Theodore Idibiye FRANCIS,

Physician, University Lecturer, Administrator

M.B, B.S, physician, university administrator, born August 9, 1933, Nembe, Rivers State; married Adebola Ore-lorun Erinoso 1972, three sons, three daughters; Education: St Cyprain's School, Port Harcourt, 1939-46, Government College, Umuahia, 1947-52, University College (now University of Ibadan), Ibadan, 1952-56. Guy's Hospital Medical School, London, 1956-59, School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, University of Liver pool, 1962, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1966-68; House Officer, St. Olave's Hospital, London, 1955-60; Medical Registrar, Walton Hospital, London, 1962-63; Senior Registrar, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1963-64; Lecturer I, Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 1964-68; appointed Consultant Physir cian, University College Hospital, Ibadan, since 1964; Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1968-72; appointed Professor of Medicine, University of Ibadan, since 1972; Head, Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 1974-77; Professor of Medicine and Provost, College of Health Sciences, Universi ty of Port Harcourt, 1979-81; appointed Vice- Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure, 1981-1988; member, Royal Society of Surgeons, England, 1959; member, Royal Col…