Aderemi Kuku
Aderemi Oluyomi Kuku (March 20, 1941 – February 13, 2022[1]), popularly known as Kuku, was a Nigerian professor of mathematics and a former president of the African Mathematical Union (AMU) and the African Academy of Sciences Kenya.[2][3][4][5]
Life[edit]
Aderemi Kuku was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on March 20, 1941, as the third child of the family of Busari Adeoye Kuku and Abusatu Oriaran Baruwa who were Photographer and trader respectively.[3][6]
Education[edit]
Aderemi Kuku attended both Bishop Oluwole Memorial School, Agege, Lagos State and St James School Anglican primary school, Oke-Odan, Ogun State in order to obtain his primary school leaving certificate. In 1959, he obtained his West African Senior School Certificate from Eko Boys High School, Lagos, Nigeria.[3] He received his B.Sc. in mathematics from University of London, MSc and PhD from University of Ibadan from 1965 to 1971.[7][1]
Career[edit]
In 1966, Kuku was an assistant Lecturer at the University of Ife Ile Ife in Osun State, Nigeria. In 1968, he became lecturer II at University of Ibadan. In 1976, he became a senior lecturer at University of Ibadan.[3] In 1980, he became a reader and in 1982, he became a full professor of mathematics at the University of Ibadan.[4]
Awards and honors[edit]
Kuku has received the following:[6][3][7]
- He was a fellow and the president of the African Academy of Sciences
- He was member of the European Academy of Arts Science and Humanities
- He was a Member and the immediate past President of African Mathematical Union
- He was a Founder fellow of Mathematical Association of Nigeria
- He received the Ogun State Special Merit Award in 1987
- He was a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science
- He was a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences
- He received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the USA National Association of Mathematicians in 1993
- He was awarded the African Mathematical Union Medal in 2000
- He was a foreign Fellow of Mongolian Academy of Sciences
- He received the presidential award of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) in 2008
- He was a fellow of the African Science Institute
- He was awarded the Nigerian National Order of Merit in 2009
- He was honoured with an International Conference on Algebraic K-theory on his 70th birthday at Nanjing University China in 2011
- He was a Founder Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
- He was awarded a Life-time Achievement Award by the University of Ibadan in 2018
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Oluyomi Kuku: Tribute to a mathematical genius". The Nation Newspaper. 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Kuku, Aderemi Oluyomi". TWAS. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ a b c d e "Aderemi Kuku - Biography". Maths History. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ a b "Buhari mourns ace mathematician, scholar, Kuku". Punch Newspapers. 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ Ayinde, Segun; THEWILL (2022-02-16). "Abiodun Mourns Professor Of Mathematics Kuku". Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ a b "Kuku Aderemi O. | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ a b "Biography of the Distinguished Professor Aderemi Oluyomi Kuku". Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences, Archive of the Notable Nigerian Physical Scientists. 1: 1–9. 2019.
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