Date of Birth: Wednesday (Orie) 25th February, 1931 State of Origin: Anambra Contact Address: 601, Odim Street University of Nigeria. Nsukka Campus Professor Samuel Nwachukwu Chukwunenye Okonkwo B.Sc ( Hons). PhD. is a lop and eminent scientist with bias in Botany. He is one of the few senior academics who restored and rebuilt the University of Nigeria soon after the war that devastated the landmarks of the first National University lo award its own degree in Nigeria. Education \u2022 Dennis Memorial Grammar School ( DMGS) Onitsha 1944- 1950 \u2022 Si Mark’s College Nibo-Nise Awka 1951 1952 University of Raeigh. North Carolina. USA Appointments \u2022 Junior Research Fellow. University of Ibadan \u2022 Lecturer. University of Ibadan \u2022 Lecturer. University of Nigeria Nsukka \u2022 Senior Lecturer, University of Nigeria Nsukka Appointed Professor of Botany and Dean of Faculty of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Nigeria, 1976 Membership of Professional Associations \u2022 Fellow, Linnaean Society London \u2022 Fellow. Nigeria Academy of Science \u2022 Member, West African Science Association \u2022 Member. Scandinavian Society for Plant Morphologists \u2022 Member, International Society for Tropical Root Crops \u2022 Member. Weed Science Society of Nigeria I lobbies include Swimming, Lawn Tennis, and Photography. Professor. S.N.C. Okonkwo, is now an elder statesman who has produced many eminent scientists all the years of his university teaching and research. He produced many M.Sc and Ph D students and served as a consultant lo many industries and Governments on Agriculture, Technology and Biosciences. He got married to Juliet Ijeoma Udeze in 1966 and they are blessed with four children. <\/p>\n
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