GALLIMORE, Rev. Dr. Gerald Osborne, M.A., Evangelist/Radio Announcer; President and Chief Executive Officer, Youth for Christ International since 1991. Organizations: Jamaica Association of Evangelicals; Youth for Christ International - Americas Born: St. Ann, Jamaica, August 29, 1938; son of G.W.A. Gallimore. Educated: College of Arts, Science and Technology, Denver Baptist Seminary. Career: Purchasing Clerk, Gleaner Company Limited 1957; United Printers Ltd. 1958-60; Costing Clerk, United Printers Ltd. 1961; Medical Representative for five years; Administrative Executive for two years, Mead Johnson Jamaica Ltd.; Executive Director Jamaica Youth for Christ for 17 years; Area Director, Youth for Christ International - Americas for 6 years; Secretary to Board of Youth For Christ International 1974-77. Awards: Prime Minister’s Award 1984; Honorary Doctorate awarded by the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology in June 1994. Denomination: Baptist. Married: Sonia Elaine Wright, February 23, 1963; 1 son 2 daughters Interests: Fishing, Reading. Address: Youth for Christ World Headquarters, Raffles City, P.O. Box 214, Singapore 9117 or 1 Colombo Court, No. 8-14 Singapore 06177; Tel. 338-7944.

GALLIMORE, Hon. Neville Eden, C.D., M.P., B.A., M.D.; Farmer, Medical Practitioner. Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann since 1967. Organizations: Formerly Deputy Treasurer, Deputy Chairman, Deputy Leader - Jamaica Labour Party. Co-founder and Chairman - Board of Governors Aboukir Educational Institute. Born: St. D’Acre, St. Ann, January 29, 1939; son of G.W.A. Gallimore former M.P. for South West Ann, and Myrtle Elite Binn-Gallimore. Educated: Wolmer’s Boys’ School, West Indies and Pacific Union Colleges, Universidad Autononoma de Guadalajara (Mexico). Career: 1967 Member of Parliament, South West St. Ann, 1972/1976/1980 re-elected; 1969-72 Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of External Affairs. Has represented Jamaica at several overseas conferences and delivered Jamaica’s Policy Speech to the United Nations in 1969 and 1970. Minister of State - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade 1980-84, Minister of Social Security 1984-86, Minister of Education 1986-89. Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist. Married: Edith Angela Holgate, 1961; 2 sons, 2 daughters, 7 foster children. Interests: Scientific Farming, Volley Ball, Table Tennis, Squash, Listening to Classical Music. Address: (residence) “St. D’Acre House” St. D’Acre, St. Ann.

GAMBRILL, Anthony Ashley, B.A.; Public Relations Consultant/ Advertising Executive. Managing Director CGR Communications Ltd. since 1974; Chairman CGR Communications Limited since 1987; Director Premiere Productions Ltd. Organizations: Jamaican Historical Society; Past President Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica. Born: Sale, Cheshire, United Kingdom, June 30, 1935, son of Henry Philip Gambrill, Businessman (retired) and Doreen Rees-Gambrill (retired). Educated: University of British Colombia. Career: British Columbia Telephone Company; Art and Publicity Ltd.; McCann Erickson (Ja.) Ltd.; Originator of “8 o’clock Jamaica Time.” Married: Linda Elizabeth Desnoes, January 18, 1970; 2 daughters. Interests: Historical Research, Theatrical Production, Tennis. Clubs: Liguanea, IDL Address: (business) 29 Munroe Road, Kingston 6; Tel, 977-5060.

GAYLE, Elsie Mavis Claire, B.A., M.Sc.; Educator, Principal North Street Excelsior (Specialized Division) since 1979. Organizations: Professional English Honour Society Sigma Tau Delta. American Association of University Women, Executive United Church Women (Ja.), U.S.A. Association of High School Principals, Carib. Association of Principals, J.T.A. Board of Christian Education, Leadership Training Board, Chairman and Founder - Operation Discovery Board. Executive Council Church of God in Jamaica, National President, Fellowship of the Women of the Church of God. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, May 12, daughter of the late Edward Charles Gayle, Planter, and Clarissa Henrietta Edwards-Gayle. Educated: Private Schools, Ardenne High School, Anderson College, Indiana University. Career: Teacher of English Ardenne, Specialized Administration and Guidance in Education, Seconded to Warner Pacific College (Accredited) 1960-63, as Professor of English, Head Department of Literature, Chairman Humanities Division. Further Post Graduate Work Indiana University Summer Sessions 1960-63, Deputy Principal Ardenne 1964, Principal Ardenne High School 1969-78. Denomination: Christian. Interests: Reading, Art (painting), Sewing. Address: (residence) 31 Hope Boulevard, Hope Pastures, Kingston 6.

GAYLE, Rubye Louise, Teacher; Former General Secretary, Jamaica Council of Churches. Organizations: Executive Member, Advisory Committee Bureau of Womens’ Affairs; Caribbean Representative International Committee for World Day of Prayer; Executive Member, C.V.S.S. 1988; President, Caribbean Baptist Women’s Union. Born: April 8, 1927; daughter of Byrant Perry, small Farmer, and Cassandra Perry, Housewife (both dec’d). Educated: Clarksonville School, Cave Valley; Shortwood Teacher’s College, U.W.I. Career: Head Dept. of Home Economics, St. Ann’s Bay Secondary School 1962-65; President, Jamaica Home Economics Association 1980-82; Head, Dept. of Home Economics, Ardenne High School 1976-87; President, Caribbean Baptist Women’s Union 1988. Awards: Jamaica Council of Churches’ Award; Jamaica Baptist Union Award for Outstanding Contribution. Publications: Co-author Home Economics for Caribbean Schools (Heinemann) CAHE. Denomination: Baptist. Married: Rev. Clement Gayle, July 20, 1957. Interests: Travelling, Entertaining, Reading, Music, Theatre. Address: Tanglewood, P.O. Box 65, St. Ann’s Bay; Tel. 972-2095.

GEDDES, Arthur Jelf Selbourne, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.; Geologist: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Utilities and Transport. Organizations: Director, Petronol; Petcom; Petrojam (Ethanol); Petrojam (Belize); Jamaica Bureau of Standards; Chairman, Jamaica Committee of World Energy; Jamaica Committee IGCP; Vice Chairman, Consultative Council of Directors of Geological Surveys Latin America and the Caribbean; President, Constant Spring Golf Club; Vice President, Jamaica Geological Society. Born: St. Mary; son of Ralph Geddes (deceased) and Albertha Geddes (retired). Educated: Mico Teachers’ College; University of the West Indies; City University (New York); Northwestern University (Illinois); Western Australia School of Mines (Perth, Australia). Career: 1973-76 Head, Economic Survey Unit, Geological Survey Division, Ministry of Mining & Energy; 1976-80 Head, Industrial Minerals Unit, Geological Survey Division, Ministry of Mining & Energy; 1980-89 Director, Geological Survey Division, Ministry of Mining & Energy;1989-91 Technical Director/Director of Energy/Power, Ministry of Mining & Energy; 1991-93 Technical Director, Ministry of Public Utilities, Transport & Energy; 1993-95 Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Public Utilities, Mining & Energy; Since January 1995 Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Utilities & Transport. Publications/Papers: 1980 Occurrences of Titantium-rich Magnetic Sand in Western Jamaica; Serge Island Marble Deposits (9th Caribbean Geological Conference); 1981 The Occurrence and Benefication Prospects of Jamaican Mineral Sand; Research in the Jamaican Geological Surveys, Paper presented at Regional Geological Survey Seminar (Publication of Commonwealth Secretariat, London); Raw Minerals available for the Building Industry in Jamaica, Paper presented at International Industrial Minerals Workshop (Publication of Commonwealth Secretariat); Methodology for the evaluation of Mineral Reserves, Paper presented at International Industrial Minerals (Publication of Commonwealth Secretariat); 1982 Remote Sensing and Telecommunication operations in Jamaica, Paper presented at UNISPACE Conference, Quito, Ecuador; Investment opportunities in Industrial Minerals in Jamaica, Paper presented at Jamaica National Investment Seminar, Toronto, Canada; 1983 Industrial Minerals of Jamaica, Industrial Minerals Magazine; 1986 Economic assessment of the Serge Island Marble Deposit; 1989 Regional Geochemical Studies in Jamaica, Industrial Minerals Magazine; 1990 Mining, Minerals and the Environment in Jamaica; Proceedings of Seminar in Sustainable Development in Jamaica. Denomination: United Church. Married: Geraldine Rennalls, September 1989. Interests: Golf, Singing, Music, Table Tennis. Address: (business) Ministry of Public Utilities & Transport, 36 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10. Tel: 926-9170/9; (residence) 13 Garden Boulevard, Mona Heights, Kingston 6; Tel. 977-0736.

GEDDES, Paul Hargreaves, O.J., C.D., J.P.; First Inductee, Private Sector Hall of Fame; Founder/Chairman, Geddes Refrigeration Ltd. Organizations: Director, Bush, Boake Allen (Jamaica) Ltd.; Desnoes & Geddes Ltd.; Diversey Wyandotte and Wyandotte Chemicals Jamaica Ltd.; Geddes Refrigeration Ltd.; Jamaica Citizens Bank Ltd.; West Indies Pulp & Paper Group; West Indies Yeast Company Ltd.; Affiliate Member of various overseas professional organisations, including the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers and the Institute of Refrigeration; Member, Master Brewers Association of the Americas. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, February 13, 1910; son of Thomas Hargreaves Geddes, Company Director, and Athlind Cunha-Geddes (both dec’d). Educated: Titchfield and Calabar High Schools; Refresher Course, Wallerstein Laboratories, New York and the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, Illinois. Career: Started as an Apprentice in the Manufacturing Department of Desnoes & Geddes; in 1938 became a Director of the Company; in 1939 took over responsibility for the production operations at the Surrey Brewery; in 1956 appointed Co-Managing Director; in 1958 moved to Hunt’s Bay Plant where he played a major role in the completion of the factory and the commencement of operations, due to his vast knowledge as the first Jamaican Brewmaster. Award: The International MBAA highest Honour Award in 1989. Denomination: Methodist. Married: Margie Piper, April; 22, 1991; 2 daughters, 1 step-daughter, 1 step-son. Interests: Photography, Travelling. Clubs: Rotary Club of Kingston, Honorary Life Member, Royal Jamaica Yacht. Address: 1A Braywick Road, Kingston 6.

GENTLES, Renford Aston, J.P.; Electrical Engineer/Hotel Manager; Councillor, Ocho Rios Division; Director, G & G Agency Services Ltd. Organizations: Master Loyal Palmer Lodge (Mechanic) Ocho Rios, Member, Board of Governors, Ocho Rios High and All-Age Schools, Chairman Exchange School Board, Member Ocho Rios Citizens’ Association, Past President Kiwanis Club of Ocho Rios; Past Lt. Governor, Division 24, Kiwanis Club. Born: July 4, 1933, Havana, Cuba, son of the late Gerald Percival Gentles, and Doris Winnifred Gentles, School Teacher. Educated: Kingston Technical High School. Career: Electrical Contractor, Resident Engineer, Personnel Manager, General Manager Hotel. Councillor Beecher Town Division St. Ann. Awards: Kiwanian of the Year 1976. Married: Gean Ebanks 1986; 4 sons, 2 daughters (previous marriage). Interests: Cricket, Lawn Tennis. Club: Kiwanis, Ocho Rios. Address: Bonham Spring, P.O. Box 154, Ocho Rios, St. Ann. Tel. 974-4673.

GEORGE, Emil Calvin, Q.C., B.C.L.(Hons), M.A. (Oxon.); Attorney-at-Law. Senior Partner of Dunn, Cox and Orrett. Chairman Wray & Nephew Group Ltd. & Subsidiaries, Metal Box Jamaica Ltd., Jamaica Packaging Industries Ltd., Estate Industries Ltd., Nestle Jamaica Ltd., Jamaica Milk Products Ltd., Bank of Commerce Ja. Ltd., Vice-Chairman Seprod Group of Companies; Director Goodyear Ja. Ltd., Carreras Ja. Ltd., Kingston Ice Making Co. Ltd., Jamaica Banana Producers’ Association Ltd. Organizations: Chairman Hope Valley Experimental School Board. Born: Dominica, December 9, 1930, son of the late Elias George, Merchant, and Theresa Benjamin–George. Educated: Dominica Grammar School, Madgalen College, Oxford University. Career: Called to the Bar of England by Gray’s Inn 1955; admitted to Jamaican Bar 1956; appointed Queen’s Counsel 1970; Chairman Standards Council 1969-77, Appeals Tribunal Ministry of Education; Umpire National Insurance Tribunal – Ministry of Social Security 1981. Denomination: Roman Catholic. Married: Dr. Pamela Ann Richards, August 3, 1960; 2 sons. Interests: Reading, Tennis, Swimming, Walking. Clubs: Jamaica, Liguanea, Kingston United. Address: (business) 48 Duke Street, Kingston. Tel. 922-2283; (residence) Gordon Town, St. Andrew.

GIBSON, Deryck Anthony, Company Director: Chairman, Deryck A. Gibson Ltd., Derol Ltd., Airpower Ltd., Heave-Ho Charters Ltd., St. Jago de la Vega Trust; Director, Island Life Merchant Bank, Carib Pipe Company Ltd; Appointed Honorary Consul for Finland to Jamaica since 1990. Organizations: Member, Chamber of Commerce, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Jamaica Exporters’ Association; Past President, Jaycees of Jamaica, Past Commodore of the Royal Jamaica Yacht Club, Liguanea, Jamaica Born: Kingston, Jamaica, October 24, 1929; son of the late Oswin R. Gibson and Ruby Spence-Gibson. Educated: Private Schools, St. George’s College. Career: Hardware Clerk 1946-60; Salesman, Bryden & Evelyn, H. Korner & Co. Started Deryck A. Gibson Ltd. since 1956; Gibson Greave Co. Ltd. 1961; Derol Ltd. 1968; Heave-Ho Charters 1985. Denomination: Roman Catholic. Married: Olive B. Scott, November 12, 1955; 2 sons, 1 daughter. Interests: Yacht Racing, Art Collecting, Coffee Farming. Clubs: Royal Club of Kingston, Liguanea, Jamaica, Royal Jamaica Yacht. Address: (business) 71/2 Haining Road, Kingston 5; Tel. 926-2250/59; (residence) 2 Pinkneys Green, Kingston 6.

GIFFORD, Lord Anthony Maurice, (Succeeded Father 1961), Queens Counsel (England 1993): Attorney-at-Law; Senior Partner, Gifford Haughton Thompson since 1991. Born: London, England, May 1, 1940; son of Charles Gifford, Naval Officer, and Margaret Gifford (both deceased). Educated: Winchester College, Kings College, Cambridge; Norman Manley Law School. Career: Called to the Bar 1962; Admitted to Jamaican Bar 1990. Publications: Where’s the Justice, Penguin 1985; Broad-Water Farm Inquiry Report 1986; Liverpool Ance Relations re Inquiry Report 1989.Religion: Christian. Married: Elean Thomas, September 24, 1988; 1 son, 2 daughters. Clubs: Kingston Cricket. Motto: “Non sine numime (Not without the Spirit). Address: (Business) 21 Church Street, Kingston; Tel. 922-6056.

GILLINGS, Verna Winnifred, Teacher, Principal Porus Infant School since 1969. Organizations: President PTA Porus Infant School, Member International Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Sorority, Teachers Organizations, Local Church and Community Clubs, Secretary Office of Disaster Preparedness Porus Zone. Born: Cambridge, St. James, November 11, 1930, daughter of William McLeod, Carpenter/Wheelwright, and Ada Bernard-McLeod (both dec’d). Educated: Cambridge Primary School, Buxton High School, Moneague Teachers’ College; Attended Mount Carmel International Training Centre (Israel) 1977-78. Gained Certificate in Training and Supervision in Early Childhood Education. Career: Twenty years of service with Ministry of Education serving at the following institutions: Cambridge Infant School 1953-55, St. John’s Infant School 1955–5, Mandeville Infant School 1957-59, St. John’s Infant School 1959-63, Cambridge Infant School 1963-69. Awards: Model family award, Harmony in the Home. Denomination: Moravian. Married: Colin Henry Gillings, July 20, 1957; 3 daughters. Interests: Music, Dancing, Cooking, Gardening, Animal rearing, Helping under-privileged children. Motto: “Time is the greatest friend of truth”. Address: (business) Porus Infant School, Porus P.O., Manchester. (residence) 17 Hanbury Close, Mandeville P.O., Manchester. Tel. 962-0557.

GLASSPOLE, Lady Ina Josephine, Housewife and Voluntary Social Welfare Leader. Wife of the former Governor-General of Jamaica. Patron of several Organizations. Born: Victoria Park, Fyffes Pen, St. Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Courtnay Kinlocke, Property Owner, and Marie Louise Ridley-Kinlocke (both dec’d.). Educated: Little London Primary School, Private Tuition. Career: Active Social Welfare Voluntary Worker in East Kingston and Port Royal where her husband was Member of Parliament for 29 years. Now Patron of many clubs including National Children’s Home, Soroptimists Club, Corona Society, Josephine Glasspole Basic School, Inner Wheel Club, and the Josephine Glasspole Convalescence Home among others. Denomination: Methodist. Married: Florizel Augustus Glasspole, July 7, 1934; 1 daughter. Address: 6 Millsborough Avenue, Kingston 6.

GLASSPOLE, Sir Florizel Augustus, O.N., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., C.D., LL.D.(Hon.), Governor General of Jamaica from 1973 – 1991; First President Jamaican Institute of Management, Wolmer’s 250th Anniversary Committee. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, September 25, 1909; son of the late Theophilus A. Glasspole, Minister of Religion and Florence Baxter-Glasspole. Educated: Central Branch Primary School; Wolmer’s Boys School; Ruskin College, Oxford University. British T.U.C. Scholarship 1946-47. Career: Practising Accountant 1932-44; Secretary Coke Young Men’s Club representing the club in many debating contests; leading personality in National Reform Association 1937 and the Kingston & St. Andrew Literary and Debating Society; Director, City Printery Limited 1944-50; General Secretary, Jamaica United Clerks Association 1937-48; Jamaica Trades Union Congress 1939-52 (resigned); General Secretary Water Commission & Manual Workers Association 1941-48; President, Jamaica Printers and Allied Workers Union 1942-48; President, Mental Hospital Workers Union 1944-47; General Secretary, Municipal and Parochial General Workers Union 1945-47; President, Machado Employees Union 1945-52 (resigned); General Secretary National Workers Union 1952-55; Workers representative on several Government Boards (including Middle Class Employment Committee 1942, Wages Board 1942, Apprenticeship Committee 1942, Industrial Relations Committee 1953, Minimum Wage for Baking, Printing, Dry Goods Trade, Government Workmen’s Compensation Law Revision Committee); Member, House of Representatives (Kingston Eastern & Port Royal P.N.P.) 1944-73 (resigned); Ex-officio Member, K.S.A.C. 1944-45; Member Board of Governors Institute of Jamaica 1944-57, Kingston School Board; Member Executive Committee and National Executive P.N.P.; Secretary P.N.P. Parliamentary Group 1944-73; Member Standing Federation Committee on West Indian Federation 1953-58; Member Jamaica’s House of Representatives Committee which prepared Independence Constitution and delegation which finalised Constitution with British Government (London); Vice-President P.N.P.; Minister of Labour 1955-57; Minister of Education 1957-62 and 1972-73; Leader of the House 1955-62 and 1972-73. Awards: Order of Andres Bello (first class) by President of Venezuela 1973; the Venezuelan honour Order of the Liberator by their President 1978; first Gleaner Honour Award 1979; the Knighthood (G.C.M.G.) bestowed on him by Her Majesty the Queen 1982; the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit bestowed by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany 1982. Denomination: Wesleyan Methodist. Married: Ina Josephine Kinlocke, July 7,1934;1 daughter. Interests: Sports, Gardening. Address: 6 Millsborough Avenue, Kingston 6.

GLAZE, Peter Montgomery, J.P., B.D.S. (Wales), M.Sc. (Peridontology), M.A.A.P.; Dental Surgeon, Consultant Periodontist since June 1975. Organization: Past President Jamaica Dental Association. Born: Savanna-la-Mar, March 21, 1951, son of the late Hubert Glaze, Contractor and Nora Glaze, Teacher. Educated: Jamaica College, Meadowbrook High School, University of Wales, University of London. Publications: Contribution to Journal of Clinical Periodontology, March 1986. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Shelley Ruth Wan, January 3, 1976, 3 daughters. Interests: Squash, Swimming, Tennis, Woodwork, Gardening. Clubs: Kingston Cricket, Kiwanis of Kingston, Liguanea. Address: (business) 58 Half-Way-Tree Road. Kingston 10. (residence) 2 Linnemann Avenue, Kingston 6.

GLOUDON, Ancille Llewellyn, B.Sc., Dip. Chemical Technology; Food Technologist, Horticulturalist. Owner/Manager Gloudon’s Orchid Nursery Ltd. Director J.A.B.A.L. Construction Co. Organizations: Past President and Secretary Jamaica Orchid Society, Honorary Life Member Orchid Society, Member American Orchid Society; Past President Jamaica Hockey Association, Jamaica-Trinidad Society. Born: Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, April 13, 1933, son of Hubert Gloudon and Gwendolyn Maynard-Gloudon. Educated: Elementary School, Queen’s Royal College, University of the West Indies (Winner of Princess Margaret Scholarship 1952). Career: Joined Jamaica Government Service in 1957, attached to Processed Foods Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, worked on pioneer projects to develop lines of Jamaican Processed Foods. Participated in fish and shell fish preservation studies (U.S.A.) 1959-60, Senior Food Inspector, then Acting Controller - Food Technology Division. Inspector/Analyst Bureau of Standards 1960-72; Assistant Manager Virginia Dare Jamaica Ltd. 1972. Established J.A.B.A.L. Construction Company and later Gloudon’s Orchid Nursery Ltd., specializing in the growing of strains of orchids for the export market with particular interest in the conservation of areas where Jamaican species are endangered. Was instrumental in the establishment of the first Jamaica Orchid Reserve on Alpart lands (Manchester). Awards: Musgrave Centenary Medal (1981) for contribution to horticulture. Publications: Contributes to international publications on orchid culture. Co-author with Amiee Webster Delisser, of Caribbean Orchid Growing. Married: Barbara Goodison, Journalist/Playwright, April 23, 1960; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests: Field Hockey, Bridge, Drama, (active participant in stage and film presentations appearing in a number of international feature films among them Walt Disney’s “Return to Treasure Island and Pirandha Two”). Address: 4C Wai Rua Road, Gordon Town P.O., St. Andrew.

GLOUDON, Barbara Joy, O.J., O.D.; Communications Consultant, Journalist, Playwright. Director Barbara Gloudon (Communications) Ltd. Organizations: Chairperson Little Theatre Movement (L.T.M.), Lay Preacher Anglican Diocese. Born: Malvern, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, daughter of the late Vivian Marcus Goodison and Doris Harvey, Housewife. Educated: St. George’s Elementary, St. Andrew High School, Associate Fellow University of Iowa International Writing Programme. Career: Gleaner Company Limited as reporter, sub-editor, columnist (Stella), Features Editor, Star Editor 1951-78; Deputy Director of Tourism - Jamaica Tourist Board 1978-81. Established own business Barbara Gloudon Ltd. 1981, specialising in public relations. For past three years has been a major host of public affairs call-in programme “Hotline” on Jamaican Radio. Lectures locally and internationally on themes of Caribbean cultural/socio-economic identity, especially as concerns women. Awards: Two Seprod Gold Medals for excellence in journalism presented by the Press Association of Jamaica. Honoured by journalism colleagues by conference of life membership in the Press Association of Jamaica (P.A.J.). Also appointed as trustee of P.A.J. Bronze Musgrave Medal and the Centenary Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in recognition of cultural contribution. Creative Works: Author of seven L.T.M. Pantomimes Moonshine Anancy 1969, Hail Columbus 1972, The Witch 1975, Johnny Reggae 1978, Pirate Princess 1981, Ginneral B 1983, Trash 1985. Has also authored several Plays including Appropriate Behaviour and Jack and the Gungo Tree. Contributor of articles on Jamaican-Caribbean cultural issues in local and international publications. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Ancille Gloudon, April 23, 1960; 1 son, 2 daughters. Address: (business) Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Drive. Tel. 949-9072171; (residence) 4C Wai Rua Road, Gordon Town.

GOFFE, Dennis, B.A. 1964; LL.B 1972; Barrister-at-Law 1972; Partner, Myers Fletcher & Gordon since 1978; Tutor, Norman Manley Law School since 1982. Organisations: Chairman, Private Security Regulations Authority; Member, Jamaica Bar Association, Council of Jamaica Bar Association, General Legal Council. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, September 6, 1942; son of Edward Goffe, Developer (deceased), and Jennie Goffe, Teacher. Educated: Homestead Prep.; Blake Prep.; Jamaica College; University of the West Indies, Leeds University. Career: Teacher, J. C. 1960-61; Deputy Clerk of the Courts 1968-70; Manton & Hart 1973-77. Awards: Queens Counsel 1992. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Susan Lumsden in 1988; 3 sons, 2 daughters. Interests: Cricket, Singing, Reading, Scrabble. Club: Kingston Cricket. Address: (business) Myers Fletcher & Gordon, 21 East Street, Kingston; Tel. 922-5860; (residence)12 Roselle Avenue, Kingston 6.

GOLDING, Lady Alice Patricia, B.Sc. (Econ), Marketing Manager, Monex Ltd., Mona Rehabilitation Centre since 1974. Organizations: Commissioner for Special Projects, Girl Guides’ Association of Jamaica; Secretary, Friends of Hope Valley Experimental School, Cheshire Village Management Committee, Jamaica Anti T.B. League; Member, Executive Board C.V.S.S. Trustee Entity. Born: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England; daughter of the late Logan Levy, Surgeon, and Alice Levy. Educated: Brampton, Mandeville; St. Andrew High School; Regent Street Polytechnic, London; Oxford University. Career: Research into Primary School Attendance at Department of Education, U.W.I. 1953-54; Appointed to Central Planning Unit 1955; Entered Civil Service as Administrative Cadet 1954; Appointed to Educational Planning Unit 1955; Jewellery Operations Centre, Monex Ltd., Mona Rehab Centre 1966. Denomination: Church of England. Married: Sir John Golding, August 15, 1961; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Travelling, Bird Watching, Walking, Listening to Music, Dancing, Tennis, Bridge, Reading, Environmental Matters. Club: Liguanea. Address: (business) Monex Ltd., Mona Rehab. Centre, Kingston 7. Tel: 927-2797; (residence) 2a Bamboo Avenue, Kingston 6.*

GOLDING, Bruce, B.Sc. (Econ.), M.P.; Businessman. Convener of the political party, The National Democratic Movement (NDM); Member of Parliament for South Central St. Catherine; Director New World Enterprises Ltd., Blackstone Farms Ltd., Sunglow Food Exports Ltd., T.N.G. Diagnostics Ltd., Lincoln Club Ltd., Old Harbour Service Stations Ltd. Born: Ginger Ridge, St. Catherine, December 5, 1947, son of Tacius Nathaniel Golding (former Speaker of the House of Representatives), and Enid Louise Bent-Golding. Educated: Alpha Primary School, St. George’s College, Jamaica College, University of the West Indies. Career: Member National Lotteries Commission 1968-72, Member Central Executive Jamaica Labour Party since 1969, Member of Parliament for West St. Catherine 1972-76, Member of the Senate 1977-84, Member Board of Governors Institute of Jamaica 1972-76. Member Electoral Advisory Committee 1979-84; Minister of Construction 1980-89; Chairman Jamaica Labour Party 1984-95. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Lorna Charles, June 10, 1972; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests: Fishing, Shooting, Motoring. Clubs: P.W.D.Gun and Sporting. Address: New World Enterprises, 26 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10; Tel. 929-7723/4.

GOLDING, The Hon. Sir John S.R., O.J., Kt., C.D., O.B.E., M.A., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S.; LL.D. (Hons.) Orthopaedic Surgeon. Professor Emeritus U.W.I., Medical Officer in charge of Mona Rehabilitation Centre. Visiting Professor New York, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, Chicago, Halifax N.S., Director Monex Limited. Organizations: Chairman, Commonwealth Caribbean Medical Research Council; Director Cheshire Village; Coconut Park; Hospice Pain Care Centre; Carawak Craft; Member Royal Society of Medicine; Founder Jamaica Association of Surgeons; Past President B.M.A. (Jamaica); Special Awards Association of Scientists and Medical Association of Jamaica; Fellow British and Canadian Orthopaedic Associations; Trustee Hope Valley School; Member, Medical Tribunal in Jamaica. Born: London, U.K., April 15, 1921, son of Mark Golding, Medical Practitioner, and Louise Levy-Golding. Educated: Marlborough College, Cambridge University (University Entrance Scholarship), Middlesex Hospital, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Married: Patricia Levy, August 15, 1961; 1 son, 1 daughter. Address: (business) Mona Rehabilitation Centre, Mona, Kingston 7; (residence) 9 College Common, Kingston 7.

GOLDING, Roy St. Anthony, B.A. (Econ.) 1964; Banker, retired 1990; Financial Consultant since 1994. Organisations: Director, Jamaica Library Service Foundation; Founding Director, Jamprint Ltd.; JAMAL Foundation Ltd.; Jamaica Library Service; Salvation Army Greater Kingston Advisory Board. Born: St. Catherine, Jamaica, April 23, 1933; son of the late Stanley C. Golding and Issadora Francis, Housewife. Educated: Half Way Tree Primary School; Crescent College; St. George’s College Extension School, Rutger University, New Jersey, U.S.A. Career: 1951-60 Civil Service, Customs Department; 1964 Ministry of Home Affairs, Administrative Assistant for four months; November 1964 to May 1965 Administrative Manager, Jamaica Apparel Ltd.; May 1965 to December 1990 Retired Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Ltd., Management Trainee to Senior Management; positions included Manager Montego Bay Branch, Senior Accounts Manager in Commercial Banking Centre. Denomination: Roman Catholic. Married: Icilda Philomena Carpenter, December 1955; 2 sons, 2 daughters. Interests: Art Collection, Listening to Music, Playing Dominos. Club: Kingston Cricket. Motto: “Per Ardua Ad Alta”. Address: 20 Ridgefield Avenue, Orange Grove, Kingston 8; Tel. 931-2185.

GOLDING, Theodore Winston, A.C.I.B., B.Sc., M.Sc.; Bank Executive; Divisional General Manager, Finance & Planning, N.C.B Group Ltd., since 1994; Managing Director, Gold Line Tours Ltd. Organizations: Director - National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd.; N.C.B. (Investments) Ltd.; West Indies Trust Company Ltd.; N.C.B. Trust & Merchant Bank Ltd.; N.C.B. Hotels Ltd.; Carp Corporation Ltd.; N.C.B. Services Ltd., Inn on the Beach Development Ltd.; Mammee Bay Development Ltd.; Mammee Bay Resorts Ltd.; Member - Jamaica Chamber of Commerce; PSOJ Economic Policy Committee; Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks; Optimist International; Excelsior Past Students Association Trust Fund. Born: St. Catherine, March 6, 1942; son of the late Stanley Constantine Golding, and Leanora Adassa Golding, Housewife. Educated: Excelsior High School, University of the West Indies. Career: Trained in all aspects of Bank routine including secondment to Barclay’s Bank, London & British Linen Bank, Scotland 1962-74; Operations Manager, Barclay’s Bank, King Street Branch 1974-75; Assistant Manager, Barclay’s Bank, Half Way Tree Branch 1975-77; Advances Manager, N.C.B. Head Office 1977-79; Assistant General Manager, N.C.B. Head Office 1979-80; Acting Manager (6 months), N.C.B. Cross Roads Branch 1980-81; General Manager, N.C.B. Head Office 1981-84; Manager, N.C.B. King Street Branch 1984-88; General Manager National Commercial Bank Ja. Ltd., Head Office 1988-91; Divisional General Manager N.C.B. Group Ltd. 1991-94; Snr. Divisional General Manager, Finance & Planning, N.C.B. Group Ltd. present. Awards: Distinguished President, Optimist International 1986-87; Distinguished & Outstanding Lt. Governor, Optimist International 1987-1988; Distinguished and Outstanding Governor, Optimist International 1992-93. Denomination: Christian-Brethen (Philadelphia Gospel Hall). Children: 1 son. Interests: Golf, Swimming, Walking, Driving. Club: Optimist International. Address: (business) N.C.B. Group Ltd., 32 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10; Tel. 929-9050/89; (residence) 58 Cherry Drive, Kingston 8; Tel. 927-4848.

GOLDSON, Brian Leicester, O.D., F.R.I.C.S., F.J.I.Q.S.; Chartered Quantity Surveyor; Principal, Goldson Barrett Johnson since 1972. Organizations: Director Eagle Merchant Bank Ltd.; World Wide Travel Services Ltd.; Goldpart Limited; Grotto Investments Ltd.; Quants Ltd.; Caribbean Steel Co. Ltd.; Hon. Fellow, Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy; Member, Royal Lodge No. 207 E.C. Born: Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, August 28, 1936; son of the late Herbert Austin Goldson, Farmer, and Violet Leone Waldemar-Goldson. Educated: Strathbogie Primary School; Mannings High School; Cornwall College; South West Essex Technical College; School of Art (now North East Lond. Polytechnic). Career: Accounts Clerk, West Indies Sugar Company Ltd. 1955-57; Survey Assistant, Survey Department, Government of Jamaica 1957-60; Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Reynolds & Young (England) 1964-69, Principal Proman Consultants since 1981. Awards: Order of Distinction in the field of Construction 1985. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Tryphene Eloise Fenton, July 1960; 3 sons. Interests: Reading, Travel, Cricket. Club: Liguanea. Address: (business) 23 Parkington Plaza, Kingston 10. Tel. 926-2418/9; (residence) 4A Shortridge Drive, Kingston 6.

GOLDSON, Denis Paul, C.A., M.Sc.; Accountant, Managing Partner Paul Goldson and Co. Chartered Accountants since 1961. Director Trident Ltd. Organizations: Member Cane Prices Committee, Member of Committee which drafted the Constitution of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, Founder/Member and past Councillor Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, Past Member Taxation Committee – Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, Past Chairman St. Hugh’s Preparatory School, Past Vice-Chairman Board of Governors Kingston College, Member Association of Certified Accountants (United Kingdom). Born: Kingston, Jamaica, October 22, 1925, son of Paul Stanley Goldson, Accountant, and Irene Louise White-Goldson (both deceased). Educated: Morris Knibb Preparatory School, Kingston College, Syracuse University. Career: Civil Service (Treasury) 1945-49, Civil Service (Finance Ministry) 1949-54, Jamaica Industrial Development Corporation (Asst. Secretary) 1958-61. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Yvonne Miller, February 20, 1957; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests: Walking, Music (classical). Clubs: Kingston Cricket, Rotary Club of St. Andrew. Address: (business) Oxford House, 6 Oxford Road, Kingston 5; Tel. 926-3562-4; (residence) 41 Dewsbury Avenue, Kingston 6.

GOLDSON, Lloyd Alfred, M.B.B.S. 1978, D.G.O. 1981, D.M. 1987; Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Registrar Victoria Jubilee Hospital since 1987; Director, Andrew Gold Ltd. Organizations: Past President, Junior Doctors’ Association, President Blue Castle Close Citizens’ Association, Clarendon College Past Students Association. Born: Half Way Tree, St. Andrew, October 12, 1950; son of Lloyd Alfred Goldson, retired Civil Servant, and Lauris Athena Goldson, Property Manager. Educated: Ivy Dale Preparatory School, Spanish Town Primary, Clarendon College, University of the West Indies. Career: Laboratory Technician, Industrial Chemical Company,;Acid Factory 1970-71, Medical Intern 1978-79; Medical Registrar 1980-87. Denomination: Methodist. Married: Dr. Aileen J. Standard, June 9, 1983; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Keeping fit (diet and exercise), Investing. Clubs: Lodge Clarendon Kilwinning, Lodge Delavaga. Address: Halfway Tree Medical Centre, York Plaza, Kingston 10; Tel. 929-4122/8911; (residence) 30 Glendon Circle, Hope Pastures, Kingston.

GOLDSON, Peter S., Bachelor of Civil Law Degree; Bachelor of Laws Degree, Attorney-at-Law: Associate, Myers Fletcher & Gordon since 1988. Organisations: Prudential Stock Brokers Ltd.; United Way of Jamaica; Vice Chairman, Council of Voluntary Social Services. Born: St. Andrew, Jamaica, September 3, 1963; son of Paul Goldson, Accountant, and Yvonne Miller-Goldson, Housewife. Educated: St. Hugh’s Preparatory School, Wolmer’s Boys’ School; University of the West Indies; University of Oxford, St. John’s College; Norman Manley Law School. Career: Myers Fletcher & Gordon since 1988. Special Awards: U.W.I. (Open) Scholarship 1981; U.W.I. Faculty of Law Prize 1982; Rhodes Scholarship for Jamaica 1985. Publications: “Dworking and the Natural Law Connection” – U.W.I. Student Law Review May/June 1984; “The Reform of Charitable Purposes” – West Indian Law Journal May/October 1988. Religion: Christian. Interests: Squash, Badminton. Address: (Business) Myers Fletcher & Gordon, 21 East Street, Kingston; Tel. 922-5860.

GOLDSON, Selvin S., B.Sc. (Econ.), Banker. Divisional General Manager, Finance Services, NCB Group Limited. Organizations: Director – Mutual Security Bank Ltd.; Mutual Security Merchant Bank & Trust Company Ltd.; MSB (Cayman) Ltd.; MS Insurance Brokers Ltd.; President, Rotary Club (St. Andrew) 1994-95. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, September 2, 1946; son of Selvin Goldson, Minister of Religion and Edna Goldson, Housewife. Educated: Oberlin & Excelsior High Schools; University of the West Indies. Career: Management Trainee (Banking) 1969-71; Administration Officer (Banking) 1971-73; Personnel Officer (Banking) Banking (MSB) 1986-94. Awards: Royal Bank of Canada Limited Scholarship 1966; 40th Anniversary award, Irvine Hall, UWI; Denomination: Disciples of Christ. Married: Veronica Wright, April 11, 1970; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Badminton, Swimming, World Affairs. Motto: “Pursuing excellence at all levels”. Clubs: Constant Spring Golf. Address: (business) “The Atrium”, 32 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10. Tel: 929-9050.

GOLDSON, Terence Owen Barrington,

J.P., D.P.A., M.P.H., F.R.S.H., Government administrator. Director Administration and Resources Management, Planning Institute of Jamaica since 1987. Organizations: Member standing Committee Jamaica Methodist Synod, Lodge Imperial Service No.978 S.C., Founder/Member and past Master Lodge Semper Fidelis No. 1530 S.C., Founder/Member Lodge De La Vega No. 1744 SC; former National President Methodist Men’s Fellowships, former President Public Works Department Co-op Credit Union. Born: Spanish Town, St Catherine, March 26, 1924, son of the late John David Goldson and Alma Theodosia Goldson nee Campbell. Educated: Spanish Town Elementary; Beckford & Smith’s High (now St. Jago High); University of the West Indies, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Career: Civil Servant from 1943 in various departments and Ministries - Collector General’s Dept., Ministries of Communication and Works, Health and Environmental Control; Represented Ministry at PAHO/WHO and several local and overseas conferences; PAHO/WHO meeting and World Health Assemblies; PAHO/WHO Consultant in Guyana 1981; Employed to CARICOM Secretariat Guyana 1981-86; Assistant Chief Commissioner for Scouts. Awards: Woodbadges (Scout & Cub Section), Medal of Merit for valuable service to Scout Movement, long service decoration for faithful and efficient service. Denomination: Methodist, Local preacher since 1948. Married: Sylvia Harrison, September 30, 1950; 1 son, 4 daughters. Address: ‘Lanyon Place’, 110 Brunswick Avenue, Spanish Town, No. 2 P.O. Tel. 984-2402.

GOMES, Richard Anthony, Medical Doctor, M.B., B.S., 1980; A.M.E. 1989; Family Physician/Aviation Medical Examiner: Family Physician; Senior Examiner Air Jamaica Pilots since 1992. Organisations: Board Member, Nuttall Memorial Hospital; Vice Chairman, Medical Committee, Nuttall Memorial Hospital; A Founding Member, Caribbean College of Family Physicians, Member of Association of General Practitioner. Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 17, 1951; son of Cecil Albert Gomes (Retired) and Gloria Gomes, (Housewife). Educated: Patima College, Port of Spain, Trinidad; University of the West Indies, Mona; Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Career: Resident, Port of Spain General Hospital 1981-85; District Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Trinidad. Denomination: Roman Catholic. Married: Jennisen C. Thwaites, June 20, 1980; 2 sons, 2 daughters. Interests: Lawn Tennis, Bird Shooting, Sailing. Clubs: Kingston Cricket, Liguanea, Yacht, Jamaica Gun. Address: (business) Newington House, Nuttall Hospital, Kingston 5; Tel. 926-7161; (residence) 6 Farringdon Terrace, Jacks Hill, Kingston 6.

GONSALVES, Enid Veronica, J.P.; Teacher, Principal Lucea Infant School since 1964, Lucea Primary School since 1975. Director Hanover Benefit Building Society. Organizations: Secretary Hanover Chamber of Commerce, Lucea Teachers’ Association; Director Hanover Music Choir, Asst. Organist Lucea United Church, Organist Sts. Phillip and James Roman Catholic Church, Commandant Hanover Girls’ Brigade, Founder Hanover Credit Union Study Club, Immediate Past President Alpha Delta Kappa in Jamaica, Member 4-H Advisory Council, Hanover Parish, Executive Committee; Parish Chairman of International Youth Committee, Commission Member of Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Elder of United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman. Treasurer, Hanover Co-op Credit Union; Music Co-Ordinator for Hanover Festival Committee. Born: Lucea, Hanover, April 12, 1931, daughter of the late Cyril Watson and Ludiana Clarke-Watson. Educated: Middlesex Corner School, Rusea’s High School, Shortwood Teachers’ College. Career: Taught at Lucea Infant School before entering Teachers’ College. On leaving College taught at the Shortwood Infant School then returned to teach at Lucea. Was School Savings Organizer Lucea Infant School when the school got the Parish Prize for savings in 1975. Awards: Girls’ Brigade Medal 1981; Institute of Jamaica Centenary Medal 1980; Prime Minister’s Medal for Community Service and Education; Governor General’s Award for Hanover 1993; Jamaica Teachers’ Award for 40 Years Service in Jamaica 1994. Married: Aubrey Gonsalves, January 1956; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Music, Photography. Address: (business) Lucea Primary School, Box 81, Lucea P.O. Tel. 956-2307.

GONSALVES, Reynold Augustine, C.D., B.Sc., J.P.; Agriculturalist and Sportsman, General Manager Banana Board since 1986. Director Banana Board. Organizations: Twice Chief Ranger Forestic and Masonic Lodges, member Masonic Lodge - Sussex, Chairman, Jamaica Racing Commission, Member Jamaica Society of Scientist. Born: Havana, Cuba, November 4, 1928 (naturalized Jamaican), son of the late Raymond Gonsalves, Ship’s Engineer, and Annie Pettigrew-Gonsalves. Educated: Donnington Primary School, Happy Grove High School, Tutorial College, Howard University. Career: Captain Football and Athletics Teams in High School, Represented Howard University on Track and Football Teams 1949-52, Champion Trainer 1971-72, Winner of five races on two consecutive race days - a record, Winner of record eighty-two races for one year. Million-dollar earner, Owner and Trainer of “Reca” (1976 Jamaica Derby Winner); Senior Station Manager Banana Breeding Station 1952; Chairman Betting Game & Lotteries Commission 1989-91. Awards: Prime Minister’s Medal for contribution to the field of Sports. Publications: Plant Breeders’ Notebook, Controlled Medication of Horses, Ancestors of the Race Horse, (published in racing year 1979). Denomination: Roman Catholic. Divorced; 4 sons, 1 daughter. Interests: Dominoes, Training of Race Horses, Cricket, Football. Club: St. Catherine Cricket. Address: 10 South Avenue, Kingston 4. Tel. 922-5437.

GONZALEZ, Christopher Francis, M.F.A., Dip. Sculpture. Artist since 1964. Owner and Director Gonzalez Fine Arts Gallery/Studio. Born: Kingston, March 15, 1943; son of the late Julio J. Gonzalez, Musician, and Inez Norton-Gonzalez, Factory Worker and Housewife. Educated: Alpha Preparatory School; St. Martin High School; St. George’s Extension School; Jamaica School of Art; California College of Arts & Crafts. Career: Practising Artist since 1964; Head of Sculpture Department 1974-79. Awards: Festival Fine Arts Awards 1964; Silver Musgrave Medal. Denomination: Catholic. Married: (separated); 1 son, 5 daughters. Interests: Yoga, Gardening, Writing, Music. Club: School of Art Alumni. Address: (business) Main Street, Salem, Runaway Bay, St Ann; Tel. 973-4710; (residence) Cardiff Hall, Runaway Bay, St. Ann; 973-2555.

GOODBODY, Ivan Miles, C.D., M.A., Ph.D.; Zoologist. Professor Emeritus, University of the West Indies since 1991. Organization: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London; Caribbean Academy of Sciences; Member, American Ornithologists’ Union; British Ornithologists’ Union; Marine Biological Association of the U.K.; British Ecological Society; American Ecological Society; Member Editorial Boards Bulletin of Marine Science; Caribbean Marine Studies. Born: Dublin, Ireland, September