{"id":16222,"date":"2017-03-17T10:29:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T09:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16222"},"modified":"2017-11-03T12:45:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T11:45:47","slug":"modebe-prof-anthony-nwachukwu-amechi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/modebe-prof-anthony-nwachukwu-amechi\/","title":{"rendered":"MODEBE, Prof. Anthony Nwachukwu Amechi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, agriculturist, retired university teacher, born July 8, 1925, Obikporo, Onitsha, Anambra State; married Catherine Laura Nolan 1954, three sons, three daughters; Education: St Martin&#8217;s School, Ihiala, Christ the King Col lege,Onitsha,National University ofIreland, UniversityCollege, Dublin, Ireland; Career: Appointed Lecturer\/Senior Lecturer\/Profes sor of Agriculture and Head, Department of Agriculture, UniversityCollege, Ibadan (later University of Ibadan), 1956-66; Professor of Agriculture and Dean of Agricultural Sci ences, University ofNigeria, Nsukka, 1970- 75; Chairman, Convocation Committee and Public Orator, University of Ibadan, 1965 and University ofNigeria, Nsukka. 1970-75; Director, Livestock Feeds, since 1963; Chair man, Eastern Nigeria Development Corpo ration (later Biafra Development Corpora tion. BDC), 1967-70; Professor and mem ber of the Planning Committee, University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, 1967-70; Chairman, Nigerian Palm Produce Board, 1976-79; Chief Examiner-for Agricultural Science, West African School Certifi cate Examination; former Chairman, Board of Governors, University Staff School, Ibadan; Chairman, University of Nigeria Committee for the establishment of the Uni versity of Calabar; member, Nigerian Agri cultural Research Council; member, Associa tion of Faculties of Agriculture in Africa; chairman, Board of Governors, Dennis Me morial Grammar School, Onitsha; chairman, Board ofGovernors, Modebe Memorial Sec ondary School, Onitsha; Administrator, Onitsha Province, former Eastern Nigeria, 1967; Co-founder\/Joint Director, Agricul tural &#038; General Economic Development Consultancy Service, 1978-date; Chairman, Modebe Enterprises Limited, 1987-date; Chairman\/Chief Executive, Ponderoso Farms Limited, 1988-date; Director, Crown Mer chant Bank Limited, 1989-date; Traditional Titles: Ogene Onira of Onitsha, since 1986; member,Cabinet of His Royal Highness, The Obi of Onitsha and Chairman of the Palace Projects and Ceremonies Committee of The Obi and Council; Foreign Honours: Re search Fellow, Rocke feller Foundations, USA; Research Fellow, Ford Foundations, USA; Publications: Author&#038; Co-author of several academic and professional publica tions; Hobbies: reading, classical music; Official Address: 62 Iboku Street; P.O. Box 2044, Odoakpu, Onitsha, Anambra State; Telephone: 046-211-360, 210-660.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,2410],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16222","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-agriculture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16222","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\/16222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16222"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}