Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi | |
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President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) | |
In office 1977–1986 | |
President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) | |
In office 1967–1970 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nigeria | 17 March 1920
Died | 12 August 2014 Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria | (aged 94)
Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi OFR CON (17 March 1920 – 12 August 2014) was a Nigerian civil engineer and former President of COREN, an engineering regulation body in Nigeria. [1]
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]
Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi | |
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President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) | |
In office 1977–1986 | |
President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) | |
In office 1967–1970 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nigeria | 17 March 1920
Died | 12 August 2014 Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria | (aged 94)
Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi OFR CON (17 March 1920 – 12 August 2014) was a Nigerian civil engineer and former President of COREN, an engineering regulation body in Nigeria. [1]
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]