Background
Safar, Mahmoud Mohammad was born on October 27, 1940 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Son of Mohammad Mahmoud Safar and Noor Bakre Abu Laban.
Safar, Mahmoud Mohammad was born on October 27, 1940 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Son of Mohammad Mahmoud Safar and Noor Bakre Abu Laban.
Bachelor in Engineering, Cairo U., 1964; Master in Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1972.
Demonstrator faculty engineering, King Saoud U., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., 1964-1965;
associate professor faculty engineering, King Saoud U., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., 1972-1976;
dean of students, King Saoud U., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., 1973-1975;
secretary general, Supreme Council Universities of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, 1975-1984;
vice minister higher education, Riyadh, 1976-1984;
professor сivil engineering, King Fahad U. Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, since 1984;
president, Arabian Gulf U., Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, 1984-1988. Chairman supervising committee International Conference Islamic Solidarity in Science andTech., 1974-1976. Initiator, organizer Project on Development Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, 1975-1984.
Rapporteur general 1st Conference Ministers Higher Edition and Science Research of Arab States, Algiers, Algeria, 1982.
President Saudi Arabia National Committee Equivalence of University Degrees, 1976-1984. Vice president Supreme Board King Faisal Scholarships, 1976-1984. Member Saudi Arabia Higher Council on Information, 1979-1982, United Nations University Consultation Committee, Tokyo, 1980-1983.
Trustee University of East and West, Chicago, 1979. Member Civil Engineering Society United States, Council on Higher Education for Arab Gulf States.
Married Lamyazal AbdulRahman Qutob. Children: Medhat, Mazin, Maie, Maha, Mozon.
