Tariq Parker, Wolmer’s Boys past student, named 2015 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar
November 20, 2014
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Gleaner of 20 November 2014 reported that Tariq Parker, 23, “a Wolmer’s Boys past student,” had been named the 2015 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar. Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen made the announcement at King’s House.
Parker, then a medical intern in obstetrics and gynaecology at Spanish Town Hospital, said: “I am still in shock, it’s an exhilarating feeling… everybody was so supportive throughout this procedure and it’s been quite a journey.” After a master’s in neuroscience at Oxford he intended to become a neurosurgeon.
Source: Jamaica Gleaner, November 20, 2014. Republished for the Wolmer’s Trust community with attribution.
Also: Jamaica Gleaner lead story, 21 November 2014, “Tariq Parker is 2015 Rhodes Scholar.”
