Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe


Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe was a Nigerian professor of Systems Engineering educational administrator and vice chancellor of the University of Lagos. He died from COVID-19 complications on 3 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.

Education

He attended Lagos Street African Church Primary School, Ebute-Metta and Obokun High School/Ilesa Grammar School and later attended Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos state, Nigeria for his secondary education.
He received a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Lagos.
He obtained a Master in Mathematics degree in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science in the year 1973 and further with a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering specializing in Applied Mechanics/System in 1976 from the University of Waterloo Canada.https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/01/former-unilag-vc-prof-ibidapo-obe-is-dead/https:

Life and career

Ibidapo Obe was born on 5 July 1949, at Ile Ife, Osun State Nigeria. He served as a Visiting Research Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo, US.
In 2007, he was a Visiting Research Professor at Texas Southern University in Houston, USA.
He was appointed as the Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos in year 2000, succeeding Jelili Adebisi Omotola. He was later succeeded by Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi in 2007 after his successful tenure.
He was married to Sola Ibidapo-Obe.https://thenationonlineng.net/ibidapo-obe-didnt-die-of-covid-19-says-family/

Awards and honours

Membership of professional bodies