Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe

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Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe
Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos
In office
2002–2007
Preceded by Jelili Adebisi Omotola
Succeeded by Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi
Personal details
Born 5 July 1951
Ilesha, Osun State, Nigeria
Political party Non-Partisan

Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe (born July 1951) is a Nigerian professor of Systems Engineering[1] educational administrator and former Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos[2][3]

Education

He attended African Church Primary School, Ebute-Metta (1955–1961) and Ilesa Grammar School (1962–1966) and later attended Igbobi College, Yaba, (1966–1968) Lagos state, Nigeria for his secondary education. He received a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Lagos.[4]

Life and career

Ibidapo Obe was born on July 5, 1951 at Ilesa, Osun State Nigeria.[5][6] He served as a Visiting Research Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA (1980–1981).[7] In 2007, he was a Visiting Research Professor at Texas Southern University in Houston, USA.[8] He was appointed as the Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos in year 2000, succeeding Jelili Adebisi Omotola. He was later succeeded by Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi in 2007 after his successful tenure.[9]

Awards and honours

  • University of Waterloo Post Doctoral Distinction Award Fellow (1976).[10][11] He was a fellow of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada (1977–1979)
  • Fellowship of the Academy of Science and Engineering.[12]

Membership of professional bodies

  • Fellow of the Africa Academy of Science[13]
  • Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)[14]

References

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See also

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