Cyril Agodi Onwumechili
Cyril Agodi Onwumechili | |
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 Onwumechili in 1979 | |
| Born |
20 Jenụwarị 1932 |
| Died | 16 Mee 2023 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
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Cyril Agodi Onwumechili (20 Jenụwarị 1932 - 16 Mee 2023) bụ onye Naijiria na-ahụ maka physics, onye nchịkwa agụmakwụkwọ, na prọfesọ nke geophysics na Mahadum Ibadan na mgbe e mesịrị Mahadum Nigeria, Nsukka . Ọ bụ osote onye isi nke anọ nke Mahadum Ife [1] (nke bụzi Mahadum Obafemi Awolowo) site na Jenụwarị 1979 ruo Disemba 1982 na onye bụbu onye isi oche / osote onye bụbu Mahadum Teknụzụ nke Anambra State, Enugu, Nigeria, site na Jen'ọnwa 1983 ruo Disemba 1986 (mgbe ọ nọ na Mahadum Sayensị na Teknụzụ Enugu ugbu a; Mahadum Nnamdi Azikiwe ugbu a, Awka; na Mahaduma Ebonyi State, Abakaliki ugbu a). [2]O kwuru okwu Ahiajoku na 20 Nọvemba 2000. [3][4] bụ onye Naijiria mbụ geophysicist na onye isi oche nke abụọ nke Nigerian Academy of Science . [1][5] họpụtara ya dị ka onye isi oche nke Academy na 1979 iji nọchie Prọfesọ Victor Adenuga Oyenuga, prọfesọ mbụ emeritus nke Mahadum Ibadan na prọfesor mbụ nke sayensị ọrụ ugbo n'Afrịka.
Oge ọ malitere[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
[6] mụrụ Onwumechili na 1932 n'obodo Inyi na Osimiri Oji, obodo dị na Enugu Steeti, n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Nigeria. Ọ gara King's College, Lagos ma nweta nzere bachelọ na Physics na Mahadum London na 1953 na nzere masta na physics na Mahadim Ibadan na 1954. [7][citation needed] O mechara nweta nzere Doctorate na Mahadum nke London. [1]
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Onwumechili joined the Department of physics, University of Ibadan as academic staff. He was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1962 and appointed Head of the Department of Physics and Dean of Faculty of Science at Ibadan before he left in 1966 to join the services of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as Head of the Department of Physics.Àtụ:Cn[citation needed] During the Nigerian Civil War, he was appointed Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt.Àtụ:Cn[citation needed] After the Civil War, he took over from Associate Prof. J.C. Ene as Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Nigeria, from December 1970 - June 1971. In 1973, he was elected the first Dean of the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, thrice elected (1973-1974; 1975-1976; October 1978- December 1978).[Tinye edensibịa][citation needed] Onwumechili left to become the Vice Chancellor, University of Ife (Now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife)[8].[Tinye edensibịa]
Ọnwụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Onwumechili nwụrụ [9] 16 Mee 2023, mgbe ọ dị afọ 91.
Ihe odide[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- ↑ OAU Loses Former Vice Chancellor, Cyril Onwumechili at 91. THISDAYLIVE (2023-05-20). Retrieved on 2023-06-02.
- ↑ "OAU mourns fourth Vice Chancellor, Professor Onwumechili", Sunnews, 19 May 2023. Retrieved on 20 May 2023.
- ↑ "The 2000 AhỊajỌkỤ lecture:Igbo Enwe Eze: The Igbo Have No Kings", Sunnews, 2000. Retrieved on 20 May 2023.
- ↑ The Nation - Celebrating an icon. The Nation News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
- ↑ Adebayo (25 March 2015). Scientific Pilgrimage: 'The Life and times of Emeritus Professor, 179. ISBN 978-1504937856. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
- ↑ Cyril Agodi Onwumechili is a Nigerian Professor of Physics and staff of the University of Ibadan. He was the first Nigerian Nuclear physicist and the second Pre (en). ww.en.freejournal.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20. Retrieved on 2021-05-20.
- ↑ NUC rewards 17 dons, others at anniversary. The Nation News (18 December 2013). Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
- ↑ In pursuit of university excellence amid ethnic sentiments (en-US). The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News (2020-09-03). Retrieved on 2022-03-04.
- ↑ "UNIFE’s First Non-Indigenous VC, Cyril Onwumechili Is Dead!", Yes! International Magazine, 19 May 2023. Retrieved on 20 May 2023.