Umara D. Gomwalk was a Nigerian academic. He was the first Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Owerri and the Sole Administrator of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1994-1998).[1] He was also professor emeritus of Medicine of University of Nigeria Nsukka.[2] He preceded Ginigeme Francis Mbanefoh[3] as the sole administrator of the institution.[4] His administration had crises to deal with from its take over of VC role from Oleka Udeala until handing over in 1999 with Ginigeme Francis Mbanefoh.[5] Gomwalk was at various times a teacher and Chairman, Presidential Advisory Council and the Governing Council of the Nigerian National Merit Award. He died on May 12, 2019, at the age of 83.[6]
