{"id":15253,"date":"2017-03-13T16:04:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T15:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15253"},"modified":"2017-05-04T12:53:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:53:06","slug":"ndili-frank-nwachukwu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ndili-frank-nwachukwu\/","title":{"rendered":"NDILI, Frank Nwachukwu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: State of Origin: Local Government Area: Contact Address: Saturday (Eke) 6&#8243;&#8216; October 1934 Delta Asaba 2, Odim Street, University ofNigeria. Nsukka Res) Faculty of Physical Sciences, University ofNigeria, Nsukka (Off) Professor Frank Nwachukwu Ndili is one of &#8216;the eminent scientists Nigeria has ever produced. He is not only a scientist: he is a teacher, a top administrator and a positive strategist. He is a man of action and a prudent manager ofresources. Although he is in a rare discipline Nuclear physics &#8211; for a Third World Country, he decides as a matter of patriotism to work in his own country instead ofthe nations where he would live on &#8220;houses buili with gold and lined with diamond&#8221;. Education \u2022 St Patrick&#8217;s College Asaba 1950 1954 \u2022 University of Ibadan 1957- 1961 \u2022 University ofCambridge England 1961- 1964 Work Experience Lecturer Physics, University of Ibadan 1964 -1968 \u2022 Visiting Scientist International Centre , Trieste, Italy. 1967 Research Fellow. Atomic Energy University ol&#8221;Warsaw Poland. 1967 1968 \u2022 Principal Scientific Officer. Daresbury Nuclear Physics Research. Warrington England. 1968 1971 \u2022 Senior Lecturer Physics. University ofNigeria. Nsukka 1971 1973 Reader in Physics. University ofNigeria Nsukka 1973 1974 \u2022 Head Dept ol* Physics University of Nigeria Nsukka 1973 1976 Created a Professor of Physics and Dean ol&#8221; Faculty of Physical Sciences University of Nigeria Nsukka, 1976 \u2022 Vice-Chanceilor University ofNigeria Nsukka, 1980 \u2022 On Leave ofAbsence overseas and back at the University ofNigeria. 2005 Hobby is dancing. Professor Frank N. Ndili is married to Mrs Edna O. Ndili. who is an ICON in her own right, and they are both blessed with six children. Mrs Ndili is a veteran School Principal and top Administrator of Education. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15253","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15253","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15253"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}