Background
Akintonwa, Dunstan Akanni Adewale was born on December 29, 1929 in Lagos, Nigeria. Son of Domingo Adeniji and Joana Alaba Akintonwa.
Akintonwa, Dunstan Akanni Adewale was born on December 29, 1929 in Lagos, Nigeria. Son of Domingo Adeniji and Joana Alaba Akintonwa.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with special honors, University London, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University Canterbury, England, 1978.
Technical assistant Federal Government, Lagos, 1949—1956. Assistant technologist Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria, 1956—1963. Technologist Institute Orthopaedics, Stanmore, England, 1961—1962.
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research assistant division food science Borough Polytechnic, London, 1962—1963. Senior research assistant Shell Toxicology Laboratory, Shell Research Ltd., Sittingbourne, England, 1963—1968, from scientist to senior scientist England, 1968—1978. Reader biochemistry University Calabar, Nigeria, 1978—1984, professor Nigeria, 1984—1990.
Professor biochemistry University Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria, 1991—1992, Center Theoretical Mechanistic Biochemistry, Calabar, since 1992, consultant, since 1994. Chairman Dunian Chemical Consultant Services, since 1992. Consultant Business and Science Consultancy, since 1992.
Expert World Health Organization, 1982—1984.
Fellow: Institute Medical Laboratory Sciences, Royal Society Chemistry (London) (chartered chemist).
Married Dorcas Adebisi Fashola, October 25, 1955 (divorced January 30, 1980). Children: Ayodele, Adeshola, Olubunmi, Adewale. Married Prospina Nnenna Obichere, August 21, 1980.