{"id":10757,"date":"2017-02-16T16:17:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T15:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10757"},"modified":"2017-05-15T16:41:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T15:41:28","slug":"okon-professor-eyo-effiong","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okon-professor-eyo-effiong\/","title":{"rendered":"OKON, Professor Eyo Effiong"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, Ph.D, zoologist, University administrator, born June 10, 1942, Ikot Obong, Ibiono Ibom-Itu, Akwa Ibom State; married, has four sons, one daughter; Education: Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1962-66, King&#8217;s College, University of Lon don, 1968-71; appointed Assistant Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Ife, 1966-68; Lecturer II, University of Ife, 1971-73; Lecturer I, Unife, 1973-76; Senior Lecturer, Unife, 1976-79; appointed Professor of Zoology, University of Ife, 1979; Visiting Professor of Zoology, University of Cross River State, Uyo, 1984-87; acting ViceChancellor, Unicross, April-May 1987; appointed Vice-Chancellor, University of Cross River State, Uyo, since September 1987; pioneer member, Governing Council, University of Cross River State, Uyo, since 1984; member, University Senate, University of Cross River State, Uyo, since 1984; Dean, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Unicross, 1984-87; member, Governing Council, Oyo State College of Education, Ilesha, 1981-84; member, Governing Council, Oyo State College of Arts and Science, Ile-Ife, 1984; Chairman, Task Force for the launching of the Development Fund for the Permanent Site, Unicross, June 1987; Award: Distinguish ed Scholarship Medal Award, University of Turku, Finland, 1976; Publications: The Biology of The Domestic Fowl, (Benin City, Ethiope Publishing Corporation, 1975); Proceedings on Sixth International Bat Research Conference, co-editor (University of Ife Press, 1984); in addition to over 20 articles in national and international learned journals; Official Address: Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Cross River State University, PMB 1017, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,2402],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10757","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-zoologist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11029,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10757\/revisions\/11029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10757"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}