Hezekiah Adedunmola Oluwasanmi (12 November 1919 – 15 August 1983) was a Nigerian academic and professor who served as the vice chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University from 1966 to 1975.
Hezekiah Oluwasanmi was born on 12 November 1919, to Christian parents in Ipetu Ijesa, then Southern Region, British Nigeria.
He then traveled abroad for collegiate education, he studied at Morehouse College and earned a doctorate degree from Harvard University.
However, during the planning and commencement of academic activities, the new university was caught up in a political crisis within the region.
Oluwasanmi Foundation as legacy project with the aim of keeping his memory alive and to promote his ″optimum″ vision of impacting generations yet unborn by improving rural farming communities quality of life through a combination of Wage progress; Income Parity; improved basic public services and: community environmental control.