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BA, MA, Ph.D, geographer,- university adminis trator, economist, born June 4, 1939, Otta, Ogun State; married Patience Olubusola Odesanya-Noah, 1968, twosons,onedaugh ter; Education: St James School, Otta, 1944- 52, Ibadan Grammar School, 1953-57,1959- 60, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,USA, 1961-63,1963-65,1968-70, 1973-74;Career: Appointed Clerical officer, 1958-59: School Tutor, 1960-61; appointed Assistant Lecturer, University of Lagos 1965- 67; Lecturer, Unilag, 1967-73; Senior Lecturer, 1973-77, appointed Professor of Geography, University of Lagos since 1977; President, International Students Associa tion, 1963-64; former Deputy Vice- Chancel lor, University of Lagos, 1985-89; fellow, American Geographical Society, since 1970; Managing Director, Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, 1994-96; Senior Research Scientist, University of IOWA, IOWA City, USA, 1984-85; Research Scientist, Univer sityof Michigan Centre forResearch inEco nomic Development, 1969-70, Teacher, Iganmode Grammar School, Ota, 1960-61; Dean, School of Post Graduate Studies, Unilag, 1981-84, Head ofGeography Depart ment, Unilag, 1975-78; member, Interna tional Geographical Union; Consultant tothe Panel on Creation of States, Cabinet Office, 1975-76; member, Commission onImpact of Urbanisation on Rural Land Use, 1976; mem ber, Centre for Research on Economic Development, University ofMichigan, USA, President, Nigerian Geographical Associa tion, 1980-81; Chapter President, Nigerian Cartographic Association, 1978-84; Presi dent, Nigerian Economic Society, 1987-88; member, the Association of American Geographers, since 1968; fellow, Nigerian Cartographic Association of Nigeria, since September 1988; Research Director and Member of Board, African AmericanFoun dationforScience, Education andEconomic Development, (AFSEED); Vice-President, African Geographers' Association; Award: Distinguished AFGRAD Alumni Award, African-American Institute 1981; Foreign Honours: Fulbright Fellow, 1984-85; Dis tinguished AFGRAD/Alumni, 1988; Rackham Prize Fellow, 1969; Citation for Outstanding service towards International Understanding, International Centre, annarbor, 1965; Publications: Nigeria - Giant in the Tropics: A Compendium, (Gabumo Publishing Co., 1993), Design for Development, (University of Lagos Press, 1984), Market Places inADeveloping Coun try (Michigan Geog. Publications, 1981), Population in Planning (Metropolitan Lagos), The Marketing of Major Cash Crops in the Kainji Lake Basin (Niser Monograph series No. 1 1972), and over 40 articles in national and international learned journals; Hobbies: lawn and table tennis, hiking, dancing and socialising, photography; Official Address: Depart ment of Geography, Unilag, Lagos State; Telephone: 01-821-111 extension 1154; Residential Address: 3, Oritsejolomi Crescent, Unilag Campus, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State; Telephone: 01-821-020.
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