{"id":1151,"date":"2021-05-24T04:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T04:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/?page_id=1151"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:55:42","slug":"hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1151\" class=\"elementor elementor-1151\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-wtsec0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"wtsec0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-wtcol0\" data-id=\"wtcol0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wthtml0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"wthtml0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"wt-page\">\n@import url(\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Cinzel:wght@600&family=EB+Garamond:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;1,400&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600&display=swap\");\n.wt-page { --maroon:#5C0E14; --gold:#C9A24A; --cream:#F8F1E1; --ink:#1A1A1A; --line:#D9CFB8;\n  background:var(--cream); color:var(--ink); font-family:\"EB Garamond\",Georgia,serif; font-size:20px; line-height:1.55; }\n.wt-page * { box-sizing:border-box; }\n.wt-page a { color:var(--maroon); }\n.wt-page .wrap { width:min(1120px, calc(100% - 40px)); margin:0 auto; }\n.wt-page .hero { position:relative; overflow:hidden; color:#F8F1E1; min-height:380px; display:flex; align-items:flex-end; }\n.wt-page .hero-bg { position:absolute; inset:0; background:#3D080C url(\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wolmershalloffameU201510GT.jpg\") center 30% \/ cover no-repeat; }\n.wt-page .hero-bg::after { content:\"\"; position:absolute; inset:0; background:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(61,8,12,.3),rgba(61,8,12,.88)); }\n.wt-page .hero .wrap { position:relative; z-index:1; padding:72px 0 40px; }\n.wt-page .eyebrow { font-family:Inter,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px; letter-spacing:.28em; text-transform:uppercase; color:#C9A24A; margin:0 0 10px; }\n.wt-page h1 { font-family:Cinzel,Georgia,serif; font-weight:600; font-size:clamp(36px,6vw,60px); margin:0 0 10px; color:#F8F1E1 !important; }\n.wt-page .motto { font-style:italic; font-size:22px; color:#E5C97B; margin:0; }\n.wt-page section { padding:56px 0; }\n.wt-page h2 { font-family:Cinzel,Georgia,serif; font-size:26px; letter-spacing:.08em; margin:0 0 8px; color:#5C0E14; }\n.wt-page .rule { width:64px; height:2px; background:#C9A24A; margin:0 0 28px; }\n.wt-page .lede { font-size:21px; max-width:760px; }\n.wt-page .links { display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:12px 22px; margin:0 0 8px; }\n.wt-page details { background:#fff; border:1px solid #D9CFB8; margin:0 0 10px; }\n.wt-page details summary { cursor:pointer; padding:14px 18px; font-family:Cinzel,Georgia,serif; font-size:17px; color:#5C0E14; list-style:none; }\n.wt-page details summary::-webkit-details-marker { display:none; }\n.wt-page details .inner { padding:0 18px 16px; display:grid; grid-template-columns:88px 1fr; gap:16px; align-items:start; }\n.wt-page details .inner img { width:88px; height:88px; object-fit:cover; background:#3D080C; }\n.wt-page details .inner p { margin:0 0 8px; font-size:17px; }\n.wt-page figcaption { font-family:Inter,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:13px; color:#555; margin:10px 0 0; }\n@media (max-width:800px){ .wt-page details .inner { grid-template-columns:1fr; } }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"wt-page\">\n  <section class=\"hero\">\n    <div class=\"hero-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Edward Seaga inducted into the Wolmer\u2019s Hall of Fame, 2015\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <p class=\"eyebrow\">The Wolmer\u2019s Trust<\/p>\n      <h1>Hall of Fame<\/h1>\n      <p class=\"motto\">Age Quod Agis<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <p class=\"lede\">The Hall of Fame was launched in the 285th-anniversary year. Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts chaired the committee. The first sixteen were inducted on 2 October 2015. Five more were honoured at the 290th anniversary in 2019.<\/p>\n    <p>Nominees must have spent most of their secondary years at Wolmer\u2019s, and have given outstanding service nationally or internationally, or have excelled in their own field. Character, courage and leadership \u2014 Age Quod Agis \u2014 were required.<\/p>\n    <p>The inaugural class was drawn from the years before the Second World War. The Trust said later inductions would be a standing part of Founder\u2019s Day, 21 May.<\/p>\n    <p>Andrew Rousseau and CGR Communications designed the Hall of Fame mark.<\/p>\n    <p class=\"links\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Launch-of-Wolmer-s-Hall-of-Fame-caps-285-th-Celebrations.pdf\">2015 brochure (PDF)<\/a>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wolmers-mag-2019.pdf\">2019 brochure (PDF)<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n    <figcaption>Edward Seaga with Christopher Seaga, Carla Seaga, Trust Chair Milton Samuda and Douglas Orane at the 2015 induction, Douglas Orane Auditorium.<\/figcaption>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <h2>2015 \u00b7 sixteen<\/h2><div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n    <details><summary>Sybil Eloise Francis, CD, MBE<\/summary><div class=\"inner\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-25-at-12.18.59-AM-243x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div><p>Alumna. Enrolled in 1924. Social worker and the first tutor in social work at the University of the West Indies. A leading voice in policy for the social services.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>The Most Hon. Edward Philip George Seaga, ON, PC<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div>\n      <p>Alumnus. Entered Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 in 1942. Forty-five unbroken years in Parliament. Prime Minister of Jamaica, 1980\u20131989. The citation marked his work on the financial sector, institution-building, planning, culture and sport.<\/p>\n    <\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Rev. Ebenezer Reid<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Headmaster, Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School, 1815\u20131843.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Maud Barrows, BA<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Headmistress, Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 School, 1896\u20131904.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>William Cowper, MBE, MA<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Headmaster, Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School, 1901\u20131915.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Kate Howson, BA<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Headmistress, Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 School, 1904\u20131927.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Reginald Myrie Murray, MBE, MA (Oxon)<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Headmaster, Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School, 1920\u20131933.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Mary Cowper, MA<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 School, 1927\u20131940.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>May Jeffrey Smith, MBE, JP, BA (Hons)<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Alumna. Educator, social worker and ornithologist.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Miriam Speid<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Alumna. Educator and social worker.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Dr Ludlow Moody, CBE, JP, MRCP, MD, Hon LLD<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Alumnus. Physician.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Leila James Tomlinson, OD, MBE, JP, BA (Hons)<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Alumna. Educator and social worker.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Sir Herbert MacDonald, KBE<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Alumnus. Sportsman and sports administrator.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Amy Jacques Garvey<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Alumna. Social activist and author.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Sir John Mordecai, CMG, MSc<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Alumnus. Federal Secretary and Deputy Governor-General of the West Indies Federation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Florizel Glasspole, ON, GCMG, GCVO, CD<\/summary><div class=\"inner\"><div><\/div><div><p>Alumnus. Governor-General of Jamaica, 1973\u20131991.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <h2>2019 \u00b7 five<\/h2><div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n    <details><summary>Alma Mock Yen, OD<\/summary><div class=\"inner\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2701985-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div><p>Broadcaster. Pioneer of distance education at the University of the West Indies. Wolmer\u2019s Girls, on scholarship in the 1940s; first in English Literature. Poet, soloist, choreographer and teacher. Author of <em>My Recollections of Radio and Broadcasting in Jamaica<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Professor Hugh Wynter, OJ, CD<\/summary><div class=\"inner\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2702003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div><p>Physician. A principal figure in obstetrics and gynaecology in Jamaica. Founded the Advanced Training and Research in Fertility Management Programme at The UWI, Mona, in 1979 and directed it for 24 years. United Nations Population Award, 1998.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Pat Rousseau, OJ<\/summary><div class=\"inner\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2702019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div><p>Enrolled in 1944. Lawyer; senior partner at Myers, Fletcher and Gordon. Helped form SportsMax. Negotiated on the bauxite production levy in the 1970s. President of the West Indies Cricket Board, 1996\u20132001; brought the Cricket World Cup to the Caribbean.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Dr Lucille Mair<\/summary><div class=\"inner\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2702012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div><p>Wolmer\u2019s Girls. Pioneer of gender studies. PhD: <em>A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica 1655\u20131844<\/em>. Author of \u201cThe Rebel Woman in the British West Indies During Slavery\u201d. Helped establish the Centres for Gender and Development Studies.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Lascelles Chin, OJ, CD<\/summary><div class=\"inner\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2080097-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div><p>Founder and executive chairman of the LASCO Affiliated Companies. Graduated in the 1950s. Worked at the pharmacy of the University Hospital of the West Indies before building businesses in trade, manufacturing and other fields.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/details>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolmer&#8217;s Hall of Fame Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga (left) is joined by son Christopher Seaga (second left), wife, Carla [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":154,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1151\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}