Biographical overview
country. After a period as a refugee in France, he was appointed as a Professor of Nutrition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1971 he became a Professor and head of Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina. In 1990, Obi Edozien was appointed the Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research. Shortly thereafter he was selected to become the 13th Asagba of Asaba. He retired as a Professor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina and returned to Nigeria in 1991.
Biographical record
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- July 28, 1925
- Date of Death
- July 28, 1925
- State of Origin
- Asaba, Delta State
- Place of Birth
- Asaba
- Father's Name
- Mr. Nathaniel Okafor Edozien
- Mother's Name
- Mrs. Nwakuso Edozien née Odogwu
- Name of Spouse
- Modupe Smith
- Schools Attended with Dates
- Catholic School, Warri from 1933-1937; Christ the Kings College, Onitsha, 1938-1942; Higher College Yaba,1942; Achimota School, Accra, Ghana; University College Dublin, Ireland, 1944; National University of Ireland,1948
- Present Appointment
- Asagba of Asaba, Delta State
- Previous Appointments
- - Lecturer, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London, 1951;
- Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1952;
- Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 1962;
- Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
- Professor and head of Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 1971;
- Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 1990;
- Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
- Have you ever been a member of any political party?
- N/A
- Awards and Honours
- - Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR), 2003
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