The earliest known photo of the Professor, taken in 1949 during his Year 6 at the Central School Onitsha. In these early days, he was still known as Emmanuel Okeke, before his father gave him the permission to change the family name to Ugochukwu. Can you find him? He is second from the left, in the second row from the top.

Headshot from the Professor’s tenure within the inaugural department of Biochemistry at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

The Professor with his fellow inaugural members of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, circa 1976.

Prof. E. N. Ugochukwu at the 9th International Union of Biochemistry in Hamburg in 1976.

The Professor had many lifetime hobbies; among them baking and cooking, gardening, and golfing. But at best they each fell second to singing.

The Professor utilized this hymnal until his passing, although for many of his favorite hymns such as 27: "Abide With Me" or 382: "Praise to the Lord Almighty," he already knew all the words.

Photographed speaking during a ceremony for graduating students at the University of Benin in 1982 during his tenure as Head of Department.

The backdrop poster remained from a conference for the National Association of Biochemistry Students earlier that same year.

The Professor would serve as the president of the Biochemical Society of Nigeria from 1982 to 1984.

Celebrating Professor E. N. Ugochukwu as the President of the Biochemical Society of Nigeria during the Annual BSN Meeting in 1982.

As Head of Department of Biochemistry at UNIBEN, handing a Departmental Gift to his outgoing Secretary, Ms. Julia at the Family End of Year Party in 1983.

Dr. Ugochukwu with two of his students at the University of Benin, Benin City circa 1984. Dr. Ugochukwu always believed his students were his most loyal allies, and they revered him. He insisted on teaching chemistry "in the context of humanities," employing chemistry with the intent of humanitarian purposes, whether to improve the quality of life, or to further evidence hypotheses of equality and invaluable nature of all things "made by the hand of God"...

Professor Ugochukwu’s driver’s license, circa 1991.

(Professor Ugochukwu’s driver’s license, the last Nigerian driver’s license he would receive). When the Professor returned to Nigeria in 2017, he made use of a full time driver, his loyal and faithful Mr. Salawu.

The Professor is photographed among his recent colleagues; fellow newly inducted amanbassadors at the Nicon Noga Hilton in Abuja, Nigeria, 1991.

Dr. Ugochukwu photographed during a visit to the Marcus Garvey statue located in St. Ann’s Parish, Jamaica.

In 1991, the Professor told Class newspaper he revered Garvey as one of the "most influential figures of all time", inspiring disenfranchised people everywhere to pursue, actively preserve, and cultivate their histories.

The Professor photographed here (1991) as an Ambassador, 5 Waterloo Road Kingston, Jamaica, known as "The Chancery," the country’s Nigeran embassy.

The Professor photographed in 1991 with Lorna Ridgway, MBE, founder of Computer Aid for Disabled People (COMPAID). As the chairman for the Council of Management and McTimoney School of Chiropractic Medicine, Oxford, Lorna and her husband met Emmanuel at the University of London in 1962, while they were each there pursuing separate courses. He was a stranger to the country, and they befriended him and invited him to their home. Their friendship developed greatly, and their home eventually became the Professor’s London residence (home). Professor Ugochukwu saw Lorna as a surrogate mother of sorts after the death of his beloved mother Anyankwo in 1964. Lorna passed in January of 1994. He named two of his children in her honor.

The professor greets President Nelson Mandela during the summer of 1991.

1992: The professor is visited by Nnamdi Azikiwe, who served as the first president of Nigeria from 1963 until 1966.

Photographed Easter Sunday in front of the Nigerian Embassy, 1993, Kingston, Jamaica.

The professor greets Pope John Paul II in the summer of 1993 during his two-day visit to Jamaica.

Celebrating his 58th birthday in November of 1993. The Professor’s birthday was one of his favorite holidays, second only to Easter.

The Professor greets Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip during the spring of 1994.

2015: The Professor shares a malt with his friend Dr. John Abaelu at a burial ceremony in Ondo State. He really enjoyed himself this day.

The professor pays a visit to Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, in Abuja, early 2018.