Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe (17 July 1933 – 15 May 2020) popularly known as Baba or Prof was the first Nigerian professor of medicine at the University of Ibadan.
He was a former chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), former vice chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the foundation Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin.
[3] In 1968, he obtained his professional Medical Degree from King's College of London based on his thesis titled "Observations on High Blood Pressure in the West African".
[9] Akinkugbe returned to Nigeria in 1961 and worked with Government Specialist Hospital, Adeoyo, Ibadan.
[9][14] Ladipo Akinkugbe received the Commander of the order of the Niger in 1979, Officer de l'Ordre National de la Republique de Côte d'Ivoire in 1981, Searle Distinguished Research Award in 1989, Nigerian National Order of Merit in 1997, Boehringer Ingelheim Award from the International Society of Hypertension and Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were received by him in 2004.