany), University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile- Ife, 1963; Research Officer-in-Training, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, 1963; Senior Research Officer, CRIN, Ibadan, 1969-72; Prin cipal Research Officer, 1972-77; asst Chief Research Officer, 1977- 78; Chief Research Officer, 1978; asst dir. Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, 1978; Technical Adviser for Nigeria on Scientific Research Committee, Cocoa Producers' Alliance, 1975; Federal Government Consultant on World Bank Panel of Experts on Cocoa Rehabilitation, 1978; Technical Consultant on Cocoa for International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, 1983; Technical Consultant on Coffee to…

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Standards Organisation of Nigeria, 1985; Consultant, Technical Committee of Cocoa Association of Nigeria, 1987; mm: New York Academy of Sciences, 1981. hob: reading, music, gardening; off: Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5244, Ibadan. tel: 02-412430. res: CRIN Senior Staff Quarters, PRO 2, Onigambari, Idi Ayunre, Ibadan, Oyo State tel: 02-412430, extension 282.

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