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.