21 honorary degrees from The UWI
In April 2015, the University Council endorsed the recommendation of the Joint Committee of Council and Senate to award honorary degrees on the following individuals at the graduation ceremonies later this year.
At the St. Augustine Campus
Mr. Gerard A. Besson (DLitt)
Publisher, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Hollis R. Charles (DSc)
Engineer, Trinidad and Tobago
Justice Ralph Narine (LLD)
Jurist, Trinidad and Tobago
Justice Jean Angela Permanand (LLD)
Jurist, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Rajkumar Krishna Persad (DLitt)
NKR, HBM, Choreographer, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. David Rudder (DLitt)
Entertainer/Calypsonian, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. A. Norman Sabga (LLD)
Entrepreneur, Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Marjorie Thorpe (DLitt)
Educator/Author, Trinidad and Tobago
At the Cave Hill Campus
Mr. Stephen D.R. McNamara (LLD)
Lawyer, St. Lucia
Sir David A.C. Simmons, KA, BCH, QC, LLM (LLD)
Jurist, Barbados
Mr. Ralph Williams (DSc)
Engineer/Entrepreneur, Barbados
Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton (LLD)
Lawyer, Barbados
At the Mona Campus
Dr. the Hon Lloyd Barnett (LLD)
Jurist/Educator, Jamaica
Hon Hugh Hart (LLD)
Attorney at Law/Public Servant, Jamaica
Mrs. Alfarita ‘Rita’ Marley (DLitt)
Entertainer/Philanthropist, Jamaica/Ethiopia
Professor Emeritus Mervyn Morris (DLitt)
Poet/Educator, Jamaica
Mr. Denis O’Brien (LLD)
Entrepreneur, Ireland
Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer, OBE, PhD, DSc, FRSM (DSc)
Scientist, Canada
Ambassador Burchel Whiteman (LLD)
Diplomat/Educator/Parliamentarian, Jamaica
At the Open Campus
Mr. David Samuel Brandt (LLD)
Attorney at Law, Montserrat
Ambassador A. Missouri Sherman-Peter (LLD)
Diplomat/Public Servant, The Bahamas
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