Lateef Akinola Salako

Lateef Akinola Salako NNOM, CON (5 July 1935 – 8 December 2017) was a Nigerian academic who was professor emeritus of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Ibadan.

Lateef Akinola Salako
Born(1935-07-05)5 July 1935
Lagos State, Nigeria
Died8 December 2017(2017-12-08) (aged 82)
NationalityNigerian
Occupations
  • educator
  • pharmacologist
  • therapeuticist
Years active1935–2017
Children
  • Noimot Salako-Oyedele (1966)
  • Tayo Salako (1968)
  • Babajide Salako (1970)
  • Omolara Adetunji (1973)
Awards
NNOM
CON
DSc (Sheffield)

Early life

Lateef Akinola Salako was born on 5 July 1935 in Lagos State, south-western Nigeria. He attended Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1953.[1] He trained at the University College Hospital, Ibadan before he proceeded to University of Sheffield where he received a doctorate degree in 1969.[2]

Career

He began his career in 1962, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan where he rose to the position of Senior Registrar in 1965, and in 1966, he became a Medical Research Training Fellow, University of Ibadan. He was a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Sheffield for two years, between 1967 and 1969.[3] In 1969, he was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan where he rose to the position of senior lecturer in 1970, and in 1973, he was appointed a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology.[4] In 1997, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeed Professor Awele Maduemezia.[5]

Awards and honor

References
  1. "When Sultan donned the gown". The Nation News. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. "Professor Lateef Akinola Salako". Musmen.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. "SALAKO, Lateef Akinola, Professor". Notable Nigerian. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. "Alumni Association - University of Sheffiel". sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. "Members of Council". Nigerian Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. "[General] Back 2 School for OBJ". Nigerian Village Square. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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