Nigerian engineer, academic, author, and administrator
Adewale Oke AdekolaFIStructE FICECON (26 March 1932 – March 1999) was a Nigerian engineer, academic, author, and administrator. He was the first Nigerian dean of engineering and head of civil engineering[1][2] at the University of Lagos. He was the founding vice chancellor[3] of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi and emeritus professor of the University of Lagos. He was a pioneer of engineering education[4] in Nigeria and reputed as a great teacher. He became one of the first Nigerians to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) in 1976 - awarded by London University in engineering (structural mechanics).[5]
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^International Biographical Centre (1984). International Who's who in Engineering. the University of California. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9003-327-15.
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