Lateef Akinola Salako

He began his career in 1962, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan where he rose to the position of Senior Registrar in 1965, and in 1966, he became a Medical Research Training Fellow, University of Ibadan. He was a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Sheffield for two years, between 1967 and 1969.^[3] In 1969, he was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan where he rose to the position of senior lecturer in 1970, and in 1973, he was appointed a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology.^[4] In 1997, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeed Professor Awele Maduemezia.^[5]

Salako died on December 8, 2017, at the age of 82.^[1]

• Ogun State Distinguished Citizen Award, (1990)^{[citation needed]}
• Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (1992)
• Commander of the Order of Niger (2004)^[6]