Ekpo Okpo EYO

Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Administrator

BA, MA, Ph.D, anthropologist, archaeologist, admin istrator, born July 28, 1931, Calabar, Cross River State; married Augusta Tinuade 1967, two sons; Education: Creek Town School, Calabar, Duke Town School, Calabar, Insti tute of Archaeology, University of London, England, 1957-60,Pembroke College, Uni versity of Cambridge, England, 1960-63, University of Ibadan, 1970-74; Career: Appointed Museum Technical Assistant, De partment of Antiquities, 1957; Archaeolo gist and Ethnographer, Department of An tiquities, 1963-67; Director, Federal Depart ment of Antiquities, Lagos, 1968, later Di rector General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Lagos, up to 1986; appointed Professor of African Stud ies, Universityof Maryland, Baltimore, USA, 1986; associate, Museums Association of Great Britain and Ireland; member, French Academy ofArts; former President, Museum Association of Tropical Africa; Past Presi dent, Organisation ofMuseums, Monuments and Sites of Africa; former Vice-President, International Council ofMuseums; one-time Vice-President, Commonwealth Association ofMuseums; Trustee, Leakey Foundation for Research into the Origins of Man, his Behaviour and Suvival; Award: recipient, Gordon Child Best…