{"id":7132,"date":"2016-12-13T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T09:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7132"},"modified":"2017-11-28T12:01:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T11:01:37","slug":"balogun-prof-olayinka-yaro","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/balogun-prof-olayinka-yaro\/","title":{"rendered":"BALOGUN, Prof. Olayinka Yaro"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D- university lecturer, cartographer, administrator; b: April 7 1945: p: Ijebu-Igbo; ht: Ijebu-Igbo; lga: Ijebu-North; so: Ogun; m: Folakemi Tiyamiyu, April 11, 1974; nc: one s, three d; ed: Moslem School, Ijebu-Igbo, 1958-60; Ansar-Ud-Deen TTC, Offa, 1964-66; University of Ibadan, 1968-71; University of Wisconsin, Madison USA, 1974-76; cr: Research asst. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 1973-7; Lecturer, University of Benin, 1977; presd: Nigerian Students Association, Wisconsin USA, 1975-76; prof. Geography, University of Lagos, since 1992; Dean. Faculty of Environmental Sciences. 1977- 99; Head. Department of Geography, 1995-97; mm: ICA Commission on Cartographic Education, 1981-2004; National Committee on Nigerian-Cameroon Border Dispute, 1994-96; International Cartographic Association Commission on Continuing Education in Cartography; f: Hon. Research fellow. University College, London. 19981-82; Nigerian Cartographic Association, 2003; Royal Geographical Society; ah: Federal Government Scholar, 1968-71: 1974-76; Inter-University Scholar, 1968-71; 1974-76: Inter- University Scholar. 1981-82; publ: Census and Census Mapping in Nigeria, NCA, Lagos, 1992; Cartography and the Challenges of the 21 Century, NCA. Lagos, 1998; Lagos State in Maps. Rex Charles Publications, Lagos, 1999; Cartography in the Service of Government, NCA, Lagos, 1999; cw Map Exhibition &#8211; selected maps, Port Harcourt, 2003; Developing Cartography in Nigeria NCA, 1999; hob: lawn tennis, computer games; off: Department of Geography, University of Lagos; tel: 08022240444, 01-8120760, 4737180; res: Olayinka Balogun Crescent, Magodo GRA, Shangisha, Lagos; tel: 08022204444, 01-8120760, 4737180.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7132","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7132","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\/7132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7132"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}