Dunstan Akanni Adewale AKINTONWA

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

AKINTONWA

First Name

Dunstan

Other Names

Akanni Adewale

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

December 29, 1929

Status

Alive

Place of Birth

Lagos

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Nnenna Prospina Obichere. 1980

Number of Children (Male)

2

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Profession

; biochemist

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Lagos Baptist Academy, 1936- 42; Igbobi College, Lagos, 1943-48; Northern Polytechnic, London, 1963-68; University of Kent, Canterbury, 1972-75.

Educational Qualification

B.Sc, Ph.D.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Royal Society of Chemistry, 1978; American Institute of Chemists, 1986; mm: New York Academy of Sciences, 1987

Previous Appointments

Federal Government Chemist, Lagos. 1949-56; Federal Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, 1956-68; Institute of Orthopaedics Pathology, Stanmore, Middlesex, U.K, 1961-62; Division of Food Science, Borough Polytechnic, London, 1962-63; Shell Toxicology Laboratory, Tunstall, Sittingbourne Research Centre, Shell Research Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England, 1963-78; Reader, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calabar, 1978-84; prof. Biochemistry, since 1986; Chartered Chemist

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

lawn tennis/table tennis, draught, walking

Residential Address

QE 7, University Staff Village, University of Calabar, Cross River State; 2, Odofin Street, Lagos.

Official Address

c/ o Dept. of Biochemistry, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Cross River State