{"id":13921,"date":"2017-03-06T11:44:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13921"},"modified":"2017-05-22T16:03:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T15:03:50","slug":"oyawoye-professor-mosobalaje-olayoye","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oyawoye-professor-mosobalaje-olayoye\/","title":{"rendered":"OYAWOYE, Professor Mosobalaje Olayoye"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, Ph.D, geologist, born August 12, 1930, Offa, Kwara State; married Mary Olabisi Olanipekun 1958, two sons, three daughters; Education: Offa Grammar School, 1943-47, Ibadan Grammar School, 1947-49, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA, 1952-55, University of Durham, England, 1956-59; appointed geological Assistant, Geological Survey of Nigeria, 1950-52; Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1959-64; Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1964-66; co-director, Institute of Applied Science and Technology, University of Ibadan, 1972-73; appointed Professor of Geology, University of Ibadan, 1966; editor, Nigerian Journal of Mining and Geology, 1962-74; President, Nigerian Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Society, 1966-68; member and one-time President, Geological Society of Africa; Chairman, Organization of African Unity (OAU) Team on Inter-African Center for Earth Sciences, 1969-71; member, University of Ibadan Council, 1970-75; former Chairman, Kwara State College of Technology, 1972; Visiting Professor, Zambian School of Mines, since 1974; Chairman, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), 1985-88; former President, Geological Society of Africa; member, Mineralogical Society of London and America;-Hobbies: badminton, gardening, Official Address: Department of Geology University of Ibadan, Oyo State; Home: 1, Selia Amoke Close, Off Adenuga Street, Kongi, Ibadan, Oyo State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,2416],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13921","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-geologist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13921","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13921"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}