{"id":9112,"date":"2017-01-27T16:37:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9112"},"modified":"2017-04-20T13:10:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:10:10","slug":"filani-prof-michael-olanrewaju","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/filani-prof-michael-olanrewaju\/","title":{"rendered":"FILANI, Prof. Michael Olanrewaju"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., B.Sc, Ph.D., geologist, university teacher, administrator; b: August 3,1942, ht: Ikole-Ekili. so: Ekiti; m: Florence Olabimpe Oladunjoye, 1971; nc: three s, one d; ed: Methodist Primary School, Ikole-Ekiti, 1949-55; Egbeoba High School, Ikole-Ekiti, 1956-61; Ibadan Grammar School, 1962-63; University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1964- 67; Pennsylvania State University, USA, 1968-72. cr: Teacher, Egbeoba High School, Ikole-Ekiti, 1964, 1967-68; Teaching asst. Pennsylvania State University, USA, 1968-72; Lecturer II, Universiiy of Ibadan, 1972; prof. Geography, University of Ibadan, 1981; Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, 1985-87, Head of Depl, Geography, University of Ibadan, 1991-93; 1st v-presd: Supplement on Social Academy of Nigeria, P.O. Box 8026 Abuja; Regional Studies Association, Britain, 1970; Association of American Geographers, 1970; Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1972; Society for International Development, 1974; International Geographical Union 1978, Nigerian Geographical Association, Nigeria Economics Society, Social Science Academy of Nigeria, 1st v-presd. since 1999, Regional Studies Association UK. 1973; ah: National distinguished Merit Award in Transportation for the Growth and Development of Transportation in Nigeria, by Ogun State Governor, 1996; tt: Okunalo of Ikole-Ekiti, 1983. publ: Geography of Nigeria Development, Heinemann, 1978; Resources And Development In Africa, Federal Surveys, 1978; Economic Geography of West Africa, Longmans, 1983; Ibadan Region. Ibadan University, Department of Geography, co-authoured , Economic Geography of West Africa, London, Longman, 1981; pp: Alliance for Democracy (AD), defunct Action Group of Nigeria, 1964- 66; defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, 1979-83, sc: presd. Onward Club. Ikole-Ekiti; hob: watching football, reading, squash; off: c\/o Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, tel: 02-8102900; res: 28, Elliot Close, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, tel: 8101100-8, ext. 1551.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9112","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9112","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\/9112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9112"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}