{"id":6239,"date":"2016-11-10T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T10:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6239"},"modified":"2017-04-10T15:21:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T14:21:50","slug":"amana-chief-dr-mfon-okon","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/amana-chief-dr-mfon-okon\/","title":{"rendered":"AMANA, Chief (Dr.) Mfon Okon"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> B.Sc, MS, MBA. D.Sc, mecha nical engineer, politician; b: Oron, Akwa Ibom; m: Affiong Ukpong; nc:four s, two d; ed: District School, Oruko, 1957-59, Ebughu Central School, 1952-56; Methodist Boys High School, Oron, 1960-66; Imperial College, London, 1968-71; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 1971-74; North-Eastern University, 1974-75. cr: Research Associate\/Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts USA, 1975-77; Project Leader, Heavy Fuel Research Programme, General Electric Research Laboratory, General Electric Company Schenectady, New York, USA, 1977-81; presd., Okpi Development Company Incorporation, New York, 1981-83; Project Director, Desam Development Company Limited, Lagos, 1981-83; ch\/md: Management Information Systems Company Limited, Lagos, since 1983; ch\/md: Information Research Limited since 1983; ch\/md: Pulse Marketing Communications, since 1983; ch: Datec International (Nigeria) Limited since 1985; Nigerian Investment promotion Commission, 2003; v-p: Computer Users Association of Nigeria 1985-86; mm: States Creation, Local Government and Boundary Adjustment Committee, 1995-96; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Management Association; American Accounting Association; member. Computer Association of Nigeria, mm: board of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission in November 1999; ah: Eastern Region Scholar, 1961-66; Prizes for Best Result in WASC and various subjects, 1964; Shell Scholar, 1968-71; Imperial College Scholar, 1968-71; Bramwell medal for Top Student in Mechanical Engineering, 1971; Royal Society of Arts Silver Medal for Top Student in School Engineering, 1971; f. Endowed Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scholar, 1972-74; General Electric Company Award for Patent Disclosure, 1977; f: Royal Society for the Advancement of Arts, Science and Commerce, UK; New York Academy of Sciences; pp: Gubernatorial aspirant, defunct National Republican Convention, Akwa Ibom State; gubernatorial aspirant, defunct United Nigeria Congress Party, Akwa Ibom State; gubernatorial aspirant, All Peoples Party, Akwa Ibom State, tt: Okete Okete Oro 1995; Inyang Oko Udung Abia, 1995. publ: \/ wi\/\/ make a Difference, Trust House Publishers, Lagos 1997 and over 30 articles in national and international Scientific journals, sc: Lagos LawnTennis Club; Ikoyi Club 1938. hob: tennis, squash, reading, off: 3, Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, tel: 01-2693421, 2693423, 2691770. res: 2B, Fosbery Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, tel: 01-2693422. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[166,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6239","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-politics","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6239","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\/6239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6239"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}