FEATURED ALUMNUS

HRH OLUFEMI BABALOLA, PhD.
(Nickname at Great Ife -
Mr. Speaker Sir)

Profession / Business Title
Petroleum (Exploration / Reservoir) Geophysicist & IT Management Consultant

City of Residence
Oke-Ila Orangun, Osun State, Nigeria & Houston TX USA)

Title(s) / Honor(s)
Installed on Jan. 17, 2003 as His Royal Highness, The Oba’lúmò (Ojúadé Adégbóyèga I) of Ìsèdó (Ìsèdó-Òkè Township, Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún)
2005 “NMGS/Shell Award” - Recipient of the highest award of the Nigerian Mining & Geosciences Society (NMGS)
2004: Appointed by Mayor of Houston Bill White to the City of Houston Conventions, Tourism & Entertainment (CTE) Task Force, serving also in the Financial and Tax Work Group.
2003 – Present: Faculty Adviser, Univ. of Houston’s Nigerian Students Association
1991 - Sigma Xi Election - Elected to Full Membership by Sigma Xi (the American National Honor Society for Scientific Research since 1886)

Education
• B.S. Applied Geophysics (with Second Major Hours in Geology) – 1976, Univ. of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria
• Master’s in Geol. Sciences (Geophysical/Geological Engineering) – 1984, U. of Texas at Austin
• Ph.D. Geological Sciences (Geophysical/Geological Engineering) –1990, Univ. of South Carolina - (GPA: 3.82/4.0).
PhD "Minors": Computer Applications & Geographic Information Systems
• M.B.A. - Information Systems Concentration – 2003, Univ. of Houston, Houston, Texas
MBA "Minors": Strategic Mgmt/Operations Mgmt & International Business/International Marketing
• Post-Doctoral Engineering Studies – Petr. /Reservoir Eng. & Industrial Eng. /Eng. Mgmt– 2001-2005, U. of Houston, Houston, TX.

Professional Memberships
• National Sigma Xi Scientific Society (Elected to Full Membership 1991).
• Project Management Institute
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (Active)
• Nigerian Mining & Geosciences Society (Corporate)
• Black Data Processing Association (BDPA)
• Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Active)
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists (Active)
• Geophysical Society of Houston (Active)
• Houston Geological Society (Active)
• Society of Professional Well-Log Analysts (Active)
• American Geophysical Union (Regular)
• National Association of Black Geologists & Geophysicists (Senior)
• Geological Society of America (Professional)
• European Association of Exploration Geophysicists / European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (Active)

Great Ife University & Alumni Activities
• 1974 - 1975: Speaker of the Students’ Representative Council (Legislative Arm of Student Government)
• 1973 - 1974: Member Students’ Representative Council, (Legislative Arm of Student Government),
• “The Anvil” Magazine - Contributor & Editorial Board: honored with Journalism & Service Award by the Students’ Union
• The University Press Club: honored with Journalism & Service Award
• The X-Ray Club (Publishers of the X-Ray magazine) - Co-founder, Contributor & Editorial Board: honored with Journalism & Service Award
• Gold membership – Houston branch of the Alumni Association.
• Member - 2002 International Alumni Reunion in Houston.

Other Association Memberships & Community Activities
• 2005 – Present: Chairman of the Board of Directors (Elected); The African Coalition USA
• 2003 – Present: Associate Chairman/Secretary of the Board of Directors (Elected); serving as Director for Strategy; The Nigerian Union USA
• 2003 – Present: Faculty Adviser, Univ. of Houston’s Nigerian Students Association
• 1997 - 1999, 1999 - 2000: President, Yoruba Omo Oduduwa, Inc., Houston, Texas
• 1996 - 1997: National Chairperson, Convention Planning Committee – Egbe Omo Yoruba, USA - (Houston, Texas)
• 1994 - 1995: Plenary Session Chair, National Convention, Egbe Omo Yoruba, USA - (Washington, DC)
• 1994 - 1995: Member, National Convention Planning – Egbe Omo Yoruba, USA - (Washington, DC)
• 1983 - 1984: Chairman, African Students Association, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas
• 1982 - 1985: Coordinator, Nigerian Students Union, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas
• 1993 - 1995: Boy Scouts of America Leader - Den Leader/Asst. Den Leader, Troop 1616
• 1989 - 1993: Boy Scouts of America Volunteer - Troop 616 – Parent Volunteer
• 1981 – Present: Speaker/Presenter - Career/ Career Guidance, Diversity/ Intl Culture & Business
• 1976 – 1977: Volunteer Coach, High School Badminton Team (Government secondary School, Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria)
• 1966 - 1970: Boy Scouts of Nigeria – Troop of Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo, Nigeria

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