{"id":15858,"date":"2017-03-15T15:27:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=15858"},"modified":"2017-05-26T15:19:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T14:19:16","slug":"sawyerr-chief-olumuyiwa-akinwande","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/sawyerr-chief-olumuyiwa-akinwande\/","title":{"rendered":"SAWYERR, Chief Olumuyiwa Akinwande"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

B.Sc, M.Sc, petroleum geologist; b: January 1, 1944,p: Agege,so: Lagos; m: Lucretia Olubunmi Osunfisan;nc: one s, three d; ed:CentraI School, Agege, 1949-56; Ahmadiyya College, Agege, Lagos, 1958-62; Ijebu Muslim College, Ijebu Ode, 1963-64; University of Ibadan, 1965-69; University of Oklahoma, USA, 1970-71. cr: Petroleum Geologist, Shell-British Petroleum, 1971-73; Head, Exploration Drilling, Shell- British Petroleum, 1973-74; snr. Geologist, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, 1974; Exploration and Producing Planning Analyst, 1975; Staff Geologist, 1976; Seismic Interpretation Team Leader, 1976-77; asst Operations Supervisor, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, 1977- 78; Production Geology Supervisor, 1978-79; Operations Supervisor, 1979-81; Technical Development, Dallas, Texas, USA, 1981-83; Chief Geologist\/Operations Superintendent, 1983-85; Exploration Manager, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, 1985-93; ch\/md. Petronerg Nigeria Limited (Petroleum and Energy Consultants), since 1993; trustee, Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists; mem. Governing Council, Petroleum Training Institute, Warri, Delta State; former ch: Geology Fund Committee, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; f: Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, 1991; Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, 1992; Nigerian Conservative Foundation; mm: Nigerian Institute of Management, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, since 1971. ah: Gulf Oil Training School Scholarship Fund, 1965-69; African-American Postgraduate Fellowship Award, 1970-71; fd: Paul Harris fellow, Rotary International, tt: Fimojoye Ago-Iwoye, 1991, The Bobasuwa of Ijebu-Imusin 1995. hob: music, reading, table tennis, sc: Member, Island Club, Lagos; Ikoyi Club, Lagos; Lagos Country Club, Ikeja; Rotary International, since 1985\/86. off: 32, Adedosu Street, off Akilo Street, Ogba, Ikeja, P.M.B. 80076, Victoria Island, Lagos, tel: 01-4922829. SEGUN, Mabel Dorothy; BA; educationist, author, researcher; b: February 18, 1930; ht: Ondo; so: Ondo; m: Augustus Oluwajimi Jolaoso, 1952-57, and George Oludotun Segun, 1960-75;nc: two s, one d. ed:St. Peter’s School, Edunabon; Akoko Jubilee Central School! Ikare, 1936-38; St. Paul’s School, Ikole, 1939; St. David’s School, Akure, 1939-41; CMS Girls’ School, Lagos, 1942-47; University CoU lege (now University of Ibadan), Ibadan, 1949-53. cr: Freelance Broadcaster, 1952-79; Teacher, St. Anne’s School, Ibadan, 1953; Teacher, Methodist Girls’ High School, Yaba, Ugos, 1954; Education Officer, Edo College, Benin City, 1954-55; Education Officer, Government Teacher Training College, Abraka and Ibadan, 1957; Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Education, Ibadan, 1956; Teacher, Ibadan Boys’ High School, Ibadan, 1957-58; Hansard Editor, Western Region Legislature, 1958-61; Information Officer, Western Region Ministry of Information, Ibadan, 1961-63; Copy-writer, Lintas (West Africa), Ugos, 1964; Editor, Modern Woman, Ugos, 1965-66; Editor, Franklin Book Programmes, Lagos, 1967; Education Officer (Broad casting), Federal Ministry of Education, Lagos, 1967-70; Head, Department of English and Social Studies, National Technical Teachers’ College, Yaba, Ugos, 1971-73, 1977-79; Founding Secretary, Nigerian Book Development Council, Lagos, 1974-76; Deputy Permanent Delegate of Nigeria to UNESCO, Paris, France, 1979-81; Chief Federal Inspector of Education, 1982; Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1982-89; retired from University of Ibadan; dir. Children’s Literature Documentation and Research Centre, Ibadan; executive mem. Nigerian Table Tennis ABSeeletien, 1965-67, co-opted member, 1967-71; associate mem! Institute \u00a7f Public Relations, London, 1965-66; executive mem. National Sp@ftS Commission and ch: Publicity and Public Relations Committee, 1971= 75, Nigerian Amateur Women’s Basketball Association, 1972} founder\/ president. Children’s Literature Association of Nigeria, sinee 1978; resident, Nigerian National Section, International Board on Booki for Young People, 1978-79; honorary life member, Lagos State TsWe Tennis Association, since 1979; v-presd. UNESCO World Congress on Disarmament Education, Paris, 1980; mm: University of Ibadan Sports Council, 1984-87; winner, Women’s National Table Tennis Singles, 1957; Coca-Cola All-Nigeria Women’s Table Tennis Singles\/ Mixed Doubles, 1967; All-Nigeria Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Open Championships, 1970; winner, Radio Nigeria Artist of the Year, 1977; winner, Hall of Fame Award by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Branch, 1981. publ: My Father’s Daughter, African Universities Press, Lagos, 1965; Friends, Nigerians. Countrymen, Oxford University Press, Ibadan, 1977; co-editor. Under The Mango Tree, Books I and II, Neville Grant, Longman Group, 1980; Youth Day Parade, DUCA, Ibadan, Accra, Nairobi, Kampala, 1983; Olu and The Broken Statue, New Horn Press, Ibadan, 1983; Sorry No Vacancy, University Press, Ibadan, 1985; Conflict and Other Poems, New Horn Press, Ibadan, 1986; My Mother’s Daughter, African Universities Press, Ibadan, 1987; Ping Pong: Twenty-Five Years of Table Tennis, Day Star Press, Ibadan, 1989; The Surrender and Other Stories, Ungman, United Kingdom, 1995. hob: reading, writing, table tennis, badminton, dress-making, cooking, learning languages, off: Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. res: Block 4, Flat 4, Saunders Road, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15858","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15858","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15858"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}