Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi Explained
Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi |
Office1: | President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) |
Term Start1: | 1977 |
Term End1: | 1986 |
Office2: | President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) |
Term Start2: | 1967 |
Term End2: | 1970 |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1920 |
Birth Place: | Nigeria |
Death Place: | Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria |
Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi (17 March 1920 – 12 August 2014) was a Nigerian civil engineer and former President of COREN, an engineering regulation body in Nigeria.[1]
Life and career
He was born on 17 March 1920 in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria.He was educated at Saint John School, Iloro, Ilesha, Osun State (1927-1936). He also attended Government College, Ibadan (1937-1942). In 1948, he received a scholarship that earned him a bachelor's degree in Civil engineering at the Battersea Polytechnic in London.[2] Having completed his bachelor's degree in 1952, he joined the service of Cubits, British engineering company, where he worked for two years.[3] He returned to Nigeria, where he became a full engineer in 1954.[4] He left to England in 1957 for a post graduate (PGD) training as a water engineer. He completed the program in 1958 and returned to Nigeria as a Senior Engineer in various towns in the old Western Region, including Abeokuta, Ibadan and Benin.[5] He later rose to the position of a Chief Water Engineer in the old Western Region of Nigeria (1960-1963). He later became the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (1963-1965) and Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Executive Development Board (LEDB), now Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) (1965-1972).[6] [7] [8] He served as Chairman of Industrial Research Council of Nigeria between 1971 and 1974.[9]
Fellowship
- Foundation Fellow of The Nigerian Academy of Engineering.[10]
Awards
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Obasanjo, others pay tribute to late housing guru, Fadahunsi. Chukwuma Okparaocha-Lagos. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150413232236/http://tribune.com.ng/business/property-environment/item/14898-obasanjo-others-pay-tribute-to-late-housing-guru-fadahunsi/14898-obasanjo-others-pay-tribute-to-late-housing-guru-fadahunsi. 2015-04-13.
- Web site: Chief Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, CON (1920- 2014). Dapo Fafowora. The Nation.
- Web site: Chief S.O. Fadahunsi, OFR, CON: Tribute to an exceptional leader and engineer - Vanguard News. Vanguard News.
- Web site: BiafraNigeriaWorld: The Authority on BiafraNigeria.
- Web site: Institute Concludes Research On Bad Roads. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411235039/http://nigerianobservernews.com/07052014/news/news28.html. 2015-04-11.
- Web site: Nigeria HomePage - Breaking News, Business, Sports, Entertainment and Video News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412201312/http://m.thenigerianvoice.com/mobile/100588/1/obasanjo-urges-selflessness-in-discharge-of-duties.html/. 2015-04-12.
- Book: Reflections on the events of my life. 839303897.
- Book: Reflections on the Events of My Life. 9789780694166. Fadahunsi. Samuel Olatunde. 2010.
- Web site: Institute concludes research on bad roads . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150413191259/http://newtelegraphonline.com/institute-concludes-research-bad-roads/ . 2015-04-13 . New Telegraph.
- Web site: The Nigeria Academy of Engineering :: promoting excellence in technology and engineering training and practice to ensure the technological growth and economic development of Nigeria. RapidxHTML.
- Web site: Chief Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, CON (1920- 2014). The Nation Newspaper.