building code which was launched in Nigeria in 1970. His proposal for modification (replacement of the British code way of practice) were accepted by the standards organisation of Nigeria and formed the basis of the first "Nigeria Code of practice for structural concrete in Nigeria". which was published in 1973. Education and academic posts He was Visiting Professor, University of Aalborg, Denmark, the University of Illinois, Urbana, USA, in 1967 and a Commonwealth Visiting Professor to the University of Leeds, England in 1980/81. He has served in the executive council of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering(IABSE) based in Zurich. He was the first Nigerian engineer to be awarded the National merit Award 1954: University of Ibadan 1959: B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of St. Andrews 1962: Ph.D., Structural Engineering, Christ College Cambridge 1963–1964: Lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University 1971–1975: Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos 1977–1979: Deputy Vice Cancellor of the University of Lagos 1971–1997: Vice-President of International Association for Bridge and Structured Engineering, Zurich 1987–1988; President of Nigerian Academy of Science 1995; First President of Nigeria Academy of Engineering 1987–1989: Chairman, Committee of vice-chancellors of Nigerian State Universities; 1994–1998: President of the Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN). Consultant to UNESCO on Engineering Education. Honours Induction into the Hall of Fame for Science and Technology in New York "for Outstanding contribution in the field of Engineering" Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers of London Officer of the Order of Niger References People from Ondo City 1932 births Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Science Nigerian civil engineers Government College, Ibadan alumni Alumni of the University of St Andrews Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academic staff of Ahmadu Bello University Academic staff of the University of Lagos Nigerian expatriate academics in the United States Nigerian expatriates in the United Kingdom 2010 deaths Nigerian expatriates in Denmark Officers of the Order of the Niger University of Ibadan alumni Academics of the University of Leeds University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Academic staff of Aalborg University Academic staff of Ekiti State University 20th-century Nigerian engineers Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities