Background
Obasi, Godwin Olu Patrick was born on December 24, 1933 in Ogori, Kwara, Nigeria.
meteorologist organization administrator
Obasi, Godwin Olu Patrick was born on December 24, 1933 in Ogori, Kwara, Nigeria.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics with honors, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1959. Master of Science in Meteorology with distinction, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Science in Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963.
Graduate, Institute Statisticians, England, 1971. Doctor of Physics (honorary), University Bucharest, Romania, 1991. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Philippines, 1992.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), Alpine Geophysical Research Institute, Nal-Chik, Russian Federation, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Nairobi, Kenya, 1998.
Demonstrator department physics McGill University, 1958-1959. Research assistant department meteorology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959-1963. Senior meteorologist in-charge research and training Nigerian Meteorological Department, 1963-1967.
Senior meteorologist in-charge technical administration Nigerian Meteorological Department Headquarters, Lagos, 1966-1967. Senior meteorologist in-charge meteorological services Lagos Airport, Ikeja, 1964-1965. Chairman working group tropical meteorology World Meteorological Organization, 1965-1967.
World Meteorological Organisation/United Nations Development Programme expert, senior lecturer University Nairobi, Kenya, 1967-1974, acting head department meteorology Kenya, 1972-1973, professor, chairman department meteorology Kenya, 1974-1976, dean faculty science Kenya, World Meteorological Organization expert Kenya. Adviser in meteorology, assistant director Nigerian Government, 1976-1978. Director education and training department secretariat World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 1978-1983, secretary-general, since 1984.
Visiting research fellow Florida State University, 1973. Vice president, member advisory group commission atmospheric science World Meteorological Organization, 1978. Board advisors The Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, Benjamin Franklin Memorial.
Chairman New Sun Foundation. Fellow Nigerian Meteorological Society, Colombian Meteorological Society, Dominican Republic Meteorological Society, Association Hydrologists of India (honorary), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Marin Drinov Badge of Honour, 2001), Ecuadorian Meteorological Society, Royal Meteorological Society, African Meteorological Society (Gold Medal award 1993), Royal Statistical Society, African Academy of Sciences, Third World Academy of Sciences (vice president 1999), International Energy Foundation. Member Academician of the International Academy of Sciences Nature and Society (Armenian branch), Indian Meteorological Society (Citation and Gold Medallion, 2001, Citation Visakhapatnam chapter, 2001), Kenya Meteorological Society (honorary), Hellenic Meteorological Society (honorary), British Institute Statisticians, American Meteorological Society, Cuban Meteorological Society (foreign), Burkina Faso Meteorological Society, Chinese Meteorological Society (honorary), Academy Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Romania (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Son of Bachelor of Arts and R. (Akande) Patrick. 6 children.