{"id":7649,"date":"2017-01-12T11:22:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T10:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7649"},"modified":"2017-05-30T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T09:57:03","slug":"obi-joseph-enuenwemba","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/obi-joseph-enuenwemba\/","title":{"rendered":"OBI, Joseph Enuenwemba"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A, B.Sc, MSc, M.Ed, mathematician, educationist, born November 20,1926, Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area; married Veronica Nkeoyenum Egeogo 1950, one son, two daughters; Education: St Patrick&#8217;s Catholic School, Zaria, 1933-40, St Patrick&#8217;s College, Ikot Ense, Calabar, 1942-44, Our Lady&#8217;s High School, Onitsha, 1945, McPherson College, Mcpherson, Kansas, USA, 1952-53, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA, 1953-58, University of London (External Student), 1969-72, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1974- 76, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, 1978-80; Career: Appointed Agricultural Assistant-in-Training, Samaru, Zaria, 1946; Printing Assistant-in-Training, Government Press, Kaduna, 1946-47; Mechanical Engi neering Assistant-in-Training, Nigerian Rail way Corporation, Ebute Metta, Lagos, 1947- 49; Mathematics Master, Eko Boys&#8217;High School, Mushin, Lagos, 1950-51; Instructor in Physics (Part-time), Park College, Parkville, Missouri, USA, 1957; Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Missouri, Kan sas City, USA, 1957-58;AssistantProfessor in Mathematics and Physics, Bethany Col lege, Kansas, USA, 1958-60; Assistant Pro fessor in Mathematics and Physics, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, USA, 1960-62; In structor in Mathematics, Wichita State Uni versity, Wichita, Kansas, USA, 1962-63; Se nior Mathematics Master, Hussey College, Warri, 1964-65; Principal, Atamakolomi Trade School, Enerhe, Warri, 1965-66; Edu cation Officer, Government College, Ughelli and Edo College, Benin City, 1966-68; Se nior Master and Vice-Principal, Urhobo Col lege, Effurun, 1968-70; Principal, Ika Gram marSchool, Agbor, 1970-72; Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Mathematics, College of Education, Abraka, 1972-79; Se nior Lecturer, Institute of Education, Univer sity of Benin, Benin City, 1979-86; Chair man, defunct Bendel State Continuous As sessment Committee, 1986; retired as Senior Lecturer from the Service ofthe University of Benin, 1986; member, American Math ematical Association, since 1956; member, American Institute of Physics, since 1959; member, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics of America, since 1959; Pub lication: Peace-Corpism, Pageant Press, New York, 1962; Science is Discovery, Bendel State Government Series, co-author, Longman, 1982; Philosophical Foundations of Education, Benin Modal Books, 1980; Basic Philosophies &#038;Education. Modal, 1989; Hobbies: reading, writing, classical music, swimming; Official Address: P.O. Box 10151, Ugbowo Post Office, Benin City, Edo State; Home: 29, Edigin Street, offUp per Owina Street, Uzelu Quarters, Benin City, Edo State; Telephone: 052-258-271.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1505,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7649","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-educationist","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7649","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7649"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}