Obafemi Awolowo University

== Vice-chancellors ==
{{Category see also|Academic staff of Obafemi Awolowo University}}

The first vice-chancellor of the university was Professor [[Oladele Ajose]] (MD, PhD), a [[Glasgow University]] graduate and Nigeria's first professor of public health, who was recruited from the [[University of Ibadan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/opinion/remembering-ajose-first-oau-vc/|title=Remembering Ajose, first OAU VC|date=23 March 2018 }}</ref> He served from 1962 to 1966 until political upheavals and military coups led him to be replaced. The second vice-chancellor was Professor H. A. Oluwasanmi, who served from 1966 to 1975. Anthony Adebolu Elujoba, a professor of [[pharmacognosy]], became the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university in July 1975. The University Council's announcement of Professor Ayobami Taofeek Salami on 6 June as the University Vice-Chancellor was greeted with violence and rejection. The council was eventually dissolved by the Federal Government and Salami was removed from the post. Prof. Elujoba was given the responsibility of stabilizing the system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bolanle |first=Bolawole |date= |title=Rumbling universities and fit-as-fiddle President |url=https://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/08/22/rumbling-universities-and-fit-as-fiddle-president/ |website=The NEWS}}</ref>

The university's staff has included one Nobel Laureate and six Nigerian National Merit Award winners and has pioneered [[kidney transplant]]s in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OAU Admission Requirements |url=https://www.preps.ng/oau-admission-requirements/ |website=PrepsNG Scholars}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Nigeria's only [[Nobel prize]]-winner in literature and the first African laureate, [[Wole Soyinka]], served as Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Ife from 1975 to 1999. In 1999, he was appointed an Emeritus Professor of Dramatic Arts at the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fart.oauife.edu.ng/?page_id=26|title=1lib1ref}}</ref>

[[Stephen Adebanji Akintoye]] served as Director of the Institute of African Studies from 1974 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akinkanju |date= |title=Emeritus Professor Stephen Adebanji Akintoye |url=https://dawncommission.org/emeritus-professor-stephen-adebanji-akintoye/ |website=Dawn Commission}}</ref>

=== List of Vice-chancellors ===
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* [[Oladele Ajose]] (1962–66)<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Oladele Adebayo Ajose |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH3007&type=P |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk}}</ref>
* [[Hezekiah Oluwasanmi|Hezekiah Adedunmola Oluwasanmi]] (1966–75)
* Ojetunji Aboyade (1975–78)
* [[Cyril Agodi Onwumechili]] (1979–82)<ref name="THISDAYLIVE 2023">{{cite web | title=OAU Loses Former Vice Chancellor, Cyril Onwumechili at 91 | website=THISDAYLIVE | date=2023-05-20 | url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/05/20/oau-loses-former-vice-chancellor-cyril-onwumechili-at-91 | access-date=2023-06-02}}</ref>
* [[Wande Abimbola]] (1982–89)<ref name="About Wándé Abímbọ́lá 2019">{{cite web | title=Professor Wándé Abímbọ́lá | website=About Wándé Abímbọ́lá | date=2019-07-04 | url=https://wandeabimbola.com/about-wande-abimbola/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref>
* C. Adeniyi Osuntogun (1990–91)
* Wale Omole (1991–99)
* Roger Makanjuola (1999–2006)
* [[Micheal Faborode|Micheal Oladimeji Faborode]] (2006–11)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/08/university-graduates-not-likely-to-be-suicide-bombers-faborode/|title=University graduates not likely to be suicide bombers –Faborode|work=Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper|access-date=2 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114257/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/08/university-graduates-not-likely-to-be-suicide-bombers-faborode/|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newtelegraphonline.com/ex-vc-seeks-intervention-for-varsities-funding/|title=New Telegraph – Ex-VC seeks intervention for varsities' funding|publisher=|access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Idowu Bamitale Omole]] (2011–16)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/05/18/oau-appoints-new-vice-chancellor/|title=OAU Appoints New Vice-Chancellor – PM NEWS Nigeria|date=2011-05-18|website=Pmnewsnigeria.com|access-date=2017-12-22|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Elujoba]] (as acting from 2016 to 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/meet-professor-anthony-adebolu-elujoba-the-village-chemist-and-the-acting-vice-chancellor-obafemi-awolowo-university-ile-ife/|title=Meet Prof Anthony Elujoba: "the village chemist", acting VC OAU, Ile-Ife -Vanguard News|work=Vanguard News}}</ref>
* [[Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede]] (2017–2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/facial-marks-in-a-dental-museum/|title=Facial marks in a dental museum|date=2015-09-26|website=The Nation Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref>
* [[Adebayo Simeon Bamire]] (2022–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=BREAKING: OAU gets new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Simeon Bamire|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/breaking-oau-gets-new-vice-chancellor-professor-simeon-bamire/amp/ |access-date=March 17, 2022 |website=Vanguard Ngr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2022 |title=Obafemi Awolowo University Names Professor Bamire As New Vice Chancellor |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/obafemi-awolowo-university-names-professor-bamire-as-new-vice-chancellor/ |access-date=March 17, 2022 |website=TribuneOnlineNG}}</ref>
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