{"id":16669,"date":"2017-03-20T18:33:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T17:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16669"},"modified":"2017-05-24T09:55:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T08:55:03","slug":"petters-prof-sunday-w","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/petters-prof-sunday-w\/","title":{"rendered":"PETTERS, Prof Sunday W."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University teacher, Geologist, Professor of Geology, MOBILINNPC Professor of Petroleum Geology, University of Calabar; LGA:: Etinan; Born: Apr. 24, 1947; Pa: Elder W. P. Akpan and Deaconess Atim W. P. Akpan (d); Married to Mrs. Janet S. Petters; Children: Emem (1 2), Ekanga (9), Unwana (7); Education: Qua Iboe Mission Sec Sch. (Etinan Institute), Etinan, 1959-65, WASC; HSC; Uni v. of Ibadan, 1966-69, B.Sc (Hons) Geology; Rutgers, The State Univ., New Jersey, U.S.A, 1971-75, M.Phil, Ph .D (Geology); Career and Work History: Asst Paleontologist, SHELL Petroleum Nig. Lagos, 1969-7 1; Teachin l; Assistant, Rutgers Univ. New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A, 1971-74; Lecturer, Ahmadu Bello Univ, Zaria, 1975-76; Lecturer &#8211; Reader, Uni v. of Ibadan, 1976-82; J5rofe ssor, Univ,. ofCala bar, 1982- present; Part !ime Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo Univ ., lIe-Ife, 1978-80; Senior Associate Lecturer, Univ. of Benin, 1983-85; Career Related Activities and Responsibilities: Head, Dept. of Geology, Univ of Calabar 1982-84; 1986-89; Dean, Faculty of Science, 1985-89; Dean of Grad uate Sch., 1990-93; Chairm an, Committee of Deans, Univ. of Calabar, 1988-89; Special Work Related Achievements: Mem., Ed ito rial Board, Modern Geology, United Ki ngdom; Mem., Ed ito ri al Board,Journal of African Earth Sciences, United Kingdom; Mem., Editorial Board, Bulletin of the Nigerian Asscn of Petroleum Explorationists; Mem., Advisory Board, Niger Delta Strat igraphic Commission; P ublications: Eighty Scienti fic articles; Four Books &#8211; Regional Geology of Africa; Environmental Education; Nigerian Conservation Foundation; Co-edited Akll&#8217;a Ibom Stote: The Land of Promise; Civic and Polit ical Activities: Mem., Governing Council, The Polytechnic, Calabar, 1984-87; Mem., Board of Management, Uni v. of Ca labar Teach ing Hospital, 1985-88; Mem., Uyo Capital City Development Authority, 1988-89; Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Task Force on Soils and Land Use Survey, 1988-89; Chairm an, Ecological Commission, 1993-95;Awards: John F. Kennedy Scholar, American Embassy, Lagos, 1965; Fellow, Smithsoni an Institution, U.S.A, 1982; 1968 Summer Ed ucational travel grant of the American Embassy, Lagos 1960; Senior Staff Fellowship Award, The Bri tish Council, 1984; Deutscher Akadem ischer Austauschdient e. V. Bonn (DAAD) award, 1978; Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin, Germany, 1990; Excellence in A!;ademics award by the Enterta inment and Broadcasting Network Ltd., AKS, Nigeria, 1995; Listed in International Who &#8216;s Who in Education (3 rd Edit ion); International Directory of Distinguished Leadership; International Who&#8217;s Who of Intellectuals (7th Edition); Intemational Register of Profiles (JO th Edilion); Financial Times Who &#8216;s Who in the World Oil and Gas Industry (JOth Edition); Who&#8217;s Who in the Nigerian Oil In dus try; P r ofession a l Memberships : Mem., American AsscnofPetro leum Geologists; Mem., Nigerian Asscn of Petro leum Explorationists; Mem., Nigerian Asscn of Mining and Geosciences; Religious Affili ation: Sancti fied Mt. Zion; Hobbies: Read ing, Jogging; Offi ce: Mobil! NNPC Cha ir, Dept of Geology, Uni v. of Calabar, Calabar, Cross Ri ver State; Home: QA 10, Staff Village, Univ. ofCa labar, Calabar, Cross River State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16669","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16669","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16669"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}