Ekundayo Adeyinka Adeyemi

• Name — Ekundayo Adeyemi • Office — Distinguished Professor of Architecture, Covenant University • Term Start — 2004 • Term End — 2022 • Office1 — Acting Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure • Term Start1 — December 1999 • Term End1 — September 2001 • Predecessor1 — Lawrence Babatope Kolawole • Successor1 — Robert Adebowale Ogunsusi (acting) • Birth Name — Adeyemi Adeyinka Ekundayo • Born — 27 February 1937 • Birthplace — Nigeria • Died — 25 January 2022 • Education — * Ahmadu Bello University (Bachelor of Architecture) • Columbia University (Master of Science in Architecture) • New York University (Master of Urban Planning) • New York University (Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture) • Known for — Being the first architecture professor in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa

Born to parents from Ekiti State, Adeyemi attended four different primary schools across various states before concluding his basic education in Ekiti State. His secondary education was completed at Christ's School Ado Ekiti, the state capital in 1956. In 1963, he obtained a degree in architecture from Ahmadu Bello University. In 1965, he got his master's degree from Columbia University. This was followed by another master's in urban planning from New York University in 1973. His PhD thesis was on Kaduna Capital Territory and Metropolitan Lagos: An Analysis of Administrative and Institutional Framework for Urban land Planning and Development and was completed in the same institution by 1974.

Adeyemi is regarded as the first professor of architecture of Nigeria, he is also reported as being the 1st academic to attain professorship in architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ekundayo was a member of several professional bodies including Nigerian Institute of Architects, African Union of Architects and American Institute of Planners. Ekundayo started his lecturing career at Ahmadu Bello University in 1969, where he rose through the ranks to become the dean of faculty of environmental design in 1976. He was made a professor at the university the previous year. In 1982, Ekundayo went on sabbatical to University of Sheffield as a visiting professor. In 1988, Ekundayo was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Akure. Between 1999 and 2002, he was selected as Ag. Vice Chancellor of the school. In 2004, he came out of retirement to become the dean of College of Science and Technology and distinguished professor in Covenant University. He was also regarded as a father to many people, And he helped set up Architecture departments in a few universities in Nigeria.

Adeyemi died on 25 January 2022, at the age of 84.