Simeon Olaosebikan ADEBO

Biographical record

Title

Chief

Surname

ADEBO

First Name

Simeon

Other Names

Olaosebikan

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

October 5, 1913

Status

Died

Date of Death

September 30th, 1994

State of Origin

Ogun

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Regina Abimbola Majekodunmi 1941

Number of Children (Male)

3

Number of Children ( Female)

1

Names of Children

Prof. Oluwole Adebo
Abiodun Adebo
Dr. Oladipo Adebo
Funlayo Adebo-Kiencke

Profession

Legal practitioner
international public servant
Administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

St. Peter’s Day School, Abeokuta, Abeokuta Grammar School, 1927-28, King’s College, Lagos, 1929-32; Group Inn, London, 1948.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Vice President, World Association of World Federalists and a director of many companies at the time of his death

Previous Appointments

Clerk with the Nigerian Railway, 1933-42; became an Administrative Officer, 1942-55; Chief Secretary, Western Nigeria Government and Head of Civil Service, 1957-62; Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to UN, New York, USA, 1962-68; Under Secretary-General, UN; Executive Director, UN Institute of Training and Research, 1968-72; Chairman, National Universities Commission, 1975; Chancellor, University of Ife, 1982-84; Chancellor, University of Lagos; Consultant, Centre for Democratic Institutions, USA.

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFR), 1978

International/Foreign Decorations

Companion of (the Order of) St Michael and St George, 1959

Honourary Degrees and Awarding Institutions

13 honorary degrees from various universities, among which are: Western Michigan University, 1963; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1965, Union College (USA) 1965, Fordham University, 1966, Lincoln University, 1966, Bearer College, USA, 1965, Pittsgburh University, 1968, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) 1969, University of Ibadan, 1969, Columbia Univer sity, USA, 1971, Ahmadu Bello University, 1973, Open University (UK) 1974

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Report on the Nigerianisation of the Civil Service, co-author, (1953): Our Unforgettable Years (Lagos, Macmillan, 1984); Our International Years (Ibadan, Spectrum Books, 1988)

Hobbies

swimming, reading