SUMMARY
On Sunday the 22nd day of March 1983, a communication from Mr. Ayo Eyelade (on behalf of the then Principal Assistant Registrar to the College) provided information that Prof Adelola Adeloye of the Department of Surgery has been nominated to deliver the University lectures for the 1982/1983 session on behalf of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The title of the lecture was “Practice and Practitioners of Medicine in Nigeria.” The lecture was delivered in three parts; (1) In the Beginning, (2) The Middle Passage, and (3) Achievements and Challenges. Held in 1983, Adeloye paid glowing tributes to the five Ibadan’s Foundation Professors. Thirty seven years later, on the 28th day of June 2020 (a Thursday), to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the College of Medicine University of Ibadan, a six- headed Monolith was unveiled on the administrative grounds of the College. Grand in her design, beautiful in her appearance, historical in her significance, the monument beckons to all who gaze upon her, calling upon them to feel, to some extent, the Professors and moments in history that opened the way to modern medical education in Nigeria.