{"id":7480,"date":"2017-01-11T09:07:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T08:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7480"},"modified":"2017-12-11T15:52:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:52:53","slug":"ebong-prof-maurice-okon","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ebong-prof-maurice-okon\/","title":{"rendered":"EBONG, Prof Maurice Okon"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Teacher, Professor of Geography, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), Univ of Calabar; LGA: Uyo; Born: Nov&#8217;I&#8217;, 1943; Married to &#8230;&#8230; &#8220;-&#8230;&#8230;. Mrs Margaret A Ebong with five children; Education: Grd II, Teachers&#8217; Trainilig Co li, Urua Inying, 1959 &#8211; 60; Chadron State Coli, Nebraska, 1970-73, BA Geography &#038; Econs; Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1973-75, M,A, Urban Geography &#038; Urban Planning; Michigan State Univ, 1975-78, Ph,D Urban &#038; Regional Planning; Other Qualifications: Correspondence Course of GCE at Rapid Results Coli, London, 1961-64; Career and Work History: Asst Lecturer, Dept of Geography, Univ of Minnesota, USA, 1974-75; Asst Lecturer; Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, USA, 1975-77; Lecturer, Dept of Geography, Gumel Advanced Teachers&#8217; Coli, Kano, 1978-79; Lecturer, Dept of Geography, Univ of Calabar, 1991-present; External Assessor for Associate Profs and Profs of the Univ ofUyo, I 994-present; Dep Vice Chancellor, (Academics), Univ of Calabar, I ~6 &#8211; present ; Career Related Activities and Responsibilities: Chairman, The Nig Geographical Asscn, 1980- 84; Treasurer, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Calabar Branch, 1980-84; Mem, Action Committee, The Nig Geography Teachers&#8217; Asscn, 1982; Chairman, Welfare Committee, Fac of Social Sciences, Univ of Calabar, 1986; Mem, Univ of Calabar Housing Allocation Committee, 1990; Chairman, Monitoring &#038; Implementa,tion Committee, ASUU, 1994; External Examiner, Dept of Geography, Univ ofUyo, 1993-present; Coordinator, Training Prog for Officers of the Nat Population Commission from AKS &#038; CRS at the Univ of Calabar; Mem, NUC for Accreditation of Nig Universities; IMOSU &#038; AS UTECH and other stich responsibilities; Special Work Related Achievements: Honourary Appointment to the Research Board of Advisors, The American Biographical Instn; Publications: Twenty nine publications, nineteen Conference, Seminars, Workshops papers, presented; Civic Activities: Pres, inti Students&#8217; Organisation, Chadron State CoiL Nebraska, USA, 1972; Vice Pres, Garna Theta Epsilon, Chadron State Coli, USA, 1972; Publicity Sec, CRS Students in the Americas, Detroit Chapter, USA, 1978; Chairman, Organising Committee, CRS Branch of the Nig Geographical Asscn Workshop, 1981 ; Chairman, Organising Committee, State-wide Seminar on Mobilisation of Resources for Rural Development in CRS; 1977; Chairman, Nig Geographical Asscn, CRS Branch, 1980-84; Honours and Awards: Mem, Deans List, Chadron State Coli, 1972; Cert of Merit (Best Student Award in Social Sciences); Chadron State Coli, Nebraska, USA, 1973; Honorary Commercial Attache -for the State of Nebraska, Nebraska State Gov!, 1985; Listed in Who &#8216;s Who Among Stuaents in American Universities and Colleges, 1973; Who &#8216;s Who in the World, 8th Edition, Nomination in International Book of Honour, ABI, 3rd Edition, Who &#8216;s Who in Nigeria, 1990; Professional Memberships: Mem, Nig Geographical Asscn; Asso Mem, African American Scholars Council Incorporated; Me!ll, The Nig Geography Teachers&#8217; Asscn; Religious Affiliation: Catholic; Office; Dept of Geography and Regional Planning, Univ of Calabar, P,M,B 1115, Calabar, Cross River State; Home: Catholic Church, Aka Offot, P,O,Box 124, Uyo, Akwa Thorn State, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7480","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7480","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7480"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}