Suara Adediran

1948 - 2022

Suara Adediran
Suara Adedeji Adediran, 74, of Middletown CT, passed away on November 11th, 2022, after battling Glioblastoma for a few months. He is survived by his wife of 46 years (Olusola Adediran), children (Adekemi, Ayodeji, Adeyemi, and Adegoke), grandkids, brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces.
Suara was born in Oyo State, Nigeria on January 27, 1948, to parents, Braimoh and Wulemot Adediran. He completed his secondary school education at Ibadan Boys High School in Ibadan. He then graduated from University of Ibadan, with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemistry in 1973. He earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Ibadan in 1979.
He immigrated to the US and lived in Middletown, CT with his wife until his passing. Before moving to the United States, he was a Professor of Chemistry. From 1999 till his passing, he was a Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, a town he loved. He was also an adjunct professor at various universities in Connecticut.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He published/co-authored 55 research papers; he published his last paper months before his passing in a Nigerian Science Journal honoring his country of birth.
Suara was a dedicated family man, a mentor to many, an avid chess player, a philanthropist, and a devout Muslim. He is dearly missed by his wife, children, grandchildren, and by his many mentees, former students, friends and family.