{"id":18837,"date":"2017-03-31T09:40:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T08:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18837"},"modified":"2017-05-31T06:07:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T05:07:14","slug":"taiwo-prof-chief-cornelius-olaleye","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/taiwo-prof-chief-cornelius-olaleye\/","title":{"rendered":"TAIWO, Prof. (Chief) Cornelius Olaleye"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, MA, B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Litt. L.LD, F.C.C.E.A, FNAE, publisher, lawyer, solicitor, mathematician;b: October 27, 1910; ht: Oru Ijebu; so: Ogun; m: Susanna Olufowoke Keleko, 1941; nc: three s, three d; ed: St. Luke&#8217;s Primary School, Oru-Ijebu, Ogun State, 1921-23; St. John&#8217;s Primary School, Iloro, Ilesha, Osun State, 1924-26; St Andrew&#8217;s College (now St. Andrew&#8217;s College of Education), Oyo State, 1928-31; Yaba Higher College, Lagos, 1936-38; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1944-47; University ofUndon, Institute of Education, 1947; The Middle Temple (Inns of Court), 1956-64; The Nigerian Law School, Ugos, 1964. cr: Headmaster, Sagun United School, Oru-Ijebu, 1932-35; Education Officer, Edo College, Benin City; Principal, Edo College, Benin City, 1951; Staff Inspector, Western Nigeria, 1956-57; ps. Western Nigeria, 1960-66; prof. Education, University of Ugos, 1965-77; Dean, Faculty of Education, 1967; Provost, College of Education, Universiiy of Ugos; Professor Emeritus, since 1996; Pro-chancellor\/ch., Governing Council, University of Ilorin, 1990-93; pensioner, Barrister-at-Law, Solicitor and Advocate, Notary Public, since 1977; ch. Nelson Publishers Limited, 1978; mm: Nigerian Bar Association, 1964; f: Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, since 1974; ch: Oru Development Council, 1976, Lagos Branch of the National Parents&#8217; Association of Nigeria, 1977, The Nigerian Academy of Education, 1985-89, The Association of CSS Bookshops, 1984-92; presd. Obanta Trust Fund, Awa Ijebu; former mem. Board of Governors, CMS Grammar School, Ugos; former ee: University ofIbadan, Nigeria; University of Cape Coast, Ghana; Makerere University, Uganda; University of Nairobi, Kenya; University of Sierra-Uone, Freetown, Sierra- Uone; Cardiff University, Wales, UK; foundation manager, University of Lagos Staff School, h: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1962; L.LD (Honoris Causa), 1981; University of Lagos, 25th Anniversary Gold Medal, 1987; The Boy Scouts&#8217; Association of Nigeria Certificate, 1987; fellow, Federal College of Education, 1995; f. St. Andrew&#8217;s College of Education, Oyo 1996; Professor Emeritus ofEducation, University ofLagos, 1996; f.&#8217; Nigerian Academy of Education, publ: Nigeria: Language Problems and Solutions; Henry Carr: An African Contribution to Education, 1975; The Nigerian Education System, 1980,1981, 1982; Seventy Years in the Nigerian Education System, 1992; The Administration of a Nigerian University, 1995; Learning Thrills, 1996.M: Agbon Oru, Ijebu, December, 1958; Olotu Aaye of Ijebuland, 1991. sc: Patron, Ugos Diocese Uy Readers Association; patron, Youngmen Christian Association, All Saints&#8217; Church, Yaba; Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island, Lagos; patron, St Andrew&#8217;s College Old Boys&#8217; Association. hob: music, scouting, off: Goodwill House, 278, Ikorodu Road, Obanikoro, Lagos, tel: 01-4970652, 4937140. res: 24, Oduduwa Street, GRA, Ikeja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18837","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18837","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\/18837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18837"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}