B.Sc, Ph.D, zoologist and university teacher, born November 5, 1936, Warri, Bendel State; married Philomena Araba Blankson 1956, two sons, three daughters; Education: Government School, Warri, 1950, Government College, Ughelli, 1950-56, University College, Ibadan,1956-60, University of Ghana, Legon, 1961-63; Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Ibadan, 1964-66; Lecturer, University of Lagos, 1966-69; Senior Lecturer, 1969-73; Head, Department of Zoology,University of Ibadan, 1970, 1972-76, 1980-83; appointed Professor of Zoology,University of Ibadan, 1973; Chief of Mission, Nigerian Team to the World University Games, Rome, Italy, 1975; Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan, 1976-77; Chairman,Bendel Food Production Board,1976-79; Visiting Professor of Parasitology, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, 1979; World Health Organization (WHO)Visiting Senior Scientist, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 1980; member, Governing Board of Kainji Lake Research Institute,1980-83; member,Governing Council, University of Ibadan, 1983-86; Visiting Professor of Zoology, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt,1986-87; member, Governing Council, Bendel State University, Ekpoma, 1986; member, Council .of West African Science Association, 1970-79; President, Science Association of Nigeria, 1972-74; Editor, Journal of the West African Science Association, 1974-79; Foundation Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science,1976; Editor-in Chief, Nigerian Journal of Natural Sciences since 1977; Publications: Order amongst Parasites (Ibadan University Press,1975), Introduction to Parasitology in Tropical Africa (Chichester, John Wiley,1984), What Science? (Ibadan, Heinemann, 1985); Hobbies: cricket, classical music, jazz, fiction; Official Address: Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Telephone: (022) 400550 extension 1679; Home: 18, Sankore Avenue, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State; Telephone: (022) 400550 extension 1828.
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