RADCLIFFE,
Clement Anthony, B.Sc.
(First Class Hons.) Dip. Ed., M.Ed., Principal
Glenmuir High School since 1983, Organizations:
Chairman Teenage Mothers Project-May Pen,
President Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association,
CXC Examiner, Member National Development
Foundation Advisory Council-Mandeville, St.
Gabriels Anglican Church Committee and
Lay Representative to Synod, Member Ministry
of Education Task Force on Performance in
CXC, Member Unesco Advisory Committee, Born:
Jamaica, May 9, 1949, Son of Z. C. Radcliffe,
Millwright, and Admira Fullerton, Nurses Aide.
Educated: Gimme-Me-Bit Primary; Glenmuir
High School; Universitybof
the West Indies, Mona, Career: Teacher
Glenmuir High School 1971, Denomination:
Anglican, Married: Karen Spence, February
28, 1981; 3 daughters. Interests: Reading,
Music, Indoor and Outdoor games. Club:
May Pen Jaycees. Address: (business)
10 Glenmuir Road, May Pen. Tel. 986-2538,
986-4932; (residence) P. O. Box 374, May Pen
P. O., Clarendon.
RAE,
Hon. Allan Fitzroy, O.J., C.D; Attorney-at-Law,
Cricketer, Former President West Indies
Cricket Board of Control; Former President
Jamaica Cricket Association. Born:
Kingston, Jamaica, September 30, 1922, son
of the late Ernest Allan Rae, and Iris Veta
Lacy-Rae. Educated: Wolmers
Boys School, Lincolns Inn (London).
Career: Member West Indies Cricket
Teams to India 1948-49, England 1950, Australia
1951-52, Captain Jamaica Cricket team from
1952-58. Member Jamaica Cricket Board of
Control from 1953, senior member and Selector
West Indies Cricket Board, West Indies representative
to International Cricket Conference. Denomination:
Presbyterian. Married: Betty Kinkead,
June 10, 1953, (decd); 1 son. Interests:
Cricket, Tennis, Walking, Reading, light
Classical music. Club: Kingston Cricket.
Address: (business) 10 Swallowfield
Road, Kgn. 5. Tel. 929-8300-1.
RAE,
Norman Frederick, M.A.(Oxon et Lond.)
F.R.S.A., Administrative Executive. Trade
Commissioner for Jamaica in Europe 1981-92.
Born: St. Andrew, Jamaica, December
5, 1931, son of the late Clifford J. Rae,
Motor Mechanic and Beryl Winifred nee Clarke.
Educated: Private Preparatory School,
Kingston College, Oxford and London Universities.
Career: Editorial Department Jamaica
Daily Gleaner in 1951 and 1956; Assistant
Secretary Banana Board 1956, Secretary Banana
Board 1961; General Manager Banana Board
1975; Marketing Manager, Jamco, London 1979;
Television host for series Very Special
People. Theatre Director (amateur)
of numerous Jamaican and other plays; Since
retirement, has done voluntary cultural
organising and programming work for Ward
Theatre Foundation including Music
at the Ward and Season
of Excellence 1995. Publications:
Contemporary Jamaican Art in Ian Fleming
Introduces Jamaica, published Andre Deutsch1965;
Special writer on Fine Arts, Theatre, Cinema
and Dance, Jamaica Daily Gleaner 1956-70;
occasional writer on the Arts for other
publications; Designed and edited The Land
of Hill and Gully by Carmen Manley (published
1961), Foreword to Looking Back catalogue
for exhibition of drawings by Edna Manley
1938-70; Excerpted reviewer work now being
included occasionally in anthologies/critical
works on Caribbean Literature. Producer
of radio serial A Time to Remember, R.J.R.
1969-74. Awards: Recipient of Seprod
Journalism Award 1979 (Jamaica) for
radio production, The Heritage Now. Denomination:
Anglican. Interests: The arts, Medium-skilled
Bridge, Relaxation. Clubs: United
Oxford and Cambridge University, Royal Overseas
League, Fellow Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture
and Commerce (by invitation) 1990. Address:
Box 2719, Kingston 8.
RAINFORD,
DONALD B., C.D., J.P.,B.Sc. (Econ.);
Economist/Business Executive. Chairman &
Managing Director D. R. Holding Ltd., since
1990. Organizations: Chairman, Montego
Bay Investment Co. Ltd., Royal Car Rental
Ltd., Director, CVM Television Ltd., Horizon
Merchant Bank Ltd., Member, Board of Trustees,
National Development Foundation of Ja. Endowment
Fund. Born: Glengoffe, St. Catherine
July 26, 1932, son of Roland Rainford and
Amy Creary-Rainford, Housewife (both decd)
Educated: Buxton High School, Carlton
University (Ottawa), University of Brussels,
Belgium, London University. Career:
Administrative Officer Ministry of Finance
1962-65; Diplomatic Service - Counsellor,
Jamaican High Commission, Ottawa 1965-71;
Deputy High Commissioner, Jamaican High
Commission, London; Former Ambassador to
Belgium and the European Economic Community
1976-80, Permanent Secretary Ministry of
National Security and Justice 1980-84. Managing
Director, Economic & Investment Consultants
Ltd., 1984-90. Denomination: Methodist.
Children: 3 daughters. Interests:
Golf, Tennis. Club: Police Officers.
Address: (business) 99 Dumbarton
Avenue, Kingston 10. Tel. 929-1768; (residence)
5 Kingsway , Kingston 10.
RAINFORD
Henry James, C.D., J.P., Ll.D.(Hon.),
F.J.I.M., Business Executive, Company Director,
Farmer and Cattle Breeder. Managing Director
and Chief Executive Jamaica Livestock Association
Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Jamaica Hatchery
Ltd., Jamaica Feeds Ltd., Henmor Ltd.; Director,
Inter-American Confederation of Cattlemen,
Advisor and Permanent Counsellor to its
executive. Organizations: Former
Member of the Agricultural Products Committee
of the Trade Board. Born: March 29,
1930 son of Justin Powell Rainford, Farmer,
and Matilda Francis-Rainford (both decd).
Educated: Kingston Technical High
School; College of Arts, Science and Technology;
Rapid Results College (Course in Accounting);
London School of Accounting; Alexander Hamilton
Institute of Management (correspondence
course in management). Career: Prior
to 1962 worked with Exports Division , Government
Marketing Department and later with the
Coconut Industry Board; Chief Accountant,
J.L.A. 1961; Chief Executive Officer, J.L.A.
1963; served on Executive Committee of Farm
Tech 1985 Exhibition; Director of the Production
of the Livestock Manual for the Tropics;
Principal Host, Conference of Inter-American
Confederation of Cattlemen held in Jamaica
1979; represented Jamaica Conferences of
the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth
1981, 1985, 1989 and 1994. Awards:
Jamaica Agricultural Society Gold Medal,
Inter-American Confederation of Cattlemen
Award, Certificate of Merit from American
Biographic Centre at Cambridge, Membership
from the Alexander Hamilton Institute, International
Gold Star for Quality from Business Initiative
Directions, His Royal Highness Prince Phillip
R.A.S.C. Scroll. Special Awards for work
in promoting international understanding,
International Committee of the Houston Livestock
Show & Rodeo; Outstanding Manager 1989,
Jamaican Institute of Management; 1st Place
Beef Judging Award for 1994, Florida Intl
Agricultural Trade Council. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Dorothy May Chen;
2 sons, 2 daughters. Interests: Farming,
Reading, Swimming, Horse-racing. Clubs:
Kingston Polo, Jamaica, Royal Commonwealth
Society, London. Address: (business)
The Jamaica Livestock Association Ltd.,
Newport East, P.O. Box 36, Kingston.Tel.
922-0310, 922-7130; (residence) 7 Garden
View, Kingston
8.
RAMOCAN,
Lola Bonita, B.A., Certificate in Education.
Teacher/Education Officer/Business Executive.
Managing Director Stationery & School
Supplies Ltd. since 1986. Director NORTCOF
(a Coffee Development Company). Representative
for Merrill, MacMillan, McGraw Hill, International
Publishing Co. Steck Vaughn Raintree International
Publishing Co., Phillip Roy Multi Media
Publishing Co., Educational Technology Consultants
International (a Cultural Advantage Multi-Media
Co.), Educational Technologies EDUSOFT.
Organizations: Deputy Co-ordinator,
Association of Womens Organization
of Ja., Member, Mathematical Association
of Jamaica, National Council of Teachers
of Maths (NCTM), Friends of Tom Redcam Library;
National Council on Education (Member Policy
& Planning Committee); President ADK
Mandeville Chapter (1984); National Education
Think Tank on Education, Exec. member EduTech
2020 Committee; National School Foundation
(1993) Association of Sexually Transmitted
Diseases, Chairman of the National Fundraising
Committee (1995); Executive Member of the
Jamaica Womens Political Caucus, Chairman
of the National Fundraising Committee (1995),
Vice President, National Organization of
Women, National Vice President, Girls Brigade
of Jamaica; Founder Baillieston Project
Care, Booth Town Development Committee;
Member, Book Industry Association of Jamaica.
Born: Baillieston, Clarendon, September
3, 1949, daughter of Cyril Burrell, Farmer,
and Minna Burrell, Housewife (both decd).
Educated: Ballieston Primary, Frankfield
Comprehensive High School, Shortwood Teachers
College, University of the West Indies.
Career: Probation Teacher, Baillieston
Primary School 1967-68; Trained Teacher
1970 (Maths & Science Specialist); Senior
Teacher, Alston Secondary; Head Maths &
Science Dept., Christiana Secondary School,
Decarteret College; Education Officer, (Core
Curriculum) Grades 10 & 11 Mathematics
National Co-ordinator, Senior Education
Officer 1986-88. Chief Publications:
Research Papers IMF and the Jamaican
Situation up to 1970; Introduction of statistics
in Grade 8 of the Secondary School Science
Teaching by the Investigatory Methods, A
critical appraisal of the Small Business
Loan Board in Mandeville, Jamaica; A study
of Small Businesses in Jamaica; Education
now and in the far days (1986); The effect
of leadership styles on organizations. A
Case for an Alternate Assessment of Mathematics
focussing on the CXC Mathematics at the
General Proficiency Level. Awards:
Student Ambassador to Canada
1967, Girls Brigade award for Outstanding
Service (20 years)1988. Denomination:
United Church of Jamaica & Grand Cayman.
Churchs representative on the Meadowbrook
United Church School Board, Member of the
Citizens College Board 1995. Married:
Seth George Ramocan, December 27, 1972,
1 son, 3 daughters. Interests: Reading,
Floral Arrangement, Gardening, Interior
Decorating. Clubs: Maths, Lioness,
Professional Womens. Address:
(business) 1-3 Hagley Park Road, Kingston
10. Tel. 968-8477; Fax 960-3887;
(residence) 15 Elmwood Terrace, Forest Hill,
Kingston 19.
RAMOCAN,
Seth George, A.Sc. (Bus. Admin); Cert.
Acct., Business Executive and Publisher.
Executive Director Jamaica Institute of
Political Education. Chairman Northcof Ltd.,
Stationery School Supplies Ltd. Organizations:
Member Central Executive and Standing Committee
Jamaica Labour Party. Born: Bath,
St. Thomas, February 7, 1951, son of the
late Rev. George Ramocan, Minister of Religion,
and Bernice nee Walker, Teacher. Educated:
Lawrence Tavern Primary, Trench Town Comprehensive
High, West Indies College, Jamaica Representative
to Expo 67, Montreal, Canada;
Recipient of
U.S.I.S. Scholarship 1984, Konrad Adenauer
Foundation Scholarship 1987. Career:
Member Jamaica Senate 1983-89. Denomination:
Presbyterian. Married: Lola Bonita
Burell, December 27, 1972, 1 son, 3 daughters.
Interests: Reading, Table Tennis,
Boxing. Address: JIPE, 6th Floor,
The Towers, 25
Dominica Drive, Kingston 5. Tel. 929-1690/8841.
RAMSAY,
Ian McDonald, M.A. L.L.M.; Attorney
and Barrister-at-Law since 1955, Director
Eco-Serve; Chairman, Jamaica Broadcasting
Corporation since February 1989; Director
Eco-Serve Ltd. Born: Hope Bay, Portland,
June 2, 1930 son of David C.B. Ramsay, Teacher,
and Sarah Salmon-Ramsay (both decd).
Educated: Nazareth Elementary School,
Manchester, Munro College, St. Elizabeth,
Cambridge University and Grays Inn. Career:
Deputy Clerk of Courts 1955-56, Private
Practice at the Bar since 1956; Asst. General
Secretary of J.L.P. 1960, Councillor S.W.
St. Andrew 1960, Chairman Jamaica Broadcasting
Authority 1972-73; Senator J.L.P. 1974-76.
Denomination: Moravian. Married:
Rose Eiriksdottir June 28, 1952; 1 son,
1 daughter. Interests: Boxing, Horse-racing,
Reading, Farming. Club: Jockey Club
of Jamaica. Address: (business) 53
Church Street, Kingston. Tel. 922-7135;
(residence) Reach District, Portland.
RAMSAY,
Ionie I; Deputy Superintendent in charge
of Tourism Security Liaison Section, Jamaica
Constabulary Force since 1994. Organizations:
Member/Founder Spanish Town Crusaders;
Public Relations Officer, Washington Gardens
Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Born:
Southfield, St. Elizabeth, June 18, 1949;
daughter of the late Samuel Ramsay, Retired
Farmer, and Doris Ramsay Retired Business
woman. Educated: Mayfield Primary
School; Bethel High School; University of
the West Indies (Mona). Career: Police
Constable 1969-75; Acting Corporal 1975-77;
Corporal 1977-85; Police Sergeant 1985-88;
Police Inspector 1988-92; Assistant Superintendent
of Police 1993. Awards: First Female
Motorcycle Cop; Gleaner Certificate of Merit
1988; I.C.W.I. Award 1987; Optimist Club
Award 1988 for fostering good relationship
between the Police and the public and promoting
road safety; Departmental Commendations
and Awards for efficient and dedicated service.
Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist.
Children: 2 daughters. Interests:
Watching & Playing Cricket, Listening
to Country & Western and Gospel Music,
Helping the less fortunate. Club:
Spanish Town Crusaders & Cricket Club.
Address: (business) 1 Ruthven Road,
Kingston 10; Tel. 929-1606; (residence)
Lot 160, Cooreville Extension, Cooreville
Gardens, Kingston 20.
RAMSAY,
Patricia Cecile, R.G.N., S.C.M.; Dip.Psych.
Cultural Director and Curator Mutual Life
Arts Centre since 1982. Director Mutual
Life Gallery, Pegasus Gallery, The Jamaican
Artists and Craftsman Guild. Organizations:
Executive Board Member Friends of the Edna
Manley School of Visual Arts; Chairperson,
United Way, Board Member, Edna
Manley School of Visual Arts. Born:
Jamaica, August 2, 1944, daughter of Carlos
Thompson, Pharmacist and Francella Thompson
(decd). Educated: Wolmers Girls
School, Einstein University. Career:
Supervisor Surgical Unit Bronx/Lebanon Hospital,
U.S.A., 1965-69; Fashion Designer and Photographic
Gallery Director PHOTIQUE Fashion House
1969-77, Home Editor and Journalist Essence
Magazine, New York 1978-81; Editor Amina
Womens Magazine, Paris 1980-81; Consultant
on Art Collections for companies and individuals,
presentations on Art for J.B.C. Awards:
Woman of the Year 1983, United Way of Jamaica
Bronze
1990. Denomination: Unity of Jamaica.
Married: Kenneth George Ramsay, December
28, 1963. Interests: Reading, Walking,
Listening
to music, Collecting Art. Club: United
Way of Jamaica. Address: (business)
Mutual Life Art Center, 2 Oxford Road, Kingston
5. Tel. 929-4302.
RAMSON,
John Charles, Managing Director Chas
E. Ramson Ltd. since 1981, Acco Jamaica
Ltd., and Caribbean Foods Ltd. since 1990.
Honorary Consul General for Denmark since
1985. Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. Born:
St. Andrew, Jamaica, May 17, 1950, son of
Laurie Ramson and Monica Page-Ramson. Educated:
St. Georges College, Ryerson Polytechnic
Institute (Toronto, Canada). Career:
Controller Chas E. Ramson Ltd. 1971-81;
General Manager Acco (Jamaica) Ltd. 1977-90.
Denomination: Roman Catholic. Married:
Mary Harrison, October 7, 1972; 3 sons.
Interests: Sailing, Fishing, Shooting,
Squash. Clubs: Royal Jamaica Yacht,
Kingston Cricket, Liguanea, Trelawny Gun,
Jackson Bay
Gun, Jamaica Gun, Jamaica Skeet. Address:
(business) 449 Spanish Town Road, Kingston
11. Tel. 923-5051-4; (residence) 4D
Sharrow Drive, Kingston 8.
RAMSON,
Lauritz Oswald, C.B.E., J.P.; Company
Director, Chairman, Chas E. Ramson
Ltd. since 1933. Chairman Berec Caribbean
Ltd., Caribbean Foods Ltd., Acco Jamaica
Ltd.,Loram Ltd., Chas. E. Ramson Ltd.
Director Harbour Cold Stores. Born:
St. Andrew, Jamaica, November 21, 1913,
son of Charles E. Ramson, Merchant, and
Rose Clough-Ramson (both decd). Educated:
St. Georges College. Career:
President Jamaica Chamber of Commerce 1962-66;
First Chairman Jamaica National Export Corporation
1968-72; Director, Chamber of Commerce of
the Americas; Vice-President Incorporated
Chamber of Commerce of the British Caribbean;
Danish Consular General 1967-85; Dean Consular
Corps 1975-85; President Red Cross Society
1968-70; Director, JamaicaMutual 1965-87;
Radio Jamaica Ltd. 1965-78. Awards: Knight
of the Donnebrog (Danish) 1977. Denomination:
Roman Catholic. Married: Sheena Colquhoun
1968; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests:
Sailing, Fishing, Tennis. Clubs:
Royal Jamaica Yacht Club, Kingston Cricket.
Address: (business) 449 Spanish Town
Road, Kingston 11. Tel. 923-5051; (residence)
Penthouse 2, Manor Court, Kingston 8.
RATTRAY,
Senator The Hon. Alfred Adolphus, O.J.,
L.L.B., F.C.A., A.C.I.S.; Attorney-at-Law,
Partner, Rattray, Patterson Rattray since
1981. Director Patriach Ltd.,Interconsults
Ltd. Organizations: Member Executive
and National Executive of the Peoples
National Party, Air Jamaica Board. Born:
Saint Ann, January 19, 1925, son of Septimus
Rattray, Farmer, and Albertha Gray-Rattray
(both decd). Educated: Porus
Primary School, Excelsior High School, London
School of Economics, Lincolns Inn. Career:
Joined the Jamaica Civil Service 1949, Worked
as clerk in Department of Health and Income
Tax 1949-51; Accountant and Manager of Food
Control Distribution Department and as Import
Licencing Officer and Assistant Trade Administrator
1951-53; Served as Administrative Officer
in Ministry of Trade and Industry working
principally on matters of Industrial Development,
Trade & Commerce, Mining and Administration
1953-58 and 1961-64; joined Myers, Fletcher
& Gordon as Associate 1964; became Partner
1965; Part-time Lecturer, Examiner and Moderator
in Commercial Law at the University of the
West Indies for B.Sc. and for Degree Students
in Business Administration 1961-75; Was
appointed Jamaicas Ambassador to the
U.S.A. and Ambassador Permanent Representative
to the O.A.S. 1975, served as President
of the General Assembly 1979; On three occasions
led Jamaicas delegation to the Annual
General Assembly of the O.A.S., Chaired
the Committee on Economic and Social Issues
and was Chairman of the Permanent Executive
Committee of the Economic and Social Council
of the O.A.S. for two consecutive terms
1978-79 and 1979-80; Principal architect
of the Companies Act 1965 and The Public
Accountancy Act, a founder and architect
of the Jamaica Stock-Exchange; Founder of
National Association of Jamaican and Supportive
Organizations U.S.A.; Chairman Port Authority
1970-75; Deputy Chairman J.I.D.C. 1966-75;
President Public Accountancy Board 1970-75;
Chairman of Committee upon whose report
a new Pilotage Law was prepared; Formerly
Chairman Jamaica Fashion Export Guild, New
Kingston Hotels Ltd. Awards: Received
the Kenneth Kaunda Award for Humanism. Recipient
of the Adolphe Roberts award from the Jamaica
Progressive League (U.S.A.) and of numerous
awards from other organizations in the U.S.A.;
Order of Francisca de Miranda 1st Class
(Venezuela). Denomination: United
Church of Jamaica. Married: Cynthia
Louise Weston March 28, 1951; 2 daughters.
Interests: Fishing, Reading, Lecturing,
Bridge. Club: Kingston Cricket. Address:
(business) 15 Caledonia Avenue, Kingston
5.Tel. 929-6680-2; (residence) 4 Glenhope
Avenue, Kingston 6.
RATTRAY,
Alvin Earle, B.Sc., A.R.I.C.S.; Chartered
Surveyor, Partner, Chang, Rattray and Company
since 1974. Director Chang Rattray Property
Services Limited. Oganizations: Chairman,
Real Estate Board; Chairman, National Family
Planning Board 1990-93. Born: New
Market, St. Elizabeth, August 1, 1931, son
of the late Benjamin Bruce Rattray Police
Officer, and Agnes Agatha Rattray. Educated:
Troja and Linstead Primary Schools,
Excelsior High School, University of London,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Career:
Temporary Clerk Government Treasury
1952-56; Several positions in Land Valuation
Department 1960-70; Estate Manager Urban
Development Corporation 1970-74. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: June Claire Martin,
May 10, 1958 (decd); 1 son, 4 daughters.
Interests: Reading, Watching sports.
Address: (business) 65 Lady Musgrave
Road, Kingston 10. Tel. 927-4304, 927-9071;
(residence) 2
Temple Meads, Kingston 6. Tel. 927-3307.
RATTRAY,
Barry; Architectural Designer/Builder/Company
Director. Managing Director, Mobile Structures
Ltd and Barry Rattray Dream Buildings. Developed
the container home concept in 1986 for low-income
housing, using shipping containers. Has
promoted Jamaicas architecture internationally
by being featured in foreign magazines and
on overseas television. Born: Kingston,
February 11, 1958, son of Lucien Rattray,
President, Airports Authority of Jamaica
and Fay Rattray, Retired Civil Servant.
Educated: Jamaica College; College
of Arts, Science & Technology. Career:
Worked with McMorris, Sibley Robinson prior
to being on own. Denomination: Anglican.
Interests: Listening to music, watching
movies and being on or by water. Motto:
Whatever the Mind can Conceive, Can be Achieved.
Address: (business) 62 Hope Road, Kingston
6.
RATTRAY,
Hon. Kenneth Osbourne, O.J., C.D., Q.C.,
LL.B (Hons.). LL.M., Ph.D. Attorney-at-Law,
Solicitor General since 1972. Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Jamaica,
Ambassador-at-large since 1974. Organizations:
Chairman of the Prospectus Committee, Board
of Directors of Clarendon Alumina Production
Limited. Born: New Market, St. Elizabeth,
September 27, 1932, son of the late Benjamin
B. Rattray, Police Officer and Agnes A.
Wright-Rattray. Educated: Beckford
& Smiths High School, London University,
Lincolns Inn. Career: Administrative
Officer Government of Jamaica and Pre-Federal
Organization (Barbados); Assistant Crown
Counsel 1961-62; Crown Counsel 1962-66;
Assistant Attorney General 1966-68; Senior
Assistant Attorney General 1968-72; Privy
Councillor 1970; President of the Assembly
of the International Civil Aviation Organization
1977; Chairman Petroleum Corporation of
Jamaica 1979-80, President Air Jamaica 1980-81;
Representative of Jamaica on several missions
and sessions of the General Assembly of
the United Nations, and Third U.N. Conference
on the Law of the Sea; Rapporteur-General
of the Preparatory Commission for the International
Sea Bed Authority and the International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Representative
of Jamaica in Bauxite and Alumina Negotiations
for Joint Ventures. Awards: Recipient
of the International Civil Aviation Organizations
50th Anniversary Medal of Honour for eminent
contribution to civil
aviation 1994. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Faith McDonald, April 7,
1956; 2 sons, 3 daughters. Interests:
Reading, Diplomacy. Address: (business)
Attorney Generals Department, 79-83
Barry Street, Kingston. Tel. 922-6140; (residence)
15 Shenstone Drive, Kingston 6.
RATTRAY,
Lucien Melbourne,C.D.; B.Sc. (Est.Mgmt.),
F.R.I.C.S.; Chartered Surveyor. President,
Port Authority of Jamaica since Sept. 1995.
Chairman, Jamaica Maritime Training Institute,
Port Security Corps Ltd. Executive Vice
President, Port Authority of Jamaica since
1991. Director, American Assoc. of Port
Authorities, Port Authority of Jamaica,
Kingston & Montego Bay Free Zones. Organizations:
Life Member, Realtors Association of Jamaica.
Born: Balaclava, St. Elizabeth, July
23, 1927; son of Benjamin B.Rattray, Police
Officer, and Agnes A. Rattray, Housewife
(both decd). Educated: Excelsior
High School; Estate Management College,
London University. Career: Deputy
Commissioner of Land Valuation, Ministry
of Agriculture 1956-66; Estate Manager,
University of the West Indies 1966-73; General
Manager, Port Authority of Jamaica 1973-91.
President, Ja. Promotions Corp. (JAMPRO)
1994-95. Awards: Centenary Medal,
Institute of Jamaica. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Arnett Fay Friend,
May 4, 1957; 3 sons. Interests: Reading,
Travelling. Address: (business) 53
Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5.
RATTRAY,
Hon. Raphael Carl, O.J. Q.C., LLD (Hon);
Attorney-at-Law President Court of Appeal
since 1993. Organizations: Founder,
Member and Past Chairman Jamaica Council
for Human Rights; Member Disciplinary Committee
of the General Legal Council; Legal Adviser
to Peoples National Party (P.N.P.);
Executive P.N.P.; Chairman P.N.P.s
Peoples Forum and International Relations
Commission; Former Vice-President Jamaica
Bar Association. Born: St. Elizabeth,
September 18, 1929, son of Benjamin Bruce
Rattray, Police Officer, and Agnes Agatha
Wright-Rattray. Educated: Beckford
and Smiths High School, Lincolns
Inn School of Law, the Inns of Court, London.
Career: Civil Servant 1947-53. Employed
in the Colonial Office, London, West Indies
Welfare Division 1955-56; Called to the
Bar at Lincolns Inn 1956; Manager
Migration Advisory Service
Ministry of Labour, Jamaica, 1956-57; Stipendiary
Magistrate (Cayman Islands) 1957-58;
Legal Career: Private Practice at
Bar in Jamaica and other Caribbean Jurisdictions
1958-75
and 1981-89; Appointed Queens Counsel
1969; Founding Partner, Rattray, Patterson,
Rattray, Attorneys at Law. Parliamentary
Career: Government Senator in the Jamaican
Parliament 1975-1980; Minister of Justice
& Attorney General 1976-80; Leader of
Government Business in the Senate 1978-80;
Leader of Business in the Senate 1978-80;
Opposition Senator and Leader of Opposition
Business 1980-83. Member of Parliament for
S.E. St. Catherine 1989-93 & Chairman
of the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional
Reform; Attorney General and Minister of
Justice 1989-92; Attorney General
& Minister of Legal Affairs 1992-93.
Publications: Firstlings, a Collection
of Poems (1950), Former Editor Jamaica
Law Journal. Denomination: Methodist.
Married: Audrey Elaine DaCosta, September
29, 1951; 2 sons, 2
daughters. Interests: Human Rights,
Reading,
History, Literature, Writing. Address:
(business) Court of Appeal, Public Buildings
East, King Street, Kingston; (residence)
4
Rockhampton Drive, Kingston 8.
RAY,
Frank Anthony, J.P. Journalist/Communications
Consultant. Director Corporate Affairs,
Desnoes & Geddes Ltd. since 1995. chairman,
Humming Bird Enterprises Ltd., Board
Member CVSS; Chairman, St. Andrew South
Police Civic Committee. Organizations:
Board Member, Vouch, Public Relations Society
of Jamaica, Advertisers Association of Jamaica,
Intl Association of Business Communicators.
Born: St. Andrew, April 19, 1946;
son of Frank A. Ray, Retired Civil Servant,
and Mercedes Ray, Secretary. Educated:
Jamaica College; R.C.A. Institute. Career:
Reporter, Daily Gleaner 1965-67; Chief News
Editor, Western Bureau Chief, J.B.C. 1967-76;
Public Relations Manager, Alcoa Minerals
of Jamaica 1976-85; Director of Public
Relations & Advertising, Jamaica Tourist
Board 1986-87. Denomination: Roman
Catholic. Married: Yvonne McMahon;
2 sons, 1
daughter. Interests: Reading, Swimming,
Travelling. Clubs: Liguanea, Spanish Town
Rotary. Address: (business) 214 Spanish
Town Road, Kingston; (residence) 28 East
Oakridge, Kingston 8.
RECKORD,
Michael Douglas, B.A.(Eng), B.J. (Journalism),
dip HRD (from IMP); Writer and Educator.
Lecturer in Public Relations and Tutor in
Creative Writing at School of Continuing
Studies, U.W.I. since 1981, Tutor Playwriting
at Jamaica School of Drama, Theatre &
Film Critic, Gleaner Company Ltd. Organizations:
Member of Executive Childrens Writers
Circle; Press Association of Jamaica, Jamaica
Committee for Childrens Literature,
Jamaica Historical Society. Born:
Four Paths, Clarendon, September 13, 1943,
son of Carol Reckord, Agricultural Journalist
and Consultant and Kathleen Douglas-Reckord.
Educated: Kingston College, Carleton
University. Career: Journalist since
1962, Worked with Daily Gleaner, Theatre
Critic 1973-81, The Beacon, Public Relations
Officer at Alpart, Editor, The Beacon in
Montego Bay; Journalist, Ja. Daily News;
PRO , UWI; Teacher, Kingston College and
St. Andrew High School; Lecturer, C.A.S.T.,
PRO Scientific Research Council. Awards:
Centenary Medal Institute of Jamaica 1979,
Hon. Fellow International Writing Programme
University of Iowa 1985. Prime Ministers
Award for Playwriting (Short Play) for Jamaica
21 Playwriting. Publications:
Numerous stories, poems, plays published;
some plays produced on stage and television;
hundreds of radio sketches broadcast. Divorced
1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: The
Theatre, Writing, Movies, Reading. Motto:
Try to Make the World a better Place.
Address: (business) 7 North Street,
Kingston; (residence) Green Acres, St. Catherine.
REDPATH,
John Ansell, J.P.; Planter. Deputy Managing
Director Lydford Farms Ltd. since 1980.
Born: Fontabelle, Trelawny, September
1, 1920 son of the late William Henry Redpath
and Viola Evelyn Scully-Redpath. Educated:
Munro College, Jamaica School of Agriculture,
Graham School for Cattlemen (Kansas U.S.A.).
Career: Commissioned Officer
in the Royal Air Force 1942-51; represented
Great Britain in Athletics 1948 and 1949
(Pole Vaulting); 15 years with the W.I.
Sugar Company Frome and Monymusk; Farms
Manager with Reynolds Metals Company up
to February 1, 1980. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Phyllis Marjorie
Crichton, July 3, 1976; 1 son, 2 daughters.
Interests: Tennis, Cricket, Football,
(sports in general), Stamp Collecting. Clubs:
Ocho Rios, Reynolds. Address: (business)
Midland Enterprises Ja. Ltd., Lydford P.O.,
St. Ann. Tel. 974-2540-2; (residence) Shaw
Park Gardens, c/o Danny McKay, Ocho
Rios.
REDWOOD,
Lloyd George, J.P., Pharmacist; Managing
Director City Plaza Pharmacy, Port Antonio,
Portland since December, 1973. Director
Portland Development Corp., Fairy Hill Plaza
Associates Ltd., Pharm-Link
(designated
Co.). Organizations: Executive Member
Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica; 1st Vice
President, Portland Chamber of Commerce,
Titchfield High School P.T.A.; Chairman
J.A.M.A.L. Portland Parish Committee; Treasurer,
Office of Disaster Preparedness; Member
of the Friends of Port Antonio Public Hospital;
Board Member, Passley Garden Teachers
College, Portland Credit Union; Born:
Martin District, Albany P.O., St. Mary,
July 31, 1938; son of Harold Sam Redwood,
Retired Agronomist and Kathleen Davidson-Redwood.
Educated: Merl Grove High School,
Kingston Public Hospital Dispensary. Career:
Certified Registered Pharmacist, June 1962,
1 year as Pharmacist at Oxford and York
Pharmacy, Drug Sales Representative. at
Hercules Agencies for 2 years, then Warner-Lambert
Drug Co. as Area Representative up to 1968
(Local Dist. H.D. Hopwood and Co. Ltd.);
Drug Manufacturing Co. Booker B.D.H. Kingston
5 years (later changed hands to Glaxo Int.,)
justify Booker 1973
and started own Pharmacy in Port Antonio.
Awards: Community Pharmacist Award
by the Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica.
Denomination: United Church of Jamaica.
Married: Valerie May Lewis, August
1, 1981; 1 daughter. Interests: Swimming,
Community Affairs, Good Debate or Conversation.
Motto: Love, Tolerance and Understanding
enhance Peace. Address: City Plaza
Pharmacy Ltd., Port Antonio P.O.; Tel. 993-2620/3509.
REID,
Rt. Rev. Alfred F. Charles, B.D., M.Ed.;
Anglican Bishop. Bishop Suffragan, Montego
Bay since 1980. Born: Mile Gully,
Manchester, September 30, 1937, son of Sidney
Reid and Marie Knight-Reid (both decd).
Educated: St. Peters College,
Jamaica, St. Augustines College (Canterbury,
England); St. Georges College, Jerusalem
Israel; Episcopal Theological
School, Cambridge Mass., Boston College
(Chestnut Hill, Mass.). Career: Clerk
Alcan 1956-58, Curate St. James Parish Church
1956-58, Curate, St. James Parish Church
1965, In charge Lucea Parish Church 1965,
Rector of Vere 1967-71, Rector of Stony
Hill (St. Judes) 1971-78.
Chaplain, Welfare Officer, Education
Officer, Jamaica Defence Force 1978-80.
Denomination: Anglican. Married:
Gloria Clare Morrison, November 19, 1966;
2 sons, 1 daughter. Address: (business)
The Office of the Suffragan Bishop, St.
Clavers Avenue, Montego Bay. Tel.
952-4963; (residence) 8
Morningside Drive, Montego Bay. Tel. 952-2933.
REID,
Rev. Clarence Samuel, O.D., J.P., B.D.,
M.A.; Minister of Religion; Minister Calvary
Baptist Church since 1969. Organizations:
Chairman Board of Governors Montego Bay
High School. Executive Member Jamaica Baptist
Union, Continuation Committee Caribbean
Conference of Churches. Formerly Executive
Member Baptist World Alliance, Vice President,
Baptist World Alliance 1995-2000. Chairman
Board of Governors William Knibb High School,
Westwood High School, United Theological
College of the West Indies. Born:
Dumphries, St. James, July 7, 1936. Educated:
Unity Primary School, Calabar College, Oxford
University. Career: Pastor Moss Side
Baptist Church (Manchester, England) 1962-65;
Bethany Circuit Baptist Churches (St. Ann)
1965-67; Chaplain Calabar High School 1967-69;
President Jamaica Council of Churches 1975-77;
Independent Member, Jamaican Senate 1972-76
also 1983-88; Member, Teachers Service Commission,
Member National Advisory Council on Crime
and Justice 1984-89. Awards: Certificate
of Merit for outstanding work as a priest.
Gleaner Honour Awards 1980. Publications:
Numerous articles on Public Affairs; Church
Morality and Democracy, 1988; Samuel Sharpe
- From Slave to National Hero, 1989. Denomination:
Baptist. Married: Carmen Charlotte
Reeves, September 10, 1960; 1 son, 1 daughter.
Interests: Swimming, Walking, Music,
Public and International Affairs. Club:
Montego Bay Rotary. Address: (business),
Montego Bay. Tel. 952-4375; (residence)
P.O. Box 114, Montego Bay.
REID,
Dorothy Eva, Banker. Manager Private
Banking Division, Eagle Merchant Bank since
March 1992. Born: St. Anns
Bay, Jamaica, December 24, 1930, daughter
of Ralph Darrel Streadwick, Superintendent
St. Ann Parochial Board, and Doris Eva Rerrie-Streadwick
(both decd). Educated: Private
Tutor, St. Hildas Diocesan High School,
Bank Courses in Management, Marketing and
Sales, University of the West Indies Course
in Construction Project
Management. Career: Joined Barclays
Bank D.C.O. January 1949, various junior
and supervisory positions until 1965, Accountant
Union Square 1965-67, Accountant Matildas
Corner 1967-69, Manager Constant Spring
1969-72, Assistant Manager, 54 King Street
1972-76, Manager Duke Street 1977, Manager
Harbour Street 1977-81, National Commercial
Mortgage and Trust Ltd. Feb. Dec.
1981, National Commercial Bank, Matildas
Corner Manager, 1982-86; Senior Manager
National Commercial Bank, Head Office 1986-89.
Awards: Pioneer Woman First Female
Bank Manager in Jamaica 1969. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: John Patrick Fitzherbert
Reid,
July 5, 1953; 2 sons, 1 daughter. Interests:
Reading, Gardening. Address: 5 Garden
Close, Kingston 8. Tel. 927-4416.
REID,
Gregory Carl, LL.B. (Hons.); Attorney-at-Law
and Industrial Relations Consultant; Founding
Partner, Ziadie,Saunders and Reid. President
Jamaica Red Cross Society since 1986. Partner
Myers Fletcher and Gordon, Manton and Hart.
Director Solnar Ltd., Consumer Leasing Ltd.,
Securities Ltd., Seramco Ltd., F.S.C. Management
Services. Organizations: Convenor
Bar Associations Standing Committee
on Commercial and Industrial Law; Deputy
Chairman Prime Ministers Disaster
Fund Allocations Committee. Born:
Duanvale, Trelawny, April 11, 1950, son
of Vincent Reid, Agronomist and Mae Reid,
Teacher. Educated: Morris Knibb Prep.
School;Wolmers Boys School; University of
the West Indies. Career: Myers, Fletcher
and Gordon, Manton and Hart as an Associate
since 1977, became Partner in 1982; Legal
Advisor Jamaica Red Cross Society,1982,
Chairman Special Projects 1983, Member Finance
Committee 1984, Chairman Status and Regulations
Committee, Member Raffle Committee, First
Vice-President 1984-85. Publications:
An Appraisal of the Jamaica Labour Relations
and Disputes Act in Lawyer of the Americas
1976. Married: Rodina Herbert, December
20, 1975; 3 sons. Interests: Volunteer
Service. Address: (business) 19 Eureka
Crescent, Kingston 5; Tel. 929-6595, 929-6597;
(residence) 7 Karachi Avenue, Kingston 6.
REID,
Lawrence Hubert Edmond, B.Sc. (Econ.),
M.A., Ph.D.; Head Research and Higher Degrees
Sect. School of Education University of
the West Indies, Formerly Professor of Psychological
Measurement, Administrator, University Health
Services, Mona since 1982. Foundation Member
Caribbean Examinations Council, Director
Board of Masthead Foundation of Alcan, Board
of Unitas Jamaica Ltd. Organizations:
Vice-Chairman Bethlehem Teachers College
Board, Member St. Hughs High School
Board of Governors, Chairman Teachers Service
Commission, Past Master Lodge Mico of Scottish
Freemasons. Born: Walderston, Manchester,
Jamaica, May 2, 1916, son of George Reid,
Farmer, and Ellen Davey-Reid. Educated:
Mizpah School, Mico College, London and
Princeton Universities. Career: Head
of various Primary Schools, Principal Education
Officer Ministry of Education. Publications:
Educational tests for children from deprived
environments 1969. Innovations in Early
Childhood Education 1974, School and Environmental
Factors in Jamaica 1977. Several
series of tests of mental ability and school
achievement published by Hodder and
Stoughton, Educational Research and The
New Societies 1974, An Evaluation of C.A.D.E.C.
1978, Report on Organization of American
States Sub-Regional Conference on the Transfer
of Technology in Education 1978. Denomination:
Moravian. Married: Myrtle Smith July
1943; 2 sons. Interests: Choral Music,
Gardening. Clubs: Director St. Andrew
Rotary Club, Master Lodge Mico of Scottish
Freemasons. Address: (business) University
Health Services, Mona. Tel. 927-0774; (residence)
Windfield, Forest Hills, P.O.
Box 225, Kingston 10.
REID,
Roy, Artist since 1964. Organizations:
Member of the Jamaica Artists and Craftsmen
Guild. Born: Portland, December 21,
1937 son of Gerald Reid, Farmer, and Cassandra
Reid (decd). Educated: Seaside
Secondary in Portland. Career: Farmer
1949-64; Exhibitions at National Gallery
of Jamaica in all National exhibitions since
1972; 4 works included in the Jamaican Intuitives
shown in the English Speaking Union (Edinburgh),
Commonwealth Institute, London, Wolverhampton
Art Gallery. Creative Works: Orange Lane
Fire, Landlord City, Bright Star Sister
Warns. Group Exhibitions: Eight Jamaican
Primitives, Havana, Cuba 1976;The Intuitive
Eye, National Gallery of Jamaica 1979; Jamaican
Intuitives, Art Gallery, Commonwealth Institute
and Wolverhampton Art Gallery, U.K. 1986;
Three persons Exhibitions Makonde Gallery,
Kingston 1986; Fifteen Intuitives National
Gallery of Jamaica 1987; Group Exhibitions
annually Mutual Life Gallery 1985-90. One
Person Exhibitions: Serendipity, Kingston
1978; Pegasus Hotel 1981; Bolivar Gallery
1982; The Mutual Life Gallery 1987; Bolivar
Gallery 1988; The Mutual Life Gallery 1990.
Awards: Musgrave Bronze Medal for
contribution to Arts. Children: 3
sons. Interests: Reading, Writing,
Photography, Cycling, Dominoes, Playing
the guitar. Address: 74 Grass Quit
Glades, Kingston 11.
REID,
Wayne Godfrey, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.,
M.J.I.M., M.ASCE. Civil/Structural Engineer.
Director Jentech Consultants Ltd. since
1975, Jamaica Engineering and Technical
Services Ltd., Jets Metfab. Ltd. Organizations:
Member, Jamaica Institute of Engineers,
Institution of Civil Engineers (London);
Past Secretary General, Council of Caribbean
Engineering Organizations; Past Executive
Member Commonwealth Engineers Council. Born:
Mandeville, September 2, 1945 son of Lawrence
H.E. Reid, Former Professor of Education
U.W.I. and Myrtle I. Smith-Reid (decd).
Educated: Primary Schools, Calabar
High School, St. Georges College, University
of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada). Career:
Teaching and Research Fellow University
of Waterloo 1967-72; Engineer Public Works
Department Jamaica 1972-73; Chief Engineer
P.W.D. 1973-75. Awards: Open Scholar
U.W.I. 1963. Denomination: Moravian.
Married: Janice Celia Miles July
4, 1970, 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Cricket, Music, Reading, Squash, Snorkelling.
Club: Liguanea. Address: (business)
14A Hope Road, Kingston 10. Tel. 926-2201-2;
(residence) 9 Shaker Way, P.O. Box 501,
Kingston 10.
REPOLE,
Herbert Denham, B.Arch., Architect,
Principal, Repole Architects, Planners since
1983. Organizations: Past President,
Jamaica Institute of Architects 1972-1974;
Member, Board of Directors, United Way of
Jamaica, Council Member, Caribbean School
of Architects Chairman, Jamaica National
Heritage Trust; Executive Board Member,
Pan American Federation of Architects Associations
1975-1979; Hon. Member, Columbian Society
of Architects 1976; Member, Jamaica Institute
of Management; Hon. Member, Mexican Society
of Architects. Born: St. Andrew,
November 6, 1934; son of H.E. Repole, Building
Contractor, and Ida-Chloe Repole, Housewife.
Educated: Wolmers Boys
School; McGill University; University of
Manitoba. Career: ;McMorris Sibley
Robinson 1964-67; Established H. D. Repole
Associates April 1967; Restructured Repole
Architects, Planners 1982. Awards:
Governor Generals Award of Merit for
Architectural Design 1972-83; Winner Competition
for Monument to National Heroes George William
Gordon & Paul Bogle 1965; Winner Competition
for Monument to National Hero Norman Washington
Manley 1970. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Dahlia Winsome; 2 sons,
2 daughters. Interests: Poetry, Art,
Sailing. Clubs: Liguanea, Royal Yacht.
Address: (business) RAP, 32 Lady
Musgrave Road, Kingston 5; Tel. 978-3435-7.
REYNOLDS,
Lancelot Fitzgerald, J.P., F.C.A.; Chartered
Accountant. General Manager Jamaica National
Building Society since 1977. Director Jamaica
National Building Society, National Employers
Mutual Ltd., National Commercial Bank of
Ja. Ltd., National Building Society of Cayman.
Organizations: Council Member, Building
Societies Association of Jamaica , Associate
Member The Institute of Taxation, Member,
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in
Jamaica, Member, Caribbean Association of
Building Societies and Housing Financial
Institutions; Deputy Chairman, Kingston
Technical High School. Born: St.
James, Jamaica, October 6, 1934, son of
Leonard A. Reynolds and Amy Green-Reynolds.
Educated: Kingston Technical High
School, Westminister College, London University.
Career: Partner Touche Ross &
Co., 1968-73. Denomination: United
Church. Married: Elsa Eugenie Wilson,
September 21, 1963; 2 daughters. Interests:
Tennis, Music. Clubs: Kiwanis of
Kingston, Liguanea. Address: (business)
2-4 Constant Spring Road, Kingston 10. Tel.
926-1344; (residence) P.O. Box 1013, Kingston
8.
REYNOLDS,
Milverton, B.Sc. Mgnt Studies, M.B.A.
Finance, Dip. Urban Studies.; Company Executive.
Managing Director National Housing Trust
since 1990. Director Sugar Industry Housing
Ltd., National Housing Trust, Metropolitan
Parks & Markets. Born: Treasure
Beach, St Elizabeth, May 11, 1949, son of
Herman Reynolds, Tailor, and Mirian Ruby
Reynolds, Registered Nurse. Educated:
Munro College, University of the West Indies,
McGill University, University of London.
Career: Jamaica Citizens Bank
1971-72; Commercial Banking Officer, Workers
Saving & Loan Bank 1974; Project Management
& Appraisal, National Housing Trust
1976-80; Real Estate Development & Project
Development, Life of Jamaica 1980-85; Aerocon
Group of Companies 1987-90. Awards:
Royal Bank Scholarship to UWI 1968, Canadian
Commonwealth Scholarship 1972. Denomination:
Anglican. Divorced: 3 sons, 1 daughter.
Interests: Reading, Tennis, Squash,
Jogging. Club: Liguanea. Address:
(business) 4 Park Boulevard, Kingston 5.
Tel. 926-7165; (residence) Apt. #20, 1 Waterworks
Road, Kingston 8.
RHONE,
Trevor Dane, C.D., Dip. Speech and Drama.
Playwright and Director. Playwright since
1968. Director Knuts Production. Born:
Kingston, Jamaica, March 24, 1940, son of
the late Hezekiah Rhone, Farmer, and Rosamond
McCalla-Rhone. Educated: Beckford
and Smiths School, Rose Bruford College.
Career: Actor in the United Kingdom;
Co-founder Barn Theatre, Jamaica, Co-Screen
Writer of the 1st Jamaican movie
The Harder they Come. Resident
Playwright Barn Theatre. Lecturer at various
Schools, Colleges and Universities. Awards:
Commander of the Order of Distinction. Publications:
Old Story Time and other plays - Longman;
Two can Play, published by K.E.T. books
and Longman; Screen Play adapted for movie
Milk and Honey. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Camella King, March 1975;
1 daughter. Interests: Cricket, Badminton.
Address: 1 Haining Mews, Kingston
5. Tel. 926-4756.
RICHARDS,
Earl Anthony, B.Sc.; Civil Engineer,
Managing Director Phoenix Construction Co.
Ltd. since 1983. Chairman Jamaica Public
Service Co Ltd., The Electricity Authority,
St. Catherine Re-Development Co. Ltd., Hellshire
Bay Development Co. Ltd. Organizations:
Member Jamaica Institution of Engineers,
Jamaica Institute of Management Board Member
Shortwood Teachers College, Caymanas Development
Co. Ltd., Charter Member Kingston Downtown
Rotary Club. Born: Old Harbour, St.
Catherine, January 19, 1945; son of the
late Clifford R. Richards and Gwendolyn
E. Fletcher. Educated: Clarendon
College, University of Toronto. Career:
Structural Engineer Benghiat Associates
1969-70; Structural Engineer McMorris Sibley
Robinson 1971-73; Project Engineer Douglas
Pearce Engineers Limited 1974-75; Project
Manager, Project Director, General Manager
National Development Agency Limited 1975-81;
Managing Director Project and Construction
Management Associates Limited 1981-83. Denomination:
United Church of Jamaica & Grand Cayman.
Married: Angella Elaine Robinson,
October 31, 1970; 3 daughters. Interests:
Lawn Tennis, Swimming, Reading. Club:
Rotary Downtown Kingston. Address:
(business) 9A Retirement Crescent, Kingston
5. Tel. 929-1324/6, 929-7871.
RICHARDS,
Selvin Barrington, Company Director.
Chairman R.A.D.A., Coffee Development Officer
Northern Region, Director,
F.I.D.C.O. Board. Organizations:
Chairman, Portland Authority; Born:
Iron River, St. Andrew, March 19, 1942;
son of Randolph Richards, Farmer, and Violet
Moore, Housewife. Educated: St. Theresas
Primary School; Sheffield University; College
of Technology; Dept. of Extra Mural Studies,
University of the
West Indies. Career: Forest Department
1965; Logging Supervisor, Forest Industries
Development Co. Ltd. 1981; Managing Director,
Diamond Consultant Ltd. 1984. Denomination:
Baptist. Married: Irene Estena Lawrence,
December 2, 1967; 2 sons, 2 daughters. Interests:
Swimming, Dancing, Cricket. Address:
(business) Buff Bay P.O., Portland. Tel.
993-3731; (residence) Diamond Ridge, Buff
Bay, Portland.
RICKARDS,
Bruce Errol Anthony, C.D., J.P. Retired
January 1994. Chairman, Harbour Cold Stores
Ltd., Agro Grace Ltd., Director, Fish Importers
Ltd., Paper Processors Ltd., Medi-Grace
Ltd. Organizations: Past President,
Importers & Distributors Association
of Jamaica;
Past President, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce;
Past Chairman, National Aids Committee of
Jamaica, Chairman, Jamaica/America Medical
Assistance Committee. Born: Spanish
Town, April 12, 1930, son of John Frederick
Rickards and Edna Packer-Rickards (both
decd). Educated: Half Way Tree
Primary School; Kingston College. Career:
Clerk, Agricultural Loan Societys
Board 1947-51; Grace Kennedy & Co. Ltd.
1951-93. Awards: Prime Ministers
Medal 1983; Order of Distinction
(Commander) 1985. Married: Marjorie
Elizabeth Fennell, April 28, 1956; 1 son,
1 daughter. Interests: Community
Service, Reading, T.V. Watching and Sports
. Clubs: Kingston Cricket, Liguanea.
Address: (residence) 40 Graham Heights,
Kingston 8.
RICKETTS,
Herman Emanuel, C.D., Lt. Royal Victorian
Order; Commissioner of Police (Retd).
Born: Lances Bay, Hanover, 9th May,
1931, son of the late Oswald Ricketts, Businessman,and
Winnifred Reid, Housewife. Educated:
Lances Bay School; St. Georges College
(Ext.); Trained in the United Kingdom (Hendon)
1965, United States (IPA) 1968; University
of the West Indies 1969; Paris-Interpol
1976. Career: Joined Jamaica Constabulary
Force in 1951; served in the Crime Investigation
Branch to rank of Detective Inspector 1953-69;
Uniformed Officer 1970-75, C.B. officer
1975-77; Uniformed Officer since 1977; Chairman
Police Credit Union 1965-75; League board
member for 3 years. Married: Cevel
Barham, August 31, 1957; 2 sons, 1 daughter.
Denomination: United Church. Interests:
Reading, The Theatre, Concerts (both choral
and instrumental). Club: Kiwanis.
Address: The Atrium, 32 Trafalgar
Road, Kingston 10.
RICKETTS,
Mark Ronnell, B.Sc. (Econ. Hons.); Economist,
Editor and Publisher Money Index since 1985.
Director, Supreme Printers and Publishers,
Compton Elliott and Ashley, Security Unit
and Real Estate Trust. Born: Kingston,
April 8, 1943, son of Lena Ricketts, retired
Teacher. Educated: Half Way Tree
Primary School, Calabar High School, Jamaica
College, University of the West Indies.
Career: Economic Consultant Fraser
Institute (British Columbia, Canada )1975-78;
Chief Economist Vancouver Board of Trade,
Canada 1978-81; Senior Lecturer College
of Arts, Science and Technology 1981-84;
Managing Director Security Brokers 1984-86,
Ex-Deputy Chairman Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Awards: University of the West Indies
Award for contribution to Journalism and
Debating Society; Millon Dollar Round Table
Award as a Life Underwriter with North American
Life Assurance Company 1968. Publications:
Co-authored book on Money Market published
by McLean Hunter (Canada); An Examination
of Critical Trade Skills in British Columbia
1978, An Evaluation of Canadas Energy
Programme 1979. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Rosanna Elaine Beek, June
21, 1986; 4 sons . Interests: Dominoes,
Reading. Clubs: Jamaica, Liguanea.
Address: (business) Money Index,
4 Caledonia Crescent,Kingston 5; Tel. 968-1279;
(residence) 46 Forsythe Drive, Kingston
6.
RISDEN-HUNTER,
WINNIFRED; B.A. (Hons.) UCWI (Lond).
B. Litt. (Oxon); Communications Consultant,
Managing Director, WRH & Assoc. since
1989. Director, Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation,
Habitat for Humanity; Member Editorial Advisory
Committee, Jamaica Observer, Breakfast Club,
KLAS Radio. Organizations: Director,
Terrace Restaurants Ltd. Born: Chapleton,
Jamaica, daughter of Manley Risden and Amy
Risden (both decd) Educated:
Wolmers Girls School, University College
of the West Indies, Oxford University. Career:
Lecturer in English, University of the West
Indies 1965-70; Director of Public Relations,
Jamaica Tourist Board 1973-77; Communications
Consultant (private practice) 1977-81; Press
Secretary to Prime Minister 1982-84; Executive
Director, Jamaica Information Service 1984-89.
Awards: University College of the
West Indies - Student of the Year 1957,
Dulverton Post-graduate Scholarship 1960;
Commander of the Order of Distinction 1988.
Married: Dr. Lloyd B. Hunter 1977.
Interests: Reading, Conversation,
Art, the Theatre, Writing. Address:
(business) W.R.H. & Assoc. Ltd., 22G
Old Hope Road, Kingston 5. Tel. 929-9304.
RITCH,
Dawn Helen, B.A.; company director and
columnist. Executive chairman and managing
director, Ritch & Associates Ltd.Organizations:
Member, Advertising Agencies Association
of Jamaica. Born: St. Andrew, Jamaica,
West Indies, December 29, 1950, daughter
of Royce M. Ritch and the late Gertrude
Isabel (Dolce) Gayle-Ritch, retired manufacturers.
Educated: Wolmers High School
for Girls; Trent University (Ontario, Canada).
Career: Journalist, company director,
Columnist with The Sunday Gleaner. Awards:
Trent University Scholarship for Academic
Excellence 1970. Denomination: Anglican.
Interests: Reading, boating, fine
arts. Address: (business) Ritch and
Associates, 3 Duke Street, Kingston; Tel.
922-6051, 922-6001; (residence) 1F Waterloo
Avenue, Kingston 10.
ROACHE,
Keith Lawton, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc. Chairman
ADC Group of Companies, National Cane Products
Ltd., Director, National Rums of Jamaica
Ltd. Organizations: Share Trustee-Jamaica
Banana Producers Association; Member Board
of Governors College of Agriculture Born:
Jamaica, October 3, 1935; son of Louis Lawton
Roache, Farmer and Delcy May Roache, Housewife
(both decd). Educated: McGill
University; Iowa State University. Career:
Senior Livestock Officer, Government of
Jamaica 1960-67; Agricultural Adviser, Barclays
Bank International 1967-77; Agricultural
Adviser, National Commercial Bank Ja. Ltd.
1977-78; Consultant, UNDP/ The (CARICOM)
Caribbean Regional Food Plan Project, February-June
1979; State Animal Husbandry Extension Specialist
& Associate Professor of Animal Science,
Lincoln University, Missouri August-December
1979; Director, International Programmes,
Lincoln University January 1980-May 1981;
Managing Director, Agricultural Credit Bank
of Jamaica 1981-1984. Managing Director,
Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation
1984-93. Awards: Jamaica Agricultural
Scholarship 1955; McDonald silver medal
for meritorious contribution to Student
Council, Gold Medal for outstanding contribution
as director of Publications. Fellow of the
Ja. Society for Agricultural Sciences. Publications:
Co-Author of The Extent of Selection for
Milk-Yield Among Cows of the Jamaica Hope
Breed, and Production Characteristics of
the Jamaica Hope Breed both in Journal of
Agricultural Science Vol. 44 (1970); An
Evaluation of Jamaica Hope Bulls in Journal
of Agricultural Science Vol. 74 (1961) and
Body Measurements and Their Use in Predicting
Milk Production in Journal of Dairy Science
Vol. 44 Denomination: Christian.
Married: Ada Loraine Summers, March
2, 1976. Interests: Tennis, Horse
Racing. Club: Rotary St. Andrew North.
Address: (residence) 20 Norbrook
Road, KIngston 8.
ROBERTS,
Carl Anthony, B.A., Dip.Mgmt.; Company Executive,
Vice President Victoria Mutual Building
Society since 1987. Director, Building Society
Credit Union, Hurescon Ltd. (Consultants).
Organizations: Chairman, Building
Society Training Committee, Officer, Rotary
Club of Spanish Town. Part-time Lecturer,
U.W.I., J.I.M., Admin. Staff College; Seminar
Leader, Presenter Personnel I.R. Born:
Spanish Town, December 24, 1939; son of
Croney V. Roberts, Retired Traffic Manager,
J.R.C., and Edna Roberts, Retired Teacher.
Educated: Kingston College; University
of Western Ontario; University of the West
Indies. Career: Audit Officer, Admin.
Officer, Planner, Government of Jamaica;
Personnel Officer, Caribbean Steel Co.;
Employee Relations Manager, Branch Manager,
Assistant General Manager, Victoria Mutual
Building Society. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Maureen E. King (Deceased),
September 1, 1965; 2 daughters. Interests:
Reading, Spectator Sports, Gourmet Cooking.
Club: Rotary Club of Spanish Town.
Address: (business) VMBS, 8-10 Duke
Street, Kingston; Tel. 922-9410-20; 922-5751;
(residence) Box 907, Kingston 8.
ROBERTS,
Christopher Stephen, J.P., C.A.; Chartered
Accountant Financial Manager/Director The
Gleaner Company Ltd. since 1974. Director,
Independent Radio Co. Ltd., the Media Association
Ja. Ltd., Trafalgar Development Bank Ltd.,
Sangsters Book Stores Ltd. and the
Inter American Press Association. Born:
Jamaica, February 15, 1940, son of Vernon
Leslie Roberts, retired Banker, and Daisy
Dacosta-Roberts (both decd). Educated:
Jamaica College. Career: Manager
Sugar Manufacturers Association 1964-75,
Group Financial Controller, Crown Continental
Merchant Bank 1974. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Jill Marion Puttnam,
August 22, 1964; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Tennis, Swimming, Bridge. Clubs:
Liguanea, Jamaica. Address: (business)
The Gleaner Company Ltd., 7 North Street,
Kingston. Tel. 922-3400; (residence) 12
Millsborough Avenue, Kingston 6.
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow, B.Sc.Econ., D.Sc.Econ.,
University of London. Demographer. Professor
of Demography, Department of Sociology,
U.W.I. since 1965. Born: Grenada,
November 12, 1918, son of the late William
M.A. Roberts, Engineer, and Henrietta K.
Roberts, Housewife. Educated: London
University; Columbia University. Career:
Vital Statistics Adviser, Development and
Welfare Organisation, Barbados 1950-58;
Vital Statistics Officer, Federal Government
of the West Indies, Trinidad 1958-61; Senior
Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology, University
of the West Indies 1961-65; Director, United
Nations Demographic Training and Research
Unit, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka 1979-81.
Awards: 30th Anniversary Award of
the Barbados Family Planning Association
for services rendered to that organisation
since its inception 1985; Caribbean Review
Award at 14th Intl Meeting of Caribbean
Studies Assocn. Barbados, May 1989. Publications:
Monographs & Special Studies: The Population
of Jamaica Cambridge 1957, reprinted 1979;
with D.O. Mills Study of External Migration
Affecting Jamaica 1953-1955 Kingston 1957;
The Demographic Position of the Caribbean
(with evidence), Cttee on Judiciary,
U.S. House of Representatives, Study of
Population and Immigration Problems, Special
Series 6, Washington 1963; Fertility Background
Paper for Fertility Sessions, World Population
Conference, Belgrade, U.N. 1965; with S.A.
Sinclair, D. Powell, B. Boland and L. Hewitt,
Recent Population Movements in Jamaica CICRED
Series, Paris 1974; Fertility and Mating
in Four West Indian Populations (Introduction
by D.V.Glass), ISER, U.W.I., Kingston 1975;
with S.A. Sinclair, Women in Jamaica: Patterns
of Reproduction and Family (Introduction
by Vera Rubin), Kraus Thomson, New York
1978; with staff of DTRU, Demographic Atlas
of Sri Lanka Demographic Training &
Research Unit, University of Colombo, Sri
Lanka, 1980; with E. Jean Baptiste The Population
of St. Lucia 1980 Round of Caribbean Censuses,
CARICOM, 1988; with Valerie Nam Study of
Internal Migraton affecting Jamaica, 1980
Round of Censuses, CARICOM, 1989. Numerous
papers in Professional Journals, papers
contributed to International and other Conferences
between 1954 and 1989. Married: Sonja
Sinclair, September 1984; 1 son. Interests:
Photography. Address: Dept. of Sociology,
U.W.I., Kingston 7; (residence) 15 Waterloo
Mews, Kingston 10; Tel. 926-1654.
ROBERTSON,
Amy Blanche, F.L.A., Dip.Ed.; Librarian/Documentalist,
Faculty of Education U.W.I. since 1972.
Born: Great Valley, Hanover,
August 26, 1926; daughter of Alfred McCourtie,
Farmer, and Maud McCourtie, Housewife (both
decd). Educated: Montego Bay
High School; Loughborough College; University
of the West Indies. Career: Librarian,
St. James Parish Library 1946-62; Principal
Librarian, Jamaica Library Service 1962-72;
Librarian/Documentalist. Awards:
Centenary Medal of the Institute of Jamaica.
Publications: Select Bibliography of Education
in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Denomination:
Baptist. Married: Judson Robertson,
October 2, 1952; 2 daughters. Interests:
Gardening, Denominational Work, Reading,
Classical Music, Nature. Address:
(business) Faculty of Education, U.W.I.,
Kingston 6; (residence) 1 Hobart Road, Kingston
5.
ROBERTSON,
Fred K.A., Dip. Ag. Sc., Dip.
Admin., Cert. Bus. Studies, Business Executive.
Mortgage Controller, Jamaica National Building
Society since 1989. Organization: Administrative
Management Society. Born: St. Mary,
April 12, 1936, son of the late Osmond Robertson,
Farmer, and Beryl Ferguson, Housewife. Educated:
Jamaica School of Agriculture, College of
Arts, Science and Technology, University
of the West Indies. Career: Agricultural
Assistant 1959-60; 4H Club Organiser 1960;
Community Development Officer 1960-68; Personnel
Manager Colgate Palmolive 1968-72; Marketing
Manager National
Saving Co. 1972-79; Jamaica National Building
Society 1979-91. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Avil Beryl Scudder, December
21, 1963; 3 daughters. Interests:
Cricket, Domino, Gardening. Club:
Liguanea. Address: (business) 2-4
Constant Spring Road, Kingston 10. Tel.
926-1344-9; (residence) 7 Widcombe Avenue,
Kingston 8.
ROBERTSON,
Hon. Paul Douglas, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A.,
Ph.D; Minister of Industry, Investment &
Commerce since January 1995. Prior to his
appointment to this Ministry he served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign
Trade, Minister of the Public Service and
Minister of Information & Culture. Senator
from February 1989-93. General Secretary
Peoples National Party since 1983. Managing
Director Cold Spring Limited. Organizations:
Member managing committee Newcastle Blue
Mountain Coffee Growers Co-operative, Electoral
Advisory Committee. Born: St. Andrew,
July 7, 1946, son of the late Cyril A. Robertson
and Dorothy E. Robertson, Teacher. Educated:
Mount Industry Primary, York Castle High,
Oberlin High, Jamaica College, University
of the West Indies, University of Michigan.
Career: Teacher Oberlin High School
1965 and 1968; Lecturer University of the
West Indies 1968-69, University of Michigan
1971-72, University of the West Indies 1973-74,
Howard University 1974-76; Special Assistant
to the Prime Minister 1978, Chairman J.A.M.A.L.
Foundation 1978, Deputy General Secretary
for Administration Peoples National
Party 1978-80; Special Assistant to Prime
Minister Feb. - Oct. 1980; Research Assistant
to Michael Manley 1981-82. Publications:
Party Organization in Jamaica
Social and Economic Studies. Vol. 21 No.
1, March 1972, Attitudes of Senior
Civil Servants in Jamaica, Social
and Economic Studies, June 1974; Ruling
Class Attitudes in Jamaica; The
Bureaucratic Component in The Commonwealth
Caribbean Into the Seventies,
Singham A.W. (ed) Centre of the Developing
Area Studies, McGill Univ. Montreal 1975.
Married: Carlene Amelia Kerlew, January
1982; 2 daughters. Religion: Christian.
Interests: Jogging, Sports in general.
Address: (business)36 Trafalgar Road,
PCJ Building, Kingston 10; (residence) Cold
Spring, Newcastle.
ROBINSON,
Adrian Amery Constantine; Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, The Marketing Counsellors
Ltd. (Advertising Agents) since January
1987. Organizations: Mason, (Jamaica
College Old Boys Lodge), Chairman,
National Arboretum Foundation. Born:
Blackstonedge, St. Ann, May 22, 1935, son
of Alan Alexander Robinson, and Florette
Alma Bell-Robinson. Educated: Clarendon
College; Jamaica College. Career:
Former Programme Manager, Jamaica Broadcasting
Corporation; General Manager, Gerry Dunlop
Associates (Advertising); Chairman, C.G.R.
Communication Ltd. 1971-75; Director of
Tourism 1975-78. Married: Janine
Wylder, October 1, 1979; 2 sons, 5 daughters.
Clubs: Kingston Cricket, Liguanea,
Caymanas Golf. Address: (business)
The Marketing Counsellors Ltd., 15A Lady
Musgrave Road, Kingston 5; Tel. 927-9583/8565-6;
(residence) Resource, Irish
Town.
ROBINSON,
Albert Edward, M.B., B.S., M.P.H.; Medical
Practitioner. Medical Officer (Health) Clarendon
since 1967. Organizations: Member
Clarendon Chamber of Commerce, Association
of General Medical Practitioners, Medical
Association of Jamaica, Glenmuir Preparatory
School Board. Member, Rotary Club of Jamaica.
Born: Hayes, Clarendon, November
22, 1928, son of the late Benjamin J.A.
Robinson, Medical Practitioner and Industrialist,
and Amy Scudder-Robinson. Educated:
Hayes Elementary School, Jamaica College,
University of the West Indies, Yale University.
Career: Laboratory Technician (Jamaica
Govt. Service), U.C.W.I., Assistant Medical
Officer Falmouth Hospital, Medical Officer
Health (Hanover). Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Barbara Frederica Barrett
July 20, 1963; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests:
Reading, Music. Address: (business)
Clarendon Health Office, May Pen. Tel. 986-2305;
(residence) 25 Sevens Road, P.O. Box 72,
May Pen. Tel. 986-2408.
ROBINSON,
Major Anthony Richard Fitzgerald, Company
Director, Managing Director Ryans
Muffler Co. (1981) Ltd., Plastic and Metal
Works(1981) Ltd., Graber Corp. since 1981.
Organizations: Immediate Past President
Jamaica Manufacturers Association. Born:
St. Andrew, Jamaica, April 28, 1944, son
of Brig. Dunstan F. Robinson, Director Selection
Services, and Daisy M. Robinson, Housewife.
Educated: Wolmers Boys
School, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
Career: Draughtsman, Ministry of
Communications and Works 1963; Jamaica Defence
Force (attaining the rank of Major in 1973);
Office Services Manager and Marketing Manager,
Victoria Mutual Building Society 1975-81;
Special Asst. Minister of Industry and Commerce
1980-81. Denomination: Anglican.
Divorced: 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Tennis, Hockey, Cricket, Photography, Music,
Reading. Clubs: Jamaica Officers,
Kingston Cricket. Address: (business)
10 -12 Dunrobin Avenue, Kingston 10. Tel.
924-41297, 925-7417; (residence) 34 Norbrook
Acres Drive, Kingston 8.
ROBINSON,
Barrington Armstrong, B.A., C.I.A.;
Vice President, Finance, Caribbean Cement
Co. Chairperson Certified Internal Auditor
(C.I.A.) Examinations Institute of Internal
Auditors (I.I.A.), Jamaica Chapter. Organizations:
Board Member, Y.M.C.A., Advisory Board Alpha
Boys School, Management Committee, Portmore
HEART Academy, Jamaica Gypsum & Quarries
Ltd., Elsie Bemand Trust; Chairman, National
Hurdles
and Field Events Championships. Born:
Kingston, May 23, 1953; son of the late
Barrington Robinson, Engineer, and Leanora
Robinson (nee Fuller), Retired. Educated:
All Saints Primary School; Calabar High
School; University of the West Indies. Career:
Teacher, Calabar High School 1972-77; Internal
Auditor,
Jamal Foundation 1979-82; Chief Internal
Auditor/Company Secretary, Caribbean Cement
Co. Denomination: Roman Catholic.
Separated. 1 son. Interests:
Sports Athletics (coach), Meeting People,
Travelling, Table Tennis, Preservation of
Jamaicas Culture and Classical Music.
Clubs: Rotary Club of St. Andrew,
Calabar Old Boys Association. Address:
(business) Caribbean Cement Company, Box
448 Kingston; (residence) 6 Stillwell Road,
P.O.Box 189, Kingston 8.
ROBINSON,
Christopher Charles, B.Sc.(Hons.) Mgmt.Studies
U.W.I., M.Sc. Acctg. U.W.I. Insurance Manager,
General Manager Cuna Mutual Insurance Society
since 1985. Director, City of Kingston Coop
Credit Union. Organization: Secretary,
Wolmers Old Boys Association. Born:
Kingston, October 10, 1955; son of Aston
Robinson, Retired, and Monica Robinson,
Retired. Education: Wolmers
Boys School; University of the West
Indies. Career: Administrator, Office
of Superintendent of Insurance 1977-79;
Lecturer, Finance & Accounts College
of Training 1979-82; Accounting Manager,
Cuna Mutual Insurance Society 1982-85. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Marilyn Bonner,
July 26, 1986; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Dominoes, Photography, Cricket. Address:
(business) 2a Manhattan Road, Kingston 5;
Tel. 929-3570; (residence) 4 Cairncurran
Avenue, Kingston 20.
ROBINSON,
Dunstan Fitzgerald, Brigadier,C.D.,
O.B.E., E.D., F.I.M.C., J.P. Retired as
Personnel Administrator and Training Co-ordinator
KPMG Peat Marwick in 1994, having been Director
of Selection Services KPMG Peat Marwick
& Partners from 1975-93. Organizations:
Director, Jamaica Automobile Association,
Vice President Island Council Jamaica Legion
(B.C.E.L.), Vice President (Hon.) Scout
Association of Jamaica, Hon. Life Member
Jamaica Rugby Assn., Member, National Reserve
Council, Jamaica Paraplegic Assn., Jamaica
Cancer Society, Jamaica Defence Force Welfare
Council, Patron Jamaica Motoring Club.
Born: Annotto Bay, St. Mary, Jamaica,
December 23, 1919, son of the late Dr. Herbert
Ulysses Robinson, Optician and Pharmacist,
and Mildred Anastasia Magnus-Robinson. Educated:
Wolmers Boys School, Imperial Defence
College. Career: Pharmacist Jamaica
Govt. Medical Service 1941-45 (seconded
to Competent Authority Drug Division W.E.F.
1943), Member of Jamaica Home Guard 1943-45,
Officer Jamaica Combined Cadet Force 1945;
Regular Army: 2nd Lt. June, Lt. Dec. 1946,
Captain April 1949, Major April 1956, Lt.
Colonel April 1963, Colonel Jan. 1973, Brigadier
May 1973. Served as Platoon Commander, Adjutant
and Company Commander in the Jamaica Regiment,
Jamaica, Second-in-Command in 1st Bn. The
West India Regiment, Served as Commanding
Officer 1st Bn. The Jamaica Regiment, as
Senior Staff Officer and Commanding Officer
Staff and Service Units, as Deputy Chief
of Staff and as Chief of Staff the Jamaica
Defence Force. Retired March 1974; Organizing
Committee (Protocol and Ceremonial) 9th
Central American and Caribbean Games 1962
and 8th Commonwealth Games 1966; Director
(Prot.& Cerem.) Commonwealth Wheelchair
Games 1966 and Third Pan American Wheelchair
Games 1971. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Daisy Marion Spence, April
25, 1943; 4 sons, 1 daughter. Interests:
Gardening, Reading, Ex-Servicemens
Welfare, Sports. Clubs: Jamaica Officers,
Jamaica, Kingston Cricket, Kingston Rotary,
Jamaica Rifle Asscn., Moore Keys Lodge.
Address: 1A Cunningham Avenue, Kingston
6.
ROBINSON,
Everard Mayland, Attorney-at-Law; Director,
Partners Ltd., Retreat Enterprise Ltd.Born:
May 26, 1929. Educated: Ferncourt
High School; Lincolns Inn, London.
Called to the English Bar 1959. Career:
Deputy Clerk of the Courts, Clerk of Courts
and Resident Magistrate 1947-59; Seconded
from Government of Jamaica to Government
of Cayman Islands: Stipendiary Magistrate
& Judge of Grand Court of Cayman Islands;
Legal Adviser
to Administrator & ex-officio Member
of Cayman Islands Legislature & Executive
Committee 1959-61; Resident Magistrate till
1968; Entered Private Practice as Solicitor,
St. Ann & St. Mary 1969; Kiwanis Club
of Ocho Rios President 1972-73, Board of
Governors Moneague Teachers College 1973;
Chairman, Board of Trustees Ferncourt High
School 1975-77; Past Director, Ocho Rios
Chamber of Commerce. Director, Jamaica Tourist
Board 1972-73; Past President, Northern
Jamaica Law Society; Past Master, Lodge
Caledonia (Masonic Order); Gilwel Scout
Leader. Listed in Marquis Who is Who World
3rd Edition 1976-77 and Dictionary of International
Biographies 1978. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Edma McDougall.June 30,
1956; 1 daughter, 1 son. Interests:
Golfing, Bee Farming. Club: Kiwanis
Club of Ocho Rios. Address: No. 5
Evelyn Street, Ocho Rios, Box 220, St. Ann;
Tel. 974-2453.
ROBINSON,
Jeanne Annette, B.Sc., D. Ed. Secretary/
Executive Director, ICWI Group Foundation
since 1989; Chairman, Council of Voluntary
Social Services; Hon. Sec. Workforce Development
Consortium; Hon. Sec. Jamaica Foundations
and Corporate Donors; Director, Jamaica
Conservation and Development Trust, Director,
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica; Director,
United Way of Jamaica; Member International
Committee Council on Foundations. Organizations:
Commonwealth Trust, Assn. of Science &
Technology Centres, USA, Florida Association
of Museums; Miami Museum of Science; Professional
Assn. of Business Women; Assn. of Science
Teachers of Jamaica. Born: Jamaica,
September 25, 1934, daughter of the late
Lister Mair, Insurance Executive, and Nettie
Mair. Educated: St Andrew High, Birmingham
University, U.K; Galudet College, U.S.A.;
University of Washington, University of
Arkansas, U.S.A. Career: Head, Science
Dept. Immaculate Conception High School;
Executive Director Jamaica Association for
the Deaf; Executive Director Greater Houston
Service for the Learning Impaired; Associate
Director SCILS Foundation in Texas. Awards:
Jamaica Scholar, International Fellow of
Galludet College, Governor Generals
Award for Voluntary Service. Hand of Friendship,
American Business Womens Assn, Rotary
Award for Community Service, Hon. Life Membership
Board of Directors Partners of the
Americas Jamaica Chapter. Chief
Publications: Directory of Services
for the Handicapped Jamaica; Hearsayings
Quarterly Newsletter (Houston, Texas); Special
Education Needs in the Caribbean (O.A.S.);
Distance Teaching in Education (USAID);
Philanthropy & its Development
A Jamaican Case Study; Corporate Support
for Third Sector Development, Jamaica. Ford
Foundation Report; The Director of Donors,
Jamaica. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Edward Robinson, July 20,
1957; 2 daughters. Interests: Travel,
Collectibles, Reading. Club: Liguanea.
Address: (business) ICWI Group Foundation,
2 St Lucia Avenue, Kingston 5. Tel. 926-3230/1;
Fax 968-3884.
ROBINSON,
Hon. Joyce Lilieth, C.D., O.J., M.B.E.,
F.L.A., LL.D.; Librarian, Administrator,
Managing Director H.E.A.R.T. Trust since
August 1982. Organizations: Director,
Mutual Security Trust Foundation, Chairman,
GirlsTown Education Committee, Member
Jamaica Institute of Management, Chairman
National Council on Libraries, Archives
and Documentation Services; Board of Management
National Library of Jamaica; Vice-Chairman
U.N.E.S.C.O. International Advisory Committee
on Documentation/Libraries and Archives,
since 1975; Vice-President International
Council of Adult Education; Member Council
of Institute of Jamaica, U.N.E.S.C.O. National
Commission, Board F.I.S.H., Exec Community
College, St. Hughs High School; Patron
Donald Quarrie Secondary School. Born:
St. James, Jamaica, July 2, 1925, daughter
of F.E. Stewart, Medical Doctor, and Lynette
Mary-Lawson Stewart (both decd). Educated:
Black River Primary School, St. Simons
College, Northwestern Polytechnic, London
University. Career: Teacher St. Simons
and Black River High Schools 1945-50; Acting
Director, Jamaica Library Service (J.L.S.)
1955-57; Director, J.L.S 1957-76; Director
National Literary Programme (secondment
from J.L.S.) 1976-81; Director, JAMAL Foundation
1981-82; General Manager Jamaica Broadcasting
Corporation 1981-82. International Assignments
Member of Jamaicas delegation
to 21st Session of the United Nations General
Assembly 1966, and U.N. International Conference
on Human Rights (Teheran, Iran )1968. Awards:
Silver Musgrave Medal 1970; Carl Milan Lecture
Award 1979; Hon. Vice-President (for life)
The Library Association of Great Britain;
U.N.E.S.C.O. Literary Prize 1983; United
Nations Decade for Women 1985; Hon Degree
of Doctor of Laws, Dalhousie University
Nova Scotia, Canada. Publications:
Number of Papers on Libraries and Adult
Education e.g. Libraries in Jamaica and
Jamaica Library Service - 21 years of progress
in pictures. Denomination: Moravian.
Married: Leslie Roy Bruce Robinson
, January 15, 1957; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Reading, Cooking, Gardening, Interior Decorating.
Club: Foundation Member Soroptimist
Club of Jamaica. Address: (business)
84 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston 10; Tel.
978-8772; (residence) 5 Millsborough Avenue,
Kingston 6.
ROBINSON,
The Hon. Leacroft Heriot Ulysses, O.J.,
Q.C. J.P.; Attorney-at-Law. Retired President
of the Court of Appeal (1976-81) Chairman,
Restricted Persons Review Tribunal. Organizations:
V.P. Jamaica Korea Society; Member Board
of Governors Wolmers Trustees 1980;
Member Committee of Management Little Theatre
Movement; Hon. Secretary Jamaica Arts Society.
Born: Kingston, Jamaica, July 20,
1916, son of the late Herbert Ulysses Robinson,
Chemist and Optician, and Mildred Anastasia
Magnus-Robinson. Educated: Swallowfield
Elementary School, Wolmers Boys
School, Grays Inn. Career:
Civil Service Appointments: Temporary Clerk
Administrator Generals Office, Jamaica
Government Stores, Audit Office 1935-37;
Assistant Island Medical Officer 1937-41;
Labour Department 1941; Second Class Clerk
Labour Department 1943; Secretary Minimum
Wage Boards of Enquiry and Arbitration Tribunals
1943-46 Secretary Industrial (Defence) Tribunal
1943-45; Private Practice at the Bar (England)
1948-49 and 1971 Privy Council ; (Jamaica),
1949-72; Senator and Attorney General (Jamaica)
1972-76; Council Jamaican Bar Association,
Co-opted Member Executive Committee Peoples
National Party, National Chairman for Jamaica
World Peace Through Law Centre, Chairman
Law Reform Committee; Member Executive Committee
Council of Legal Education; Chairman Disciplinary
Committee for the Legal Profession (Jamaica),
General Legal Council (Jamaica), Member
Executive Committee Professional Centre
of Jamaica; President Organization of Commonwealth
Caribbean Bar Associations, Member Advisory
Committee to the Minister of Legal Affairs
on fusion of the Legal Profession, Member
Wooding Committee on Legal Training,
Chairman Public Passenger Transport (Corporate
Area) Board of Control. Awards: Awarded
Gold Medal by the J.C.S.A. at its Golden
Jubilee Celebrations in recognition of services
rendered 1969; Wolmers Old Boys
Association Gold Award 1994. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Lena Rosoma Dudley,
December 18, 1982. Interests: Music,
Drama, the Arts, Swimming. Club:
Kingston, Cricket. Address: Ulysses
Close, Red Hills, St. Andrew. Tel. 944-2233.
ROBINSON,
Maurice Courtenay, B.A.; Attorney-at-Law,
Partner, Myers, Fletcher & Gordon since
1977. Director, Aerocon Construction Ltd.,
The Victoria Mutual Building
Society,Stresscon Jamaica Ltd., Dyoll/Wataru
Coffee Company Ltd., Victoria Mutual Insurance
Co. Ltd.,Victoria Mutual Investment Ltd.,
Victoria Mutual (Property Services) Ltd.,
Alpha financial Services Ltd., Security
Advisory & Management Services Ltd.,
Secadman Holdings Ltd., Dyoll/Wataru Coffee
Co. Ltd., Stresscon Ja. Ltd., Restaurant
Associates Ltd. Born: St. Andrew,
Jamaica, March 4, 1932, son of H.U. Robinson,
Druggist and Optician, and Mildred Anastasia
Magnus-Robinson (both decd). Educated:
Suthermere Prep. School, Wolmers Boys
School, University College of the West Indies,
(Full University Colours for Field Hockey)
First Graduate of UCWI to become
an attorney. Career: Winner of Jamaica
Govt. Exhibition to U.C.W.I. 1951; Medical
Representative, Salesman with Commodity
Service Co. (Ja) Ltd. 1954-55; Associate,
Manton
& Hart, 1959-64; Partner, Manton &
Hart, 1964-77; Secretary, Air Jamaica (1968)
Ltd., 1968-69; Legal Officer, Air Jamaica
Ltd., 1969-80; Chairman, Public Utility
Commission 1972-76 Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Hazel Thelma Chang,
November 24, 1990, 2 sons & 1 daughter
from previous marriage. Interests:
Tennis, Walking, Soca dancing. Clubs:
Kingston Cricket, Liguanea, Constant Spring
Golf. Motto: Do Unto Others as you
would They should do Unto You. Address:
(business) 21 East Street, Kingston. Tel.
922-5860; (residence) 8 Benson Terrace,
Kingston
8.
ROBINSON,
Vernon Washington, O.D., J.P.; Pharmacist.
Managing Director since 1978 Medimpex Jamaica
Limited, Levern Enterprises
Limited. Organizations: Caribbean
Association
of Pharmacists, Co-ordinator Pharmaceutical
Affairs Caricom Region, Advisor Pharmaceutical
Affairs Caricom Ministers of Health, Jamaica
representative on Commonwealth Pharmaceutical
Association, President Pharmaceutical Society
of Jamaica, Chairman Cockburn All-Age School,
Member Pharmacy Council; Chairman Churches
Advisory Bureau. Born: Highgate,
St. Mary, May 24, 1927 son of the late James
Alexander Robinson and Miriam Monteith-Robinson.
Educated: Buxton High School, K.P.H.
School of Pharmacists, Institute of Management
Studies. Career: Managing Director
Levern Enterprises Limited, Manging Director
Robinsons Drug Store, Managing Director
Stony Hill Pharmacy. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Leila Lucille
Lynch, July 27, 1949; 2 sons, 4 daughters.
Interests: Swimming, Reading. Club:
Kiwanis Downtown Kingston. Address:
(business) Medimpex Jamaica Limited, 22
Dunrobin Avenue, P.O. Box 203, Kingston
10. Tel. 925-8625, 925-4605; (residence)
1 Belmont Heights, P.O. Box 196, Stony Hill,
Kingston 9. Tel. 942-3737.
ROBINSON,
Warren Staples, D.D.S.; Dental Surgeon
in private practice since 1954 and now
retired. Organizations: Jamaica Dental
Association, McGill Society of Jamaica,
Member Dental Board and Antibiotics Control
Board (Ministry of Health); Founding member
Jaycees of Jamaica, Dental Council of Jamaica
Born: St. Andrew, Jamaica, January
31, 1923 son of the late Herbert Ulysses
Robinson, Pharmacist and Optometrist, and
Mildred Anastasia Magnus-Robinson. Educated:
Jamaica College, McGill University. Career:
At J.C. Colours Track and Soccer, McGill
Letters Track Athletics in Track and Field,
Records in Pole Vault, Hurdles, Hop Step
and Jump, Represented Jamaica Internationally
1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, J.A.A.A. Champ.
Athlete 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945. Civil Service
Income Tax Department 1941-48. Denomination:
Church of England. Married: Edith
Joyce Muschette December 27, 1952; 1
daughter. Awards: Photography (over
300 Festival Awards between 1968-78), 2
Awards Commonwealth Photography Exhibition
(Edmonton Canada) 1978, Institute of Jamaica
Centenary Medal. Interests: Painting,
Sculpture, Gardening, Badminton, Theatre,
Deep-Sea Fishing. Club: Colour Photographic
Club of Jamaica. Address: (residence)
4 Melwood Avenue, Kingston 8.
ROBINSON-WALCOTT,
Kimberly Anne, B.A. Eng., M.Phil. Town
Planning; Town Planner, Editor, Writer,
Publishing Consultant. Editorial Director,
Kingston Publishers Ltd. since April 1991.
Managing Director Editors Ink Ltd. Born:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, February 26, 1956,
daughter of Herbert W. Robinson, Architect,
and Hazel M. Payne Robinson, Endocrinologist.
Educated: St. Andrew High School,
McGill University, University College, London.
Career: Deputy Coordinator, Kingston
Metropolitan Region, Urban Transport Project
1980-81; Personal Assistant, Agricultural
Development Corporation 1981; Editor, Kingston
Publishers Ltd. 1981-86; Director Strategic
Planning, Kingston Restoration Co. 1986-91.
Awards: Jamaica Independence (open
) Scholar 1974. Publications: Co-Author
The How to be Jamaican Handbook 1987,
Jamaican Art 1989, Dales Mango
Tree 1992, Poems and short stories published
in numerous Journals. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: C.M. Harclyde
Walcott, December 19, 1981; 1 son, 1 daughter.
Interests: Running, Aerobics, Painting,
Creative Writing, Film. Address:
(business) 7 Norman Road, # 10, Kingston
CSO. Tel. 928-5719; (residence) 3 College
Close, Kingston 7.
ROCHE,
Neville Samuel, Cert. Mgmt. Studies,
M.J.I.M. Bank Executive/Bank Director. Executive
Vice President, Marketing & Public Relations
since 1994 with Century National Bank Ltd.
Director, Century National Bank Ltd., Century
National Merchant Bank & Trust Co. Ltd.,
Century National Building Society, Century
National Holdings Ltd. Organizations:
Director, Girls Brigade, Member Board of
Governors, St. Andrew Technical High School.
Born: Port Maria, St Mary, March
22, 1944, son of Cleveland S. Roche, Land
Proprietor, and Aimee A. Roche
nee Lobban, Housewife (both decd).
Educated: Calabar High, University
of the West Indies. Career: Clerk,
Accountant Generals Dept. 1962-66;
Manager, Caribbean Book Centre 1967-70;
Director, Beckfords Auto Supply
Ltd. 1970-85; R & R Tyre Supplies Ltd.
1978-85; Check Point Ltd 1971-86. Joined
Century National 1986. Awards: Seprod
Gold Medal for Excellence in Journalism
1968; Bronze
Medals in National Literary & Speech
competitions. Publications: Several
articles published in the Daily Gleaner
and Star. Denomination: Baptist.
Married: Dasent McDonald, April 16,
1977; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Creative Writing, Philosophy, Cricket, Boxing,
Tennis. Clubs: Liguanea. Address:
80
Half Way Tree Road, Kingston 5.
ROCHESTER,
Vivian Roderick, O.D.; Life Insurance
Executive. Executive Director/Secretary
Life Insurance Companies Association
of Jamaica since 1977, Director Island Broadcasting
Services Ltd., Megatrends
Ltd., JCR Print Ltd., Jamaica Medical Foundation
Ltd. Organization: Senator JAYCEES
International. Born: St. Elizabeth
August 19, 1942, son of the late William
Rochester, Farmer, and Hazel Bryan-Rochester,
Housewife. Educated: Dinthill Technical
High School, Mico Teachers College,
University of the West Indies, Communication
Advertising and Marketing Foundation (London).
Career: Teacher 1962-68; Advertising
Executive Lindo, Norman, Craig and Kummel
Limited; Lonsdale-Hands (Jamaica) Limited;
former President West Indies Jaycees; Institute
of Sports, Jamaica 4-H Clubs; Director G.C.
Foster College of Sports and Physical Education,
National Library of Jamaica. Awards:
Order of Distinction for sports
administration and community work 1986;
Mico 150th Anniversary Gold Medal 1986.
Denomination: Anglican. Married:
Karen Soyna Beharie, 1972; 1 son, 1 daughter.
Interests: Sports of all kinds
Swimming, Cricket, Dominoes, Gardening.
Clubs: Liguanea, Freemason. Address:
(business) Life Insurance Companies Association
of Jamaica, 72 Hope Road, Kingston 6. Tel.
927-4835; (residence) 32 Hope Boulevard,
Kingston 6.
RODNEY,
Compton Nelson, B.S., F.C.A., F.C.C.A;
Chartered Accountant. Managing Director
Caribbean Cement Co. Ltd since 1983. Director
Life of Jamaica, Caribbean Cement Co. Ltd.,
Jamaica Soya Products Industries Ltd. Organizations:
Council Member Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Jamaica, Secretary/Treasurer American
Chamber of Commerce, Member Advisory Board
Salvation Army, Public Services Commission.
Born: Spanish Town, Jamaica, June
3, 1939, son of the late James M. Rodney,
Sugar Boiler, and Mary I. McFayden-Rodney.
Educated: Kingston Technical, London
University. Career: Second Secretary
Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United
Nations (New York) 1964-65; Auditor, Audit
Dept. 1966; Assistant Commissioner General,
Jamaica Pavillion Expo 67 (Montreal,
Canada) 1967; Assistant Under-Secretary
and Under-Secretary Ministry of Trade and
Industry 1971-72; Director of Industry and
Tourism, Ministry of Industry and Tourism
1974; Director of Tourism, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Company Secretary Jamaica Vacations
Ltd. 1975-80; Managing Director National
Hotels and Properties Ltd. 1981-82. Awards:
1984 Roy McGregor Award for Outstanding
Contribution to the Building and Construction
Industry. Denomination: Methodist.
Married: Mavis M. Turner, December
18, 1971; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Sports, Music. Clubs: Kingston Cricket,
Jamaica. Address: (business) Caribbean
Cement Company, P.O. Box 448, Kingston.
Tel. 928-6231; (residence) Lot 4, Sterling
Castle, Red Hills P.O., St. Andrew.
RODNEY,
Lloyd George, Artist. Born: Innswood,
St. Catherine, August 3, 1936, son of the
late James Maxwell Rodney, Sugar Boiler,
and Mary Isabell Rodney McFayden. Educated:
Kingston Technical High School, Jamaica
School of Art, The Art Students League of
New York. Career: Grade II Draughtsman
Lands Department 1957-61; Graphic Artist
J.B.C. 1964-72; part-time Tutor Jamaica
School of Art 1973-80; One-man exhibitions
in Kingston 1970, 73, 75, 77, 82, 88; joint
and group shows in Jamaica, United States,
Canada, England, Latin America and the Caribbean;
Mural -Bank of Jamaica 1970, Mural-Mutual
Life Building Kingston 1977, Mural Religious
Society of FriendsKingston 1981. Mural
at Island Victoria Bank 1993. Represented
in various collections in Jamaica, United
States, Canada, England, and the Caribbean.
Awards: Robert Ward Johnson Memorial
Scholarship at the Art Students League of
New York 1962, Bronze Medal (Painting) Jamaica
Festival 1970, First Prize Annual National
Exhibition of Paintings Institute of Jamaica
1973, Silver Musgrave Medal Institute of
Jamaica 1975, Centenary Medal (1879-1979)
Institute of Jamaica 1981. Prime Ministers
Medal of Appreciation 1984, Gold Medal (Painting)
Jamaica Festival 1982. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Dorothy Shirley
Russell, April 2, 1977; 1 son. Interests:
Reading, Music, Metaphysics, Sports, Photography.
Address: (business) 17 Central Road,
Kingston 10. Tel. 926-4781; (residence)
7 Worthington Mews, Kingston 5.
ROPER,
David Lawrence, Higher Dip. in Hotel
& Catering Admin.; Hotelier; General
Manager, Sandals Montego Bay since 1990.
Organizations: Past President, Skal
Club of Montego Bay; 1st Vice President,
Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association
(1991/92). Born: St. Andrew, March
20, 1955; son of Harold L. Roper, Retired,
and Faith M. Roper, Housewife (both decd).
Educated: Decarteret College; Denstone
College; Oxford Polytechnic. Career:
Assistant to the Breakfast Chef, Stratford-upon-Avon
Hilton, Warwick, U.K. 1973; Trainee Manager,
The Complete Angler Hotel, Buckingham, U.K.
1974; Relief Branch Assistant, Roberts Off
Licence, Sussex U.K. 1975; Head Storekeeper,
Mallards Beach-Hyatt 1976-77; Assistant
Manager, Food & Beverage, Mallards Beach-Hyatt
1977; Food & Beverage Cost Controller,
Hotel Inter-Continental 1977-78; Administrative
Assistant to Managing Director, National
Hotels & Properties 1978; Food &
Beverage Manager, Casa Montego Hotel 1978-79;
Food & Beverage Manager, Mallards Beach-Hyatt
1979-82; Resident Manager, Sandals Resort
Beach Club 1982-83; General Manager, Royal
Caribbean Hotel 1983-86; Sandals Royal Caribbean
Hotel 1986-90. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Donna Darby, March 29, 1987;
2 stepsons. Interests: Golf, Classical
Music, Theatre, Art. Clubs: Skal,
Chaine Des Rotisseurs. Address: (business)
Sandals Royal Caribbean, P.O. Box 100, Montego
Bay; Tel. 979-9130/3; (residence) 1015 Gilldrive,
Ironshore, Montego Bay, St James.
ROSE,
Deryck Esmond Anthony, Executive Manager
Jamaica Carpet Mills Ltd. since 1981, (Director).
Organizations: President Jamaica
Exporters Association; Member of Wolmers
Lodge; served in various capacities on the
Jamaica Mens Hockey Assoc. executive
committee since 1972; 2nd Vice-President
- Wolmers Old Boys Assoc. Born:
St. Andrew, Jamaica, April 1, 1947, son
of the late Granville Rose and his wife.
Educated: Wolmers Boys
School. Career: Credit experience
with Citibank, N.A. - 13 years; Auditor,
Touche Ross Thorburn - 3 years; Co-Chairman
of the joint J.E.A./J.M.A. bi-annual Trade
Exhibition 1982, 1984 and 1986; Chairman
of National Export Week since 1981. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Patricia Lorraine
Hannan, April 24, 1971; 2 sons. Clubs:
Liguanea, Black Hawks Hockey. Address:
61 Grosvenor Terrace, Kingston 8.
ROSE,
Terence Bondswell, M.Th., D. Min.; Minister
of Religion. Family Life Educator, Superintendent
Minister since 1986; Superintendent, Province
and Mount Fletcher Methodists Circuits.
Director Jamaica Methodist District Ltd.,
Jamaica Family Planning Association, Member
of the World Methodist Council; Chairman
Exed Board of Governors, Member Methodist
Social and International Affairs. Born:
Buff Bay, Portland, November 16, 1929, son
of William Rose, Businessman, and Louise
Bondswell (both decd). Educated:
Private Tuition, Caenwood Theological College,
Southern Methodist University. Career:
Served as Co-ordinator of Family Life Seminars
for the Western Caribbean under the sponsorship
of the World Council of Churches (Geneva),
and the National Council of Churches (New
York); Attended W.C.C. Assembly on the Family
in Tanzania 1974; Represented W.C.C. at
Population Tribute, Bucharest, Romania 1974;
Chairman Jamaica District The Methodist
Church 1981-86; Chairman Board of Governors
United Theological College 1986-89; President
Jamaica Council of Churches 1986-88. Denomination:
Methodist. Married: Shirley Joan
Brown, April 22, 1957; 3 daughters. Interests:
Swimming, Music, Drama, keen interest in
group dynamics and group work. Address:
(business) 132 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6,
Tel.: 927-9156; (residence) 3B York Castle
Avenue, Kingston 6. Tel. 927-9861.
ROSE,
V.G., Retired Chief Commissioner of
Scouts in Jamaica since February, 1995;
Managing Director, General Printing Ltd.
Organizations: Member Executive Committee
Abbey Court Apartment Complex; Director
Automobile Association; Peoples Warden
St. Johns Anglican Church. Born:
Moneague, St. Ann, June 29, 1918, son of
Theodore Rose and Lillian Rose (both decd).
Educated: St. Michaels Primary
School, St. Johns College. Career:
Stock Clerk, Shipping Clerk, Manager Wholesale,
acted as Manager of the newspaper The Jamaica
Times and Printing Department Jamaica Times
Limited 1937-79; Started along with other
directors The Herald Printery
1979; Former Director Turtle Beach Apartments
and Hotel; Former Vice-President National
Consumers League; Started as a Tenderfoot
Scout in 1932, came up through the ranks
to Scout Leader, District Commissioner for
Kingston, Assistant Chief Commissioner,
National Training Commissioner - first Tenderfoot
to have risen through the ranks to become
Chief Commissioner in Jamaica. Attended
several world conferences on scouting on
behalf of Jamaica e.g. Japan, Kenya, East
and West Africa. Awards: Scouts Association
of Jamaica Medal of Merit 1957, Silver Pineapple
1962, Long Service Award 1980, Silver Crocodile
1983; Youth of the Americas Award 1983.
Denomination: Anglican. Married:
Joan Royes; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Cricket, Golf, Gardening, Reading, Travelling,
Rifle Shooting. Clubs: Kingston Cricket,
Constant Spring Golf. Address: (business)
49 Old Hope Road, Kingston 5; Tel. 927-3499;
(residence) 23 Manor Park Drive, Kingston
8. Tel. 924-2678.
ROSS,
Alva Edison, C.D., J.P.; Executive Chairman,
R & R Trading Co. Ltd. since 1989 and
Alje Haulage & Construction Co. Ltd.
Born: Leinster, St. Mary, September
3, 1928, son of Andrew Vivian Ross, Farmer
and Businessman, and Betsy Elizabeth Hart-Ross
(both decd). Educated: Rock
River School, Private Tuition. Career:
Chief Clerk A.I.B.G.A. (Highgate area);
Accountant Robinson, Phillips & Whitehorne,
Solicitors; Elected M.P. for South East
St. Mary 1967; appointed Parliamentary Secretary
Ministry of Trade and Industry 1967; acted
as Minister of Trade and Industry 1969;
appointed Minister of Public Utilities and
Transport 1980; acted as Minister of Labour
and Public Service June 1981; Speaker of
the House 1984-89; appointed Minister of
Local Government 1982-89; Member of Parliament
for South Eastern St. Mary 1967-89. Awards:
St. Mary Jaycees (for 26 years of dedicated
service to the social & Political Development
of Jamaica in General and the Parish of
St. Mary. Denomination: United Church.
Married: Joan Molly Abdul, December
29, 1962; 2 sons, 3 daughters. Interests:
Cricket, Tennis, Dominoes, Swimming, Reading,
Dancing. Motto: Unity is Strength.
Address: (residence) Clermont, Clonmel
P.O., St. Mary.
ROWE,
The Hon. Mr. Justice Ira deCordeva,
O.J., LL.B., L.L.M. Q.C., Judge, President
- Court of Appeal since January 1985. Organizations:
Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese, Member
Board of Governors Nuttall Memorial Hospital,
Trustee of Codrington (Theological) College
(Barbados). Born: St. Elizabeth,
Jamaica, February 8, 1928, son of William
Rowe, Farmer, and Robertha Caroline Miller-Rowe,
Housewife (decd). Career: Teacher
Primary School; Assistant Clerk R.M. Court
then Deputy Clerk, 1947-58; Clerk of Courts
1958-62; Acting R.M. Trelawny July, 1962;
Appointed Crown Counsel Office of the Director
of Public Prosecutions Dec. 1962; Legal
Attache´ Jamaican High Commission in
London 1962-65; Assistant Attorney General,
June 1965; Senior Assistant Attorney General
1968; Acting Solicitor General 1967-69;
Member of the Privy Council, 1967-69; Queens
Counsel 1968; Delegate to 20th and 21st
Sessions of the U.N. General Assembly, 5th
and 7th U.N. Congress on Crime and Treatment
of Offenders; Assistant Lecturer U.W.I.
1965-66; Judge Supreme Court 1969-77; Acting
Judge of Appeal 1977-78. Judge of Appeal
1979-84; President Court of Appeal 1st January,
1985; Acting Chief Justice Sept. - Dec.
1985; Associate Tutor Norman Manley Law
School 1978. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Audrey Yvonne Stewart, June
28, 1958; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests:
Cricket, Table Tennis, Swimming. Club:
Kingston Cricket. Address: (business)
Court of Appeal, Kingston; (residence) P.O.
Box 414, Kingston 6.
RUSSELL,
D.A. Richard, Tennis Professional, Tennis
Director, Half Moon Club, and Wyndham Rose
Hall Beach Hotel since 1974. Managing Director
Richard Russell Caribbean Sportswear, Richard
(Dist.) Jamaica Limited, Richard Russell
Sports Centre, Proshops, Rose Hall Villa
Rentals. Born: Mandeville, September
8, 1945, son of the late Irvin B. Russell,
Building Contractor and Tennis Teacher,
and Lurline Alexander-Russell. Educated:
Kingston College. Career: 10 years
of playing International Tennis Tournaments
1964-74, including Wimbeldon, U.S. Open,
French, Italian, Australian and U.S.S.R.
Championships; winner of East African Circuit
1973; Youngest Jamaican National Champion
at age 16 years in 1962; Trained with Harry
Hopman, Australia, Don Budge Racquet Club,
Pancho Segura California; Unbeaten in the
Caribbean 1964-74. Denomination:
Anglican. Married: Sandra Kong, March
26, 1983, 4 sons, 1 daughter. Interests:
Sun and Sea, Squash, Jogging, Keeping those
around me disciplined in health, diet and
exercise. Clubs: Liguanea, Half Moon.
Address: (business) P.O. Box 80,
Montego Bay, St. James. Tel. 953-2732, 953-2251,
2211.
RUTLAND,
Norman Spencer, C. Eng. M.I.J.E., F.I.
Mech. E., M.A.S.M.E., P. Eng. (ONT) Professional
Engineer. Chairman and Managing Director
Kingston Industrial Construction (K.I.C.)
since 1975. Chairman and Managing Director,
Trent Engineering Ltd., Derwent Engineer
Consultants Ltd. Organizations: Founder
Member Institute of Engineers Jamaica. Born:
Derby, England, May 9, 1927, son of the
late William Spencer Rutland, Mechanical
Engineer, and Kathleen Matthews Bratton-Rutland.
Educated: Derby Art College, Derby
College of Engineering Technology. Career:
Trained as Mechanical Engineer Rolls Royce
Ltd. 1946-50,
Senior Engineer I.C.I. Ltd. Derby 1950-52,
Senior Engineer Caymanas Estate Jamaica
October 1952-56, Chief Project Engineer
Canadian Carborundum Co. Ltd. (Niagara Falls,
Canada) 1956-59, Senior Project Engineer
Shannon Consultants Ltd. Jamaica 1959-61,
Technical Director K.I.W. Ltd. 1961-69,
Joined K.I.C. October 1969, as Managing
Director. Denomination: Anglican.
Married: Rosamund Marie Cools-Lartigue
April 29, 1964. Interests: Tennis,
Bridge, and Golf. Clubs: Liguanea
Tennis, Constant Spring Golf. Address:
P.O. Box 138, Kingston 11. Tel. 923-6129;
(residence) 34 Hope View Avenue, Kingston
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