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HADEED, Ray, Business Executive, President Serv-Wel since 1960. Executive Chairman General Consultants and Insurance Brokers Ltd., R.E.H. Investment Ltd., Rosa Investment Ltd., Hadeed Holdings Ltd., Financial Investment Management Services Ltd. Director Century National Bank, Serv-Wel Electric, Serv-Wel Marketing Co., Alumina and Steel Products. Serv-Wel Precision Tools, West Indies Shipping Co., Jamaica Industrial Development Corporation, A & S Services Co. Organizations: Life Director Jamaica Manufacturers Association; U.S. Business Club. Born: Syria, February 21, 1921, son of Elias Hadeed, Farmer, and Sophia. Educated: Omar High School. Denomination: Presbyterian. Married: Rose Hannon, April 29, 1945; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests: Hunting, Reading. Address: (business) 8 Ashenheim Road, Kingston 11; Tel. 923-6036; (residence) Manor Court, Kingston 8.

HALL-ALLEYNE, Beverly Clare, B.A., M.A., (Linguistics) M.A., (African Studies); Group Manager, Human Resources & Public Relations, Neal & Massy Group Jamaica Ltd. since 1993. Organizations: President, Bolivarian Society of Jamaica; Past Students’ Association of the Queen’s School. Born: Kingston, Jamaica; daughter of the late Lloyd C. Hall, Engineer/Builder and Sybil Hall, Housewife. Educated: The Queen’s School; University of the West Indies; University of California, Los Angeles. Career: Spanish Language Instructor, University of the West Indies 1968-70; Assistant Lecturer, Spanish Language Laboratory, University of the West Indies 1972-74; Spanish Language Instructor, Summer School, Department of Spanish (Suny Buffalo 1974; Research Fellow (Linguistics), African-Caribbean Institute, Institute of Jamaica 1975-85; part-time Instructor – Twi and Swahili, Language Laboratory University of the West Indies 1975-77; Exchange Research Scholar, Institute of African Studies University of Ghana (Legon, Ghana) 1975; Co-ordinator and Instructor, African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica 1977; Instructor, Summer School Programme, Jamaica School of Dance 1978; Director, African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica 1978-85; Part-time TOEFL Instructor Intensive English Language Institute (Suny, Buffalo) 1978-79; Executive Director, Institute of Jamaica 1985-93. Awards: Ford Foundation Grant; Institute of Jamaica Founder’s Day Medal for long and dedicated service to the Institute of Jamaica. Publications: Articles in Parolabras, Journal of the MLA (1969), ALCAN I, ACIJ (1980); ALCAN II, ACIJ Newsletter No. 5 (1980); ACIJ Research Review No. 1 (1984); Salute to Afro-Cuba, ACIJ (1975); Editor ACIJ Research Review No. 1 (1984); Sub-editor, Boletin de Sociolingüística, UWI (1969); The Social Context of African Language Continuities in Jamaica, International Journal of the Sociology of Language 85 (1990). Denomination: Anglican. Married: Mervyn C. Alleyne, December 27,1980; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests: The Arts. Motto: Age Quod Agis. Address: (business) Neal & Massy Group Jamaica Ltd., 1C Pawsey Road, Kingston 5:Tel. 928-2737 (residence) Kai-Nou, Aguilar Road, Stony Hill.

HALL, Herbert A., B.A., LL.B., Insurance Executive: Chief Executive Officer, Prime Life Assurance Company Ltd. since July 1993. Organisations: Director, Prime Life Assurance Company Ltd.; Chairman, Sigma Investment Management Systems, Sigma Unit Trusts Ltd., Jamaica Association for the Deaf. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, September 21, 1931; son of Lionel Altimond Hall and Mary Hall (both deceased). Educated: Jamaica College; Cambridge University (Jamaica Scholar 1949). Career: 1970-93 Executive Vice President, Life of Jamaica Ltd. Married: Birgitta Gustavsson 1953. Interests: Fishing, Golf, Snorkeling, Reading. Club: Liguanea. Address: 19 Harbour Street, Kingston; Tel. 967-3921; (Residence) 12 University Crescent, Kingston 6.*

HALL, John Ambrose, C.D., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.A.C.P., J.P., Consultant Physician in Private Practice at Medical Associates Hospital since 1985; Director Medical Associates Hospital, Board of Governors Kingston College. Organizations: Life Member of Convocation University of London; Member Jamaica Historical Society, Medical Association of Jamaica, American Academy of Neurology, World Federation of Neurology (Epidemiology Committee), International Council of Drug Abuse; Life Member Pan American Medical Association; Director for Kiwanis Club of Kingston; University Lodge of the West Indies; Kingston College Old Boys Association; Commissioner St. John’s Ambulance Brigade and Association; Director Big Brothers Movement; Programme Director Dr. Ena Thomas Memorial Trust. Born: Duanvale, Trelawny, December 29, 1926, son of the late John Edward Hall, Head Teacher and Birdie St. Lucia Brown-Hall. Educated: Morris Knibb Preparatory School, Kingston College, University of London, King’s College and Charing Cross Hospital Medical School. Career: Medical Officer B.C.G. Campaign 1952, Port Maria 1953; Caicos Islands 1954-55, Kingston Public Hospital 1955-60; Postgraduate studies London 1956-58, Philadelphia 1963, Lausanne and New York 1969; Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Colombia University, New York City 1972; Testimony by invitation before the 93rd Congress U.S. Senate Committee of the Judiciary re: Marijuana - Hashish epidemic and its impact on United States Security; Vice-president 5th Pan American Congress of Neurology 1979; Consultant Physician Kingston Public Hospital 1960-85. Awards: Centenary Medal Institute of Jamaica 1979; Long Service Medal St. John Ambulance Brigade 1969; Medical Association of Jamaica Award for Distinguished Service in Medicine 1986. Publications: Over 25 papers and publications in The Practitioner, Post-graduate Medicine, American Journal of Pathology, West Indian Medical Journal, Travel and Traffic Medicine International. Denomination: Protestant. Married: Alison Hyacinth Armstrong, November 12, 1955; 2 sons. Interests: Reading, Conversing, Medical History, Swimming, Tennis, Chess. Club: Jamaica Officers. Address: (business) Medical Associates Hospital, 18 Tangerine Place, Kingston 10. Tel. 926-1400; (residence) 22 Russell Heights, Kingston 8.

HALL, Lloyd Winston Stephenson O.D.,J.P., L.R.S.M., A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M., G.R.S.M., T.T.C.; Musician and Educator. Retired Senior Education Officer, Ministry of Education. At present Head of the Music Department, at the Shortwood Teachers’ College. Organizations: Jamaica Music Teachers Association, Music Society of Jamaica, Life Vice-President School Music Association of Great Britain. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, May 10, 1925, son of Eustace Hall, Businessman, and Laceta Stephenson-Hall, Housewife (both dec’d). Educated: Central Branch Primary School, Calabar High School, Royal College of Music (London), Dartington College (Devon, England), University of Toronto. Career: Organist and Director of Music St. Andrew’s Scots Kirk since 1949. Conductor St. Andrew Singers since 1954. Introduced Festival of St. Cecilia to Jamaica (annual musical festival at St. Andrew’s Scots Kirk) conductor St. Richard’s Boys’ Choir 1970 and organist and Director of Music St. Jude’s Anglican Church since 1978. Awards: British Council Bursary 1955, Canada Council Fellowship 1962, Travel Awards from the United States Government, Federal Republic of Germany, Badge of Honour and Certificate of Merit in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 1966. Silver Musgrave Medal for sustained high standard in the development of choral music in Jamaica 1971. Institute of Jamaica centenary medal. Publications: Compilation of Song Books - A music manual: Junior Songs for the Caribbean; Senior Songs for the Caribbean, Music Handbook for Teachers, Jamaica, land we love (a collection of National and Folk songs). Missa Brevis a short mass dedicated to the St. Jude’s Anglican Church for their Patronal Festival 1982. Jamaica, Land of Beauty - a National School Song, words by A.L. Hendriks. Denomination: United Church of Jamaica & Grand Cayman. Married: Divorced; 1 son. Interests: Travel, Reading. Clubs: Musicians’ Society for the Performing Arts (Chicago), Founder and Past Master Lodge, Mico - Scottish Freemasonry. Address: (residence) 15 Norbrook Mews, P.O. Box 218, Kingston 8. Jamaica.

HALL, Marshall McGowan, C.D., B.Sc., Ph.D., Economist; Group Managing Director, Jamaica Producers Group Ltd. since 1979. Organizations: Chairman – Banana Export Co. Ltd., Eastern Banana Estates Ltd., Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society, St. Mary Banana Estates Ltd., Victoria Banana Company; Director - National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd., Guardian Life Insurance Company. Born: Jamaica, September 5, 1934; son of the late John McGowan Hall and Doris Alice Wynter-Hall. Educated: Kingston College; Columbia University; University of Wisconsin. Career: Instructor and Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin 1961-64; Assistant Associate Professor and Professor, Washington University 1964-71; Visiting Professor, Makerere University (Uganda) 1970-71; Professor, University of the West Indies Department of Management Studies 1971-75; Dean, Faculty of Social Studies 1973-74; Consultant to Government of Jamaica, several organisations in U.S.A. and Jamaica; Member, Public Utilities Commission 1972-75; Chairman and Chief Executive, Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd. 1975-79; Chairman, Jamaica Public Service Company 1979-81; Chairman, National Development Bank 1981-86; Jamaica Development Bank 1978-86. Publications: Articles in national and international economic journals. Married: Jeanette Bowser, July 12, 1961; 1 son, 2 daughters. Address: (business) Jamaica Producers Group Ltd., 6A Oxford Road, Kingston 5; Tel. 926-3503/7.

HALL, Pamela Savoria, Entertainer, Song-Writer, Producer since 1982. Organizations: Member of the Jamaica Federation of Musicians and the Performing Rights Society. Born: London, England, February 1, 1954, daughter of the late Astley Hall, Welder and Myrtle Hall, Nurse’s Aide. Educated: Franklin Town Primary School; Excelsior High School; College of Arts, Science and Technology; Alpha Commercial School. Career: Secretary/Computer Operator, The Gleaner Company 1974-82. Awards: (With Woody) Best Male/Female Duo 1977; Hilcrams Awards - Best Female Performer 1985; Best Female Vocalist for 1993/94, Caribbean Music Award; New York Reggae Award; Most Improved Artist 1993/94 Martins International; JMF Award, Best Jazz vocal female 1993/94 and 1994/95. Creative Works: (With Errol Wilson) Girl Time, Come Inna Dis (1984), Hol’ Them Jah, Reggae Country (with Willie Lindo). Denomination: Seventh Day Adventist. Children: 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Reading, Listening to Music, Watching Sports: Basketball, Football, Athletics. Address: (business/home) 21 Hialeah Drive, Kingston 19; Tel. 924-5128.

HALSALL, Douglas McArthur, M.J.I.M., M.J.C.S.; Accountant, Managing Director Advanced Integrated Systems. Director P.A.J. (Dev.) Company. Organizations: Executive Member Jamaica Computer Society; Member Jamaica Institute of Management, Society of Industrial Accountants of Canada. President Young Presidents’ Organization (New York), Founder Member N.C.R. Basic School Trust, Chairman Press Association of Jamaica Development Committee. Born: Browns Town, St. Ann, February 26, 1945; son of the late Harry Halsall and Adlene Halsall. Educated: York Castle High School. Career: Accountant Bank of Nova Scotia 1963-67, Cost Accountant Kaiser Bauxite Company 1967-70 Joined N.C.R. Jamaica as an Analyst/Programmer attached to the Data Processing Centre July 1970, Appointed Manager Data Processing Centre December 1972, Marketing Manager Data Centre and Systems Engineering July 1977, Managing Director N.C.R. 1977-87; Managing Director N.C.R. Cayman January 1979. Awards: Chairman’s Award as leading manager in Latin America and the Caribbean 1983. Boss of the Year 1985/86. Denomination: Roman Catholic. Married: Gloria Marjorie Lauther, August 16, 1969; 1 son, 2 daughters. Clubs: Kingston Rotary. Address: Advanced Integrated Systems, 9 Knutsford Boulevard; Tel. 929-7395/6426; (residence) 8 Oakdale, Norbrook, Kingston 8.

HAMILTON, Arthur C., Bachelor of Laws, Certificate of Legal Education; Attorney-at-Law: Partner, Myers Fletcher & Gordon. Organisations: Director, Metropolitan Parks & Markets; Board Member, St. Hugh’s Preparatory School Board of Governors. Member, Jamaica Bar Association; Council Member, Jamaica Bar Association. Born: St. Andrew, Jamaica, November 8, 1957, son of the late Arthur Ray Hamilton, Businessman and Gloria Hamilton, Charities Accountant and Secretary. Educated: Wolmer’s Boys School; University of the West Indies; Norman Manley Law School. Denomination: Christian Brethren. Married: Joan McDonald, August 7, 1982; 2 daughters. Club: Rotary St. Andrew. Address: (Business) 21 East Street, Kingston; Tel. 922-5860; (Residence) 39 Grosvenor Terrace, Kingston 8.

HAMILTON, Basil Arthur, J.P.; Farmer and Politician since 1952. Born: Hampshire, St. Catherine, January 20, 1923, son of the late Uriah Hamilton, Foreman (Railway), and Gerzeta May Barnett-Hamilton. Educated: Mt. Herman School; Private Tuition U.S.A.; School of Business (New York). Career: Sugar Shipping Clerk Monymusk Estate, Clerk United Estates Ltd., (Bog Walk); Grocery Trade 1951-53; President Hampshire Branch Jamaica Agricultural Society 1953-70, 1973 & 1988, Chairman Hampshire Branch A.I.B.G.A.since 1961; Chairman Bog Walk Area Council A.I.B.G.A. Area Director A.I.B.G.A. (St. Catherine)since 1978, President St. Catherine Branches Associated Jamaica Agricultural Society 1979-80 & 82-83, Member Managing Committee St. Catherine Branches Associated Jamaica Agricultural Society for many years, Chairman Hampshire Branch Citrus Growers’ Association, Chairman St. Catherine Cocoa Co-op since 1975, Vice-Chairman Central St. Catherine Coffee Co-op. since 1983, Member Coffee Industry Board since 1986, Member Coffee Federation, Parish Councillor of the Parish - 23 years, Mayor Spanish Town and Chairman of the Parish Council St. Catherine - five consecutive terms 1969-74. 2nd Vice-President A.L.G.A. three terms. Went to England in 1978 to look into the handling of Jamaican Bananas. Chairman Hampshire/Riversdale/Crawle/Williamsfield Citizens Associations, Chairman Riversdale Sports Complex, Member Community Council S.D.C., Chairman Mt. Herman All-Age School P.T.A., Member of School Boards, and Lay Preacher. Awards: National Award for long and faithful service in 1983, Prime Minister’s Medal in 1984. Denomination: Baptist. Deacon, Secretary for the Circuit and Lay Preacher. Married: Beryl Viola Gordon, March 4, 1951; 4 sons; 4 daughters. Interests: Farming, Reading, Music, Bible Study. Address: (business) Hampshire, Riversdale P.O.

HAMILTON, Howard Lloyd, J.P., B.Sc. (Hons.) UWI 1961: Business Executive; General Manager, The Shell Company (W.I.) Limited since June 1976; Cluster Manager, Shell Companies in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. Organisations: Director – Comfort Hall Farms Ltd., Jamaica Savings and Loans Building Society, Ashtrom Building Systems Ltd., National Sugar Ltd., National Council in Education; Vice President, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. Born: Lucky Hill, St. Mary, April 2, 1939; son of the late Sydney Lloyd Hamilton, Accountant, and Lilias Everyl Hamilton, Company Secretary. Educated: Lucky Hill Primary; Titchfield Primary School; Wolmer’s Boys’ School; University of the West Indies. Career: Chemical Assistant, Shell Company (W.I.) Ltd. 1961-68; Chemical Sales Manager, Shell Company (W.I.) Ltd. 1968-74; General Manager Designate Shell Company (W.I.) Ltd. 1974-75; General Manager Shell Company (W.I.) 1976-83; President & General Manager, (Shell Bahamas) 1984-87; General Manager Shell Company (W.I.) Ltd. since 1988. Denomination: Presbyterian. Married: Marlene Annette Clarke, January 1, 1965; 2 daughters. Interests: Cooking, Horse Racing, Cricket, Gardenin. Clubs: Kingston Cricket, Constant Spring Golf. Motto: “Illegitimati non Carborundum” (Don’t let the bastards grind you down). Address: (business) The Shell Company (W.I.) Ltd., P.O. Box 140, Kingston 5; Tel. 928-7300/9; (residence) 1 Durie Drive, Kingston 8.

HAMILTON, Howard Randolph, Q.C.; Attorney-at-Law since 1959; Senior Partner, Wong Ken & Co., Attorneys-at-Law, since January 1995.Organizations: Chairman, JAMAL, St. Andrew Zone; National Aids Committee; President Jamaica Weight-lifting Association; Chairman Titchfield School Board; Past Chairman Bar Association Criminal Law Committee; Past President Jamaica College Old Boys’ Association. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, June 9, 1936, son of the late Eduardo Hamilton, General Manager Jamaica Railway Corporation, and Gertrude Isabel Dann-Hamilton. Educated: St. Aloysius Primary School; Jamaica College; Lincoln’s Inn. Career: Spent 18 months in Government Service after College; obtained initial pupillage with Mr. Dudley Thompson (Q.C.) and Mr. Ian Ramsay (Q.C.) then embarked on Criminal Trial Practice through all the courts of Jamaica as well as Bermuda, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Grenada and the Privy Council; retained by two Prime Ministers of opposing Governments. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Beverly Ann Harrison, November 9, 1971; 3 sons, 3 daughters. Interests: Tennis, Snorkelling, Cards, Reading. Clubs: Liguanea Club, J.L.T.A. Address: (business) C/o Wong Ken & Co., 15A Old Hope Road, Kingston 5; Tel. 926-4866 and 5 Evelyn Street, Ocho Rios; Tel. 974-5200; (residence) Content Hill, Ocho Rios, St. Ann.

HAMILTON, Sezvin Norman., B.Sc., M.B.A., M.J.I.M.; Information Technology Consultant. Managing Director/Principal Consultant Dataprox Management and Information Systems Ltd. since 1990. Organizations: Director, First Metropolitan Finance Company Ltd.; Bureau of Standard of Jamaica; Hamrose Investments Ltd.; Dataprox Ltd.; Deeds Industries Ltd.; Jamaica Computer Society Education Foundation; Empire Finance and Investment Limited; Caricom Information Systems Consultants Ltd. Chairman, Washington Towers Strata Corporation; Member of the Institute of Management Consultants of Jamaica, The Jamaica Computer Society; Personal Computer Users Group of Jamaica; Corporate Representative, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce; Private Sector Organization of Jamaica. Born: Porus, Manchester; son of the late John S. Hamilton, Contractor, and Carmen Hamilton, Retired Businesswoman. Educated: Porus Primary; Holmwood Technical High; University of the West Indies, Nova University (U.S.A.). Career: Management Analyst (Organisation Methods) Ministry of Finance 1978-79; Senior Systems Analyst, Seprod Group of Companies 1980-82; Director, Dataprox Computer Systems Ltd. since 1981; Data Processing Manager, Rapid & Sheffield Company Ltd. (Grace Kennedy) 1982-88; Managing Director, Dataprox Management & Information Systems since 1990. Denomination: Baptist. Married: Rose Marie Anderson, January 1981; 2 daughters. Interests: Lawn Tennis, Football, Music. Clubs: Rotary Club of St Andrew. Address: Old Stony Hill Road, Box 2056, Kingston 8; Tel. 942-2773; (residence) Constant Spring P.O., Kingston 8.

HAMMOND, Holden Wilberforce, A.A.S., B.S., M.A.; Economist, Company Director. Director Sugar Industry Housing Ltd. Organization: Member International Honour Society of Economists. Born: Portland, Jamaica, July 15, 1946, son of the late Lancelot Hammond, Trade Unionist, and Vivy Dixon, Secretary. Educated: Borough of Manhattan Community, Long Island University (New York). Career: Dept. Asst. Ministry of Communications & Works 1968-71, Sales Representative Jamaica Data Machines Inc. 1971-74, Assistant Sales Manager General Development Corp. (New York) 1974-82, Regional Mortgage Manager The Dime Savings Bank of New York, F.S.B. 1982-85. Awards: Top Sales Representative Award 1977, $100,000 Club Award 1977, Sales Leaders’ Guild Award 1978, General Development Corporations Sales Booster Award 1978, Borough of Manhattan Community College Dean of Student Award 1979, Long Island University Dean Scholar Award 1982. Religion: Christian. Married: Pearline H. Hall, June 23, 1979; 2 sons. Interests: Reading, Dominoes, Fishing. Clubs: Liguanea, Kiwanis. Address: (business) (residence) “Windway”, Sterling Castle, Red Hills, St. Andrew.

HANDAL, Joseph George, Industrialist/Technician, Joseph Handal Knitting Mill; Honorary Consul of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since 1987. Vice-President Jamaica Arab Cultural Society; Member, Consular Corps of Jamaica; Treasurer, Jamaica Iraqi Friendship Society. Organisation: Director, Joseph Handal Knitting Mill. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, June 10, 1947, son of the late Abraham Handal, Manufacturer, and Marie Georgette Handal, Manufacturer. Educated: Campion College; Bryant & Stratton College, Union Special Technical. Denomination: Roman Catholic. Married: Gladys Jaar, September 19, 1971; 1 son. Interests: Swimming, Reading, Dominoes, Target Shooting. Clubs: Jamaica Rifle Association Address: (business) 2 Andrews Lane (off South Camp Road), Kingston C.S.O. Tel. 928-2661/928-1057; (residence) 25 Dewsbury Ave., Kingston 6.

HARDING, Senator Oswald Gaskell, Q.C., B.A., LL.B; Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public; Senior Partner, O. G. Harding & Co.; Organizations: Founder/Director, The Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Company of Jamaica Ltd., now Eagle General Insurance Company; Director: Eagle Merchant Bank of Jamaica Ltd., Atlas Insurance Agency Ltd., now Eagle Insurance Brokers Ltd., Martins Travel Service Ltd., Eagle Commercial Bank Ltd., Eagle Foundation for Enterprise, Eagle Unit Trust, Eagle Trust Company, Ciboney Group Ltd., National Gallery of Jamaica; Chairman, Eagle Permanent Building Society; Deputy Chairman, Crown Eagle Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Born: Kingston, November 3, 1935; son of Sylvester H. Harding and Edna M. Levy-Harding (both dec’d). Educated: Kingston College; High School of Montreal, McGill University, Canada; London School of Economics, University of London; Inner Temple. Career: Joined Jamaica Foreign Service, served as Diplomatic Officer London; Jamaica’s first Charge D’Affaires, Jamaican Embassy Mexico 1967; Deputy Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1963-66; Crown Counsel, Attorney General’s Department 1966-68; First Employee Life of Jamaica Limited, Secretary and General Counsel, Life of Jamaica 1969-80; Tutor Norman Manley Law School 1975-80, now Honorary Tutor; Notary Public; Senior Partner, O. G. Harding & Company. Appointed Senator 1977, President of the Senate 1980 and re-elected in 1983; Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Minister without portfolio (Foreign Affairs), Chairman National Council on Drug Abuse 1984; Chairman, National Committee for International Year of Peace and Legislative Committee and Minister of Justice and Attorney General 1986; Appointed Queen’s Counsel 1987; Senator, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate 1989; Advisor, Caribbean Law Institute 1990; Deputy Chairman, Jamaica Labour Party 1991 and Treasurer in 1992; Member, Joint Select Committee of Parliament on Constitution since 1978. Denomination: Anglican.Married: Marigold Yuen, December 28,1966; 2 sons. Interests: Sports, Arts, Music. Clubs: Kingston Cricket, Kingston Polo, Jamaica Potters Association, Chaine des Rotisseurs (Charge de Presse) Jamaica. Motto: “To exist is to struggle, to survive is to conquer”. Address: (business) 1 Melmac Avenue, Kingston 5; Tel. 929-2598/9. (residence) P.O. Box 281, Kingston 6.

HARDY, William Nicholas, Company Director, Managing Director Magnol House Limited since 1973. Director Philnick Ltd; Maholap Ltd. Organizations: Director, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce; Hardware Merchants’ Association; Construction Resource Development Centre; Member, Managing Committee, Hardware & Construction Resource. Born: Kingston, July 19, 1935, son of Kenneth Barristave E. Hardy, Commission Agent, and Inez Pearl Hardy, Business-woman (both dec’d). Educated: Half-Way-Tree Primary School, Kingston College. Career: 1952 to present Magnol House - held several positions including Sales Manager, Purchasing Officer, Purchasing Manager. Denomination: Anglican/New Thought. Married: Phyllis Del Chung; 1 son, 1 daughter. Address: (business) Magnol House Ltd.,12A Slipe Road, Kingston 5. Tel. 922-8480-3; (residence) 2 Paddington Close, Kingston 8.

HARPER, Cedric Lanyon R., J.P., B.A. M.Sc. (Econ.) LL.B. L.E.C.; Barrister and Attorney-at-Law; Dean of Students, University of the West Indies since 1989; Associate Tutor, Norman Manley Law School. Organizations: President, Lay Magistrate’s Association of Jamaica; Member - Board of Governors, UTCWI; Education Council, UTCWI; Executive Council, Christian Lawyer’s Fellowship; Consultant, Foundation for International Self Help (FISH); Hon. Consul-General of St. Kitts and Nevis in Jamaica. Born: Cayon, St. Kitts, 25th September, 1930; son of Reginald S. Harper, Engineer and Estate Manager and Mary Eglantine McDowell-Harper (both dec’d). Educated: St. Kitts-Nevis Grammar School; Government Teachers’ Training College (Trinidad); University College of the West Indies; University of the West Indies; London University; Norman Manley Law School. Career: Assistant Teacher, Basseterre Boys’ School (St. Kitts) 1948-50; Headmaster, Gingerland Boys’ School (Nevis)1953-54; Headmaster, Gingerland Secondary School (Nevis); 1954-65; Resident Tutor, Extra Mural Department, University of the West Indies (Bahamas) 1966; Warden, Irvine Hall, U.W.I., Mona 1967-93. Denomination: Wesleyan Holiness. Married: Dr. Barbara Shirley Lyle; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Swimming, Music, Reading, Foreign Languages. Address: (business) Office of the Dean of Students, U.W.I., Mona, Kingston 7; (residence) 11A Opal Avenue, Golden Acres, Red Hills, St. Andrew.

HARRIS, C. Mark, J.P., B.A., C.C.R.A.; Business Executive. Managing Director, Property Consultants Ltd. since 1985. Director – Marada Property Holdings Ltd.; Property Professionals Ltd.; Chemar (Farms) Ltd. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, May 11, 1955; son of the late Eugene N. Harris, Businessman. and Marjorie Harris, Cosmetologist. Educated: St Cecelio Prep.; Campion College; University of South Florida. Career: Moore Business Forms Ltd. (Canada) 1976-77; Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust Ltd. 1977-83; C. D. Alexander Realty Ltd. 1983-85. Chief Publications: Articles written for Financial Supplement of Real Estate Jamaica, Money Index. Religion: Judaism. Married: Marguerite Malabre, September 23, 1978; 2 sons, 1 daughters. Interests: Polo, Bird Shooting, Fishing. Clubs: Jamaica Kennel, Monymusk Gun, St. Ann Polo. Address: (business) 12 Trinidad Terrace, Kingston 5; Tel: 929-5462, 929-6062; (residence) 6 Farringdon Drive, Kingston 6.

HARRISON, Jeremiah Rev., Minister of Religion and Farmer since 1948. Organizations: Chairman Christiana Potato Growers Co-Op Association 1987. Born: Queensbury, Southfield, St. Elizabeth February 6, 1929, son of Nathaniel Harrison and Vera Barrett (both dec’d.). Educated: Elementary school; Jamaica Bible College, Mandeville. Career: Farmer and preacher since 1948. Insurance agent 1963-67. Agricultural Marketing Corporation from 1967; Manager 1976-83. Married: Clarice Bent, June 13, 1953; 2 sons, 3 daughters. Religion: M.C.A. Interests: Cricket, Music, Singing. Address: (business) Christiana Potato Growers Co-Op, Christiana P.O., Manchester. Tel. 964-2366; (residence) P.O. Box 111, Christiana, Manchester. Tel. 964-2418.

HARRISON, Verley Emmanuel, B.Sc. (Econ.), M.I.B.; Banker:Senior Director Bank of Jamaica since 1988. Director Summit Corporation Limited, Combined Tobacco Company Jamaica (1979) Limited, Walverton Limited. New Hi-Power Battery Co., Jamaica Record Limited. Organizations: Master University Lodge of the West Indies, Assistant Treasurer Jamaica Cricket Umpires’ Association. Born: May Pen, Clarendon, February 7, 1940, son of Jacob Harrison and Lilian Harrison. Educated: Mico College, University of the West Indies. Career: Auditor Price Waterhouse (Jamaica) 1969-70, Tax Consultant Eaton’s Financial Services (Toronto, Canada) 1971-72, Teacher Sands Secondary School, Government of Bermuda 1972-75; Deputy Managing Director EXIM Bank of Jamaica 1986-88. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Ena Falconer, August 5, 1971; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Cricket Umpiring, Stamp Collecting, Photography, Gardening. Clubs: J.C.U.A., Kingston, Constant Spring Golf. Address: (business) Bank of Jamaica, Nethersole Place, Kingston; (residence) 5 Hart Boulevard, Hope Pastures, Kingston 6.

HARRY, Osmond Joseph, Airline Manager; General Manager, Air Canada N.W. Caribbean and Bahamas since 1991. Born: Dominica, December 20, 1945; son of Radcliffe Harry and Iona Harry. Educated: Dominica Grammar School; P.M.D.P. McGill University. Career: Joined Air Canada 1970; Various Positions, Quebec 1970-78; Manager, Haiti, 1978-81; Manager Sept-Illes 1982-86; Manager Hispaniola 1986-88. Denomination: Catholic. Married: Marie Roy, October 30, 1970; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Hunting, Fishing, Golf, Cricket. Address: (business) Air Canada, Norman Manley Airport, Kingston; Tel. 924-8363; (residence) 11 Carol Close, Armour Heights, Kingston 8.*

HART, Hon. Hugh Cecil Edmund, M.A. (Oxon); Attorney-at-Law and Company Director. Director National Investment Promotions Ltd., Jamaica Bauxite Mining Ltd., Phoenix of Jamaica Assurance Co. Ltd. Born: St. Andrew, Jamaica, December 26, 1929; son of the late Hon. Clinton Hart O.B.E., Solicitor, and Eily deCordova Hart. Educated: Munro College (colours for Cricket, Hockey, Tennis, Shooting, Athletics), Queen’s College, Oxford University (represented College in Cricket, Hockey, Tennis), Gray’s Inn. Career: Formerly Consultant to Clinton Hart & Co.; Ambassador Extraordinaire, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Bauxite/Alumina and Energy; Former Chairman Jamaica Bauxite Institute; Bauxite/Alumina Trading Co. Ltd.; Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica; Jamaica Flour Mills Ltd.; Carreras Group Ltd.; Minister

of Mining & Energy 1983-89; Minister of Tourism 1984-89. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Pamela Seaga, June 4, 1977; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests: Golf, Tennis, Shooting. Address: (business) 6th Floor, 30-36 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5; (residence) 19 Queensway, Kingston 10.

HARVEY, Raymond (Ray) Everald, B.Sc. (Bus. Admin), Business Executive. Managing Director Custom Marble and Design Jamaica Ltd. since 1983. Director Jamaica Commodity Trading Co. Ltd., Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Past President Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association 1971-75. Born: Guatemala, March 13, 1945, son of Cyril P. Harvey, Accountant, and Beryl C. Harvey, Housewife (dec’d). Educated: Vaz Prep.; Kingston College; University of Nebraska (Athletics scholarship), NYU School of Continuing Education. Career: Jamaica Citizens Bank, 1968-69; Port of New York Authority, 1969-70; First Chicago Bank, 1970-72; Farmer 1972-77; Manager Airports Authority of Jamaica, Norman Manley International Airport 1977-80; Managing Director, El Fredo Pizza, USA 1980-83. Awards/Achievements: Won silver medal at CAC Games 1966; Director Coca Cola Comets Relays since 1985. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Winsome Miller-Rowe, 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Track and field – Administrator and Commentator. Club: Director, Montego Bay Comets Athletics Club. Address: (business) Custom Marble Lot Commercial Complex, Montego Bay Free Zone. Tel. 952-4319; (residence) 187 Patterson Avenue, Ironshore, Montego Bay, P.O. Box 731, St James.

HASLAM, Orville Barrington, O.D.; Managing Director Hammer Chemicals Ltd. since 1983, also of Anvil Enterprises Ltd. President Table Tennis Association of Jamaica (J.T.T.A). Born: Kingston, Jamaica, February 21, 1944, son of Gerald Owen Haslam, Accountant and Joyce Haslam Stuart (nee) Edwards, Housewife. Educated: Oberlin High School, Gaynstead High School, Private tuition in England including a course in Chemistry. Career: Ministry of Education as National Coach. Entered into partnership to establish Swift Chemicals in 1977, Founded Hammer Chemicals in 1983 manufacturing Industrial Chemicals and in 1984 established Anvil Enterprises Ltd. as sole distributors of their products. Awards: Badge of Honour. Publications: Publications in sport in the United Kingdom. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Carol Jean Miller, September 1977; 1 son, 1 daughter. Interests: Golf, Classical Music. Clubs: Constant Spring Golf, Melbourne Cricket. Address: (business) 11B Carlton Crescent, Kingston 10. Tel. 929-5816-7; (residence) Apt. 5, 9 Blythwood Drive, Beverly Hills, Kingston 6.

HAUGHTON, John Richard Cedric, B.Sc. (Hons.), Dip. Ed., (UWI) Dip. Marketing, (IMP). Vice President, Individual Life Division, First Life Insurance Company Limited since February 1994; Managing Director, Reggae Rythyms, Montego Bay. Organizations: Director, Rotary Club of St. Andrew. Born: Montego Bay, Jamaica, November 29, 1949; son of John H. Haughton, Retired Civil Servant, and Marjorie Houlder-Haughton, Executive Secretary. Educated: Jamaica College, Excelsior High School, University of the West Indies. Career: Teacher of History and Social Studies 1974-87; Joined Life of Jamaica, May 1987 as a Salesman attached to the Company’s largest Branch; Left the field force in 1990 and was appointed Life of Jamaica’s first Marketing Manager. In 1991 was promoted to Director of Agencies with special responsibilities for the company’s rural branches. Married: Sheron Forrest, March 5, 1988, 3 daughters. Interests: Reading, Aerobics, Dancing, Jogging. Motto: “Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and enjoy it, you can do it again tomorrow.” Address: (business) First Life Insurance Company, 60 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5; Tel: 926-3700/9 (residence) Red Hills P.O., St. Andrew.*

HAUGHTON, Stafford Sinclair, R.Ph., Dip. Pharm., J.P. Pharmacist. Managing Director Haughton’s Pharmacy Ltd., Action Attractions Ltd., RMI Productions Ltd., Director, KIG, Mandeville. Organizations: First Vice President, Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Chairman, Central & South Tourism Organisation (CESTO), Member Jamaica Special OlympicsFoundation (Manchester), Founder, Manchester Amateur Athletic Association, Member, Optimists Club of Mandeville, Jamaica Motoring Club, Broadcaster (part time) KLAS-FM and JBC TV. Born: Mandeville, Jamaica, November 28, 1942, son of the late Dudley Arlington Seymour Haughton, Pharmacist, and Lucille Sinclair-Haughton, Housewife. Educated: Manchester High School, College of Arts, Science and Technology. Career: Quality Control Analyst – Federated Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 1965-66, Production Manager Windsor Laboratories Ltd. 1966-68, Production Manager, Sterling Drug Int. 1969; Member of Parliament N.W. Manchester 1980-89. Awards: Lion of the year – Mandeville Lions Club 1977; Jaycees Outstanding Citizen (Mandeville Chapter) 1978; Received Citation from Pharmaceutical Society for being the first Pharmacist elected to Parliament since Independence 1981. Denomination: Roman Catholic. Married: Joan Elaine Young, December 14, 1968; 4 daughters. Interests: Tennis, Music (all types), Motor Sport, keen follower of all sports played in Jamaica. Address: 18 West Park Crescent, Mandeville.Tel. 962-2246/962-3220 (residence) 4 Battersea Road, Mandeville. Tel. 962-2828.

HAUGHTON-JAMES, Maurice Montgomery (Mickey), Health Club Operator, Managing Director Spartan Health Studio Operators Ltd. since 1976. Born: Falmouth, Trelawny, September 10, 1944, son of Gilbert Haughton-James, Retired Customs Broker, and Lynette Tonsingh Haughton-James. Educated: Vaz Preparatory School, St. Mary’s College, (Headboy and Champion Athlete). Career: Vice-President Jamaica Body Building Association 1975-76, Founder Spartan Health Club 1976. Trained several winners and finalists in international Beauty and Body-building Contests including Miss World 1976. Interests: Sea-bathing, Movies, Boxing, Athletics. Address: (business) 8 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston 5. Tel. 927-7575.

HAY, Winston Cuthbert Anderson, B.Sc. (Hons.), J.P.; Consulting Engineer, Managing Director Enertech Ltd. since 1982. Organizations: Member Rotary Club of Kingston, Jamaica Institute of Management. Born: Retreat, St. Mary, September 5, 1933, son of the late Rev. John James Hay, Clergyman, and Mary Evadne Anderson-Hay. Educated: Harewood Primary School, Kingston College, University of Toronto. Career: Power Station Engineer, Ontario Hydro (Toronto, Canada) 1958-62; Project Engineer Thermal Power Station Planning Department, Brown Boveri & Co. (Baden, Switzerland) 1962-68; Superintendent Power and Utilities Alumina Partners of Jamaica 1968-73, Director of Operations Jamaica Public Service Co. 1973-75, Managing Director Operations 1975-79, Managing Director and Chief Executive Jamaica Public Service Co. Ltd. 1979-81. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Edda Wintergerst, March 26, 1966; 1 son, 2 daughters. Interests: Antique collections, Astronomy, Tennis. Address: (business) 15A Cassia Park Rd., Kingston 10. Tel: 923-9433; (residence) P.O. Box 764, Kingston 10. (Now with World Bank, Washington).

HAYNES, Beulah Grace, M.B., B.S., D.A., D.M. (Path.), Medical Doctor. Director, National Blood Transfusion Service and Consultant Haematology and Blood Banking, Government Medical Services since June 1980. Organisations: Founding Member of the AIDS Committee; Advisor to the Voluntary Blood Bank Committee; Member of the Blood Bank Advisory Committee; Member of the Central Committee of the Jamaica Red Cross Society, responsible for Health and Welfare. Born: Retreat, St Mary, September 30, 1932; daughter of Gerald Lindo, Retired Farmer, and Una Lindo, Housewife. Educated: Mount Angus and Gayle Primary Schools; Westwood High School; St. Mary High School; St. George’s Extension College; Durham College; University College of the West Indies; Specialist Training in United Kingdom, etc. Career: 1960 Internship, University of the West Indies; 1962-64 Resident in Anaesthesia, University Hospital of the West Indies and the Kingston Public Hospital; 1964-69 Senior Resident in Anaesthesia, Children’s Hospital, Jamaica; Senior Resident in Anaesthesia, Princess Margaret’s Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas; 1973-75 Resident in Haematology, Government Medical Laboratory, Nassau, Bahamas; 1975-76 Medical Officer, National Blood Transfusion Service, Kingston; June/September 1976 Junior Resident, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical Laboratory, Kingston; September 1976/December 1978 Junior Resident in various Departments of the University and the University Hospital of the West Indies; January/December 1979 Senior Medical Officer, National Blood Transfusion Service, Kingston; 1980-85 Associate Lecturer in Haematology, University Hospital of the West Indies; 1981-82 Acting Director of the Jamaica Immunology Unit. Awards: 1948 Matley Award in the Matley Science Competition for an Illustrated Book on Medicinal Plants of Jamaica; 1959 Honours Graduate in the M.B., B.S. Examination in Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynaecology with Distinction (3 Medals);1960 Two-Year Fellowship, Princess Alice Appeal Fund to Study Anaesthesia in England; Publications: 1980 Original Papers “Blood Group Distribution and ABO Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn in Jamaica” - Medical Laboratory Science; Co-Investigator: 1991 “Detection of Early T-Cell Lymphoma Virus Type 1 Antibody Patterns During Seroconversion among Transfusion Recipient” - Blood Volume 77 No. 4; 1991 “The Prevalence of Antibodies to Hepatitis C and Other Markers in Jamaica” - Funded by the American Red Cross for publication; 1992 “A Retrospective Study of Transmission by Transfusion of HTLV 1, and Risk Factors Associated with Seroconversion” -Int. J. Cancer 51. Denomination: Anglican. Married: Compton Neville Haynes June 18, 1960, 1 son, 4 daughters. Interests: Tennis, Swimming, Art, Orchid propagation and development of orchid culture; Experimentation on media efficiency. Club: Liguanea. Address: (business) National Public Health Laboratory, 21 Slipe Pen Road, Kingston 5. Tel. 967-2234; (residence) 17 Millsborough Crescent, Kingston 6.

HAYNES, Compton Neville, M.B.C.h.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Dip.R.C.O.G., M.R.C.O.G., F.R.C.O.G.; Medical Doctor, Private Practice in Obstetrics & Gynaecology since 1975. Director, Medical Associates Hospital Ltd. Born: Georgetown, Guyana, May 18, 1928; son of Joseph Alfred Haynes, Accountant, and Agatha Haynes, Farmer, Land Owner (both dec’d). Educated: St. James the Less; Central High School; Queen’s College; Birmingham University U.K. Career: Senior Registrar, Obstetrics U.H.W.I.; Chief of Dept. Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Bahamas 1969-75. Denomination: Protestant. Married: Beulah Grace Livedo, July 18, 1960; 1 son 4 daughters. Interests: Swimming, Gardening. Address: (business) Medical Associates Hospital Ltd. 18 Tangerine Place, Kingston 10; Tel. 929-1653; (residence) 17 Millsborough Crescent, Kingston 6; Tel. 927-4546.

HAYRE, Delano A. (Danny), B.Sc.(Econ.), U.W.I.; C.M.A, (Ontario); M.J.I.M. Certified Accountant. Financial Controller, Jamaica National Building Society since 1989. Born: Kingston Jamaica, April 24, 1949; son of Wilford George Hayre (deceased) and Freda Elizabeth Hayre, Housewife. Educated: Excelsior School (Head Boy 1965); University of the West Indies. Career: Touche Ross Thorburn & Co. 1969-70, Plant Accounting Supervisor, Standard Brand Ltd. 1971-73; Plant Accountant W. R. Grace (Canada) Inc. 1974-76; Plant Accountant, Budget Manager, Central Controller, Warner Lambert (Canada) Inc. 1976-89. Denomination: Roman Catholic. Club: Rotary Club of New Kingston. Address: (business) 2-4 Constant Spring Road, Kingston 10; Tel. 926-6959. (residence) 11 Hermitage Dam Road, P.O. Box 1244, Kingston 8; Tel. 942-9022.

HEFFES, Denise, Swimwear Designer; Managing Director and Owner Spunk Swimwear since 1985; Shareholder, Heffes Sales Ltd. and Heflin Ltd. Organisations: Director – Spunk Creations Ltd.; Heffes Group of Companies; Cathi Levy’s Little People & Teen Players. Born: July 31, 1955; daughter of Edgar Heffes, Businessman, and Myrtle Heffes, Business-woman. Educated: Queen’s High School. Career: In business since leaving High School. Presented bouquet of flowers to Princess Margaret at three years of age. Awards: Science and Maths Award in the Commonwealth 1973; Best swimwear Designer 1987; Gilbey’s Gin Fashion Excellence Award. Denomination: Anglican. Interests: Acting, Modelling, Dancing, Culinary Arts and Craft. Address: (business) Spunk Swimwear, 20A South Avenue, Kingston 10; Tel: 926-2339.

HENDRICKS, Joseph Samuel, O.D., B.Sc. (Hons.), Dip. & Agric; Civil Service Management Course; Administrator and Agricultural Specialist. Director Livestock Operations, Subject Matter Specialist, ADC Group of Companies. Organizations: Member Board of Governors Mona Preparatory School, Director, Jamaica Livestock Association; Member Board of Management, Jamaica 4-H Clubs; Chair, (Jamaica) International Fund McGill University, Life Member Jamaica Cancer Society; Member Jamaican Society for Agricultural Sciences (JSAS); Chairman, Meats Committee, Jamaica Bureau of Standards; Chairman, Meat Certification for Export Committee; Member Feeds Committee Jamaica Bureau of Standards; Member and Past Chairman National Food and Nutrition Co-ordination Committee of Jamaica (NFNCCJ); Chairman, Beef Committee Jamaica Livestock Association; Chairman, Poultry Committee, Jamaica Livestock Association. Born: White Hall, Portland, June 7, 1926, son of the late Joseph Samuel Hendricks, Farmer, and Viola Evadne Melville-Hendricks. Educated: Enfield Primary School, Jamaica School of Agriculture, McGill University, Canada. Participated in several Beef Cattle short courses, University of Florida. Participated in several overseas tours to observe Livestock Projects. Career: Junior positions – Poultry Projects Ministry of Agriculture 1946-51, Poultry Officer 1955-57, Officer in charge Bogles Agricultural Stations 1957-63, Senior Livestock Officer Livestock Development Division 1963-64; Officer in charge of Dairy Operations Agricultural Development Corporation 1964-69, Supervisor Cattle Programmes 1969-74, Director Livestock Programmes 1974-77, Director of Agriculture 1977-80; General Manager Agricultural Development Corporation 1980-83; Senior Director, Subject Matter Specialist Agro 21/ADC Group 1983 to present. Awards: