B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, chartered chemist and pub lic health engineer, born December30, 1944, Yaba, Lagos;married Etmonia Florence Joyce Mason, 1971, one son, four daughters; Edu cation: CMS Grammar School, Lagos, 1959- 64, Coalbrookdale HighSchool, Shropshire, England, 1964-65, Hudderfield Polytechnic, Yorkshire, England, 1965-69, University of Bristole, England, 1969-70, University of Birmingham, England, 1975-77; Career: Ap pointed Applied Science Student Assistant, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 1967-68; Senior Water Technologist, Mersey and Weaver River Authority, Warrington, England, 1970-72; Chemist/Industrial Efflu ent Inspector, Altrincham Corporation, Cheshire, England, 1972; Principal Profes sional Officer/acting Head of Water Resources Unit, National Council for Scientific Research, Lusaka, Zambia, 1972-75; Re searcher, Public Health Engineering, Univer sity of Birmingham, 1975-77; Consultant Sanitary Engineer for the African Region on WaterSupply and waste disposal for Devel oping Countries, International Bank for Re construction and Development (World Bank), 1977-78; Lecturer, Environmental Health En gineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1978-79; Senior Lecturer, Public Health En gineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Lagos, 1979-84; Professor, Public Health Engineering, University of Lagos, since 1984; Project Leader, water analysis and treatment studies of water sup plyplantsfor Abuja, the Federal CapitalTer ritory, 1981; Co-ordinator, 2nd National Workshop on the International Water Supply and Sanitary's Decade Sponsored by the Fed eral Ministry of Water Resources and sup ported by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), 1983; Consultant to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, 1984; member, Review Panel on the Draft Final Re port of the Environmental Baseline Studies for Establishment of Control of Criteria and Standards against Petroleum Related Pollu tion in Nigeria (NNPC), 1985; Senior Con sultant environmental-engineer to the World Health Organisation, 1963; Consultant to United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT), 1985;member, WhoExpertAd visory Panel on Environmental Health; Char tered Chemist, 1972;member, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1972; fellow, Chemical Soci ety, London, 1972; member, Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 1974; member, Institution of Public Health Engineers, 1974; member, Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists, 1978; fellow, Institution of Water and EnvironmentalManagement, 1987;mem ber, Nigeria Water and Sanitation Associa tion; member, Nigeria Environmental Soci ety; Publications: Activated Carbon Adsorp tion of Organicfrom the Aqueous Phase Vol. 2 (with Martin, R.J.) ed, M.J, McQuire and I.H, Suffet, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980; "Groundwater Quality and Treatment In the Lagos Metropolis of Nigeria" in Advances in Water Engineering, ed., T.H.Y. Febbutt, Elsevier, London, 1985; Municipal Water Treatment in Developing World Water Vol. 3, GrosvenQr, 1988; in addition to over 50 articles, papers and reports published in in ternational specialised journals, Hobbies: table tennis, Afro-Caribbean music, biogra phies and historical essays;Official Address: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State.
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