Nurudeen Oladapo Alao
{{Short description|Nigerian academic}}
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| successor1 = Jelili Adebisi Omotola
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Nurudeen Oladapo Alao is a Nigerian professor of geography, educational administrator and former vice chancellor of the University of Lagos.{{cite web|url=http://www.nigeria70.com/nigerian_news_paper/unilag_ex_vc_tasks_leaders_on_selflessness/369436|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206103601/http://www.nigeria70.com/nigerian_news_paper/unilag_ex_vc_tasks_leaders_on_selflessness/369436|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 6, 2014|title=UNILAG ex-VC tasks leaders on selflessness - Vanguard News|publisher=|accessdate=7 October 2014}}
Biography
He obtained his first degree, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. He earned a Master of Arts and Doctor of philosophy degree from Northwestern University.{{cite web |url=http://www.unilag.edu.ng/newsdetails.php?NewsID=517 |title=Welcome to University of Lagos |website=www.unilag.edu.ng |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011225852/http://www.unilag.edu.ng/newsdetails.php?NewsID=517 |archive-date=2014-10-11}} {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/annualcommenceme1968nort/annualcommenceme1968nort_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "Annual commencement / Northwestern University."|year=1968|publisher=|accessdate=7 October 2014}}
He was appointed vice chancellor of the University of Lagos in 1988 after the tenure of professor Akinpelu Oludele Adesola.{{cite web|url=http://www.punchng.com/opinion/letter-to-new-unilag-vice-chancellor/|title=Letter to new UNILAG Vice-Chancellor|work=The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper|accessdate=7 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/alao-explains-yardstick-for-university-ranking/|title=Alao explains yardstick for university ranking|work=Vanguard News|date=19 January 2011|accessdate=7 October 2014}} He was succeeded by professor Jelili Adebisi Omotola in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/when-unilag-floated-world-carnival-to-mark-golden-jubilee/|title=When Unilag floated World Carnival to mark Golden Jubilee|work=Vanguard News|date=23 November 2012|accessdate=7 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/03/inec-must-present-constituency-delimitation-review-to-communities-don/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012094533/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/03/inec-must-present-constituency-delimitation-review-to-communities-don/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 12, 2014|title=INEC must present constituency delimitation review to communities – Don|work=Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper|accessdate=7 October 2014}}
See also
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Category:Nigerian educational theorists
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