Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the Vice-Chancellor, and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan, have mourned the death of one of the retired members of staff, Prof Tam David-West, who passed on in the early hours of Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 at the University College Hospital after a brief illness.

According to the statement by the University’s Director of Public Communication, Mr. olatunji Oladejo, late David-West aged 83, was a retired Professor of Virology, College of Medicine at the University, who has contributed immensely to the development of education in Nigeria.

The VC said, “The death of Late Prof. David -West is a big loss to the academic family all over the world.”  “Late Prof David West was a mentor of many generations of virologists all over the world. Even in retirement, he was still very useful to the academic family.”

Also, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the late Prof. Tam David-West as the custodian and repository of university culture.

The Chairman ASUU University of Ibadan, Prof. Deji Omole said this in Ibadan on Monday while reacting to the death of Prof Tam David-West.

The Union described the late don as a great struggler who believed in one Nigeria and also a supporter of the union. Omole noted that the late don knew and articulated a clear vision of what a University ought to be