North America-Dominica
Charles Savarin (1943- )
Charles Angelo Savarin is a former Member of Parliament and current President of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Savarin was a...
Fred Degazon (1913-2008)
Frederick Eutrope Degazon was a Dominican politician who served as the country’s first president from 1979 to 1980. He was...
Arlyne Simon (1986- )
Dr. Arlyne Simon is a biomedical engineer, patented inventor, and author of children’s literature. She was born in 1986 on...
Kelso Benjamin Cochrane (1926-1959)
Kelso Benjamin Cochrane, one of the early victims of racial violence against West Indians in London, UK, was born on September 26, 1926, in Johnson’s...
Theodore R. Britton Jr. (1925- )
Ambassador Theodore Roosevelt Britton, Jr. was born on October 17, 1925 in North Augusta, South Carolina. In 1936, he and...
Larry L. Palmer (1949- )
On November 1, 2011, President Barack H. Obama appointed Larry L. Palmer the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the...
Roseau, Dominica (1650- )
Roseau is the capital, principal town, and major port of Dominica, an island nation of 72,000 people in the Caribbean...
Roland Wentworth Boniface Bullen (1944- )
Roland Wentworth Bullen was born on Carriacou, one of the six islands that comprise the nation of Grenada. The product...
University of the West Indies (1948- )
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is a public regional university unique in the world of higher education. The...
