Ni odun 1961,  o gba Ford International Fellow.Ile eko giga Yunifasiti Ibadan tun so gbongan ibugbe kan ti awon omo ile-eko n gbe ni oruko re ni akoko ti ojogbon Abel Idowu Olayinka n se isakoso ile-eko giga Yunifasiti yi.Awon Itokasi  Awon ojoibi ni 1926Awon eniyan alaaye.. 
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ ti Elvier foundation ni wọ́n fún yaiwo ní ayẹyẹ American Association for the Advanment of Science (A-A), láti ipade ọdọọdún wọn ní Chicago, ó sì tún gba ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹbun àti $5000.. 