NIGERIAN PROFESSOR BECOMES FIRST BLACK VC OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Nigerian-born Professor Ilesanmi Adesida on Saturday became the first black Vice Chancellor of the University of Illiinois, Urbana Champaign. Adesida, an Electrical Engineer was born in Ifon, Ondo State. He earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees in 1974 and 1975 respectively and his PhD in 1979, all from the University of California, Berkely.