Thomas R. Odhiambo
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Professor Thomas R. Odhiambo (1931–2003) was born in Alego, Nyanza Province, a Kenyan scientist and environmental activist who directed research and scientific development in Africa.
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[edit] Life and education
Professor Odhiambo was most noted for being the founding director of International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology as well as founder and first president of African Academy of Sciences. Professor Odhiambo was also into other areas of human values.
He inspired different Kenyan scholars and leaders, notably, academician Odhiambo Siangla and politician Kalonzo Musyoka.
He encouraged the younger generation of thinkers to venture into the fine arts, investigate its relation to history of life sciences and to go out and create global academies and research institutions using technology. His inspiring effect led to the re–emergence of accumulated indigenous knowledge and technology systems in the modern African world. He led visions on agricultural development in Africa by initiating effective scientific projects leading to advancement in growing indigenous crops and disseminating methods of insect control.
Professor Odhiambo was educated at Makerere University in Uganda and University of Cambridge in United Kingdom.
[edit] Honors and awards
•[Africa Prize] Laureate with President Abdou Diof of Senegal, The Hunger Project awarded by then-US President Ronald Reagan
•Albert Einstein Medal
•Gold Mercury International Award
•Gold Medal March International Congress of Plant Protection
•Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Oslo
[edit] Books and publications
Land-Use Literacy for Sustainable Food Production in Africa, 1994
Science for Development in Africa : Proceedings of the Consultation on the Management of Science for Development in Africa, Duduville, Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya, November 21-24, by Turner Timinipre Isoun, 1988
Hope Born Out of Despair : Managing the African Crisis by United Nations University,
