Born
Dr
ARE,
Lalekan Ayokunnu
Ayokunnu
B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D.; agronomist, businessman, agricultural consultant, farmer; b: December 2, 1933; p: Ilesha- ht: Ibadan; so: Oyo; m: Olabisi Abike Ogunsola, 1959; nc: two s one d; ed: St. David's, Kudeti, Ibadan, 1940-45; Government School(N.A Central School), Ibadan, 1946-47; Government College, Ibadan, 1948-53; University of Ibadan, 1953-58; Michigan State University, USA, 1959-62. cr: asst. Unit Manager, Western Nigeria Development Corporation (now Industrial and Investment Credit Corporation), 1958-62; snr. Unit Manager, 1962-63; snr. Research Officer, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, 1963-65; Principal Research Officer, 1965-1966; snr. Prinicipal Research Officer, 1966- 1968; ag. Deputy dir. 1965-68; Deputy dir. 1968-1970; prof. Agronomy, Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone, 1970-71; Deputy Executive Secretary, West Africa Rice Development Association, 1972-77; gm/ceo: Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority, 1977-84, Upper Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority, 1984-85; md. Lekan Are Farms Limited, Ibadan, since 1985; ch/md: Kakanfo Inn, Ibadan, since 1988; ch: University Press Pic; dir: Punch Nigeria Limited, since 1982, Ronch Nigeria Ltd, Wema Bank PIc, Wema Securities Pic, Solid Trust Insurance Brokers Ltd., agricultural Consultant, Agricultural Adviser, Brain Munro Farms and Milling Limited, Tede, since 1987; life mm:/business manager, Agricultural Society of Nigeria, since 1962; life mm:/treasurer, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, 1966-70; Business Manager, 1967-68; co-founder and life mem. Agricultural Society of Sierra-Leone, Society of the Sigma XI, USA, American Society of Agronomy; life mem. Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in Africa; life mm: ScienceAssociation of Nigeria; life mem. West AfricanScience Association; ch: Government College, Ibadan Parents/Teachers' Association, 1980; f. Nigeria Institute of Manaement, 1996; mem. Institute of Directors; mm. Rotary Club of Ibadan; presd: Ibadan Foundation, Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association (GCIOBA). tt: Laguna Babajiro of Ibadanland, Are Bale Agbe of lbadanland. publ: Co-author, Progress in Tree Crop Research in Nigeria, CRIN, Abiodun Printing Works, Ibadan, 1971; co-author, Sierra Leone Agricultural Directory, Abiodun Printing Works, Ibadan, 1972; co-author, Cocoa in West Africa, Oxford University Press, Ibadan, 1973; co-author, Agricultural Science for West African Schools and Colleges, University Press Limited, Ibadan, 1973; Always a Loser, Vantage Press, New York, 1981; Challenge of the Baron Vantage Press, New York, 1982; co-author, Agricultural Science for Junior Secondary Schools, Books l-lll, 1985-88.//ow our Forefathers lived, UP Plc,1995; Physical Development of Ibadan, edited with M.S Adigun; sc: Oluyole Club, Lagos; presd. Government College Old Boys Association (GCIOBA); hob: football, table tennis, boxing, gardening, golf. Basketball, Ameriacan; off: Kakanfo Inn, 1 Nihinlola Street, Ring Road, P.O. Box 1783, Ibadan, Oyo State, tel: 02-2311592, 2318603-10, 2311471-3. fax: 2318909. res: 9, Fadumila Street, Ring Road Ibadan. tel: 02-2312033; e-m: Kakanfo@Ibadan. scannet.com.ng.
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