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The entire University of the West Indies community is devastated by the loss of the colossal Caribbean
cultural icon, Professor the Honourable Rex Nettleford. Save for the three years he spent as a Rhodes
Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford, Rex Nettleford has lived his entire adult life at and for The University
of the West Indies. This life-long association with UWI began in 1953 when he entered the then University
College of the West Indies to read for a degree in History. He returned immediately after completing the
MPhil in Political Science at Oxford and, at the prompting of UWI Founding Father, Sir Philip Sherlock,
took up the challenge of widening the reach of the still fledgling institution...
The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) will be hosting its 13th Anniversary
Gala Awards Dinner on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at the Pierre in New York City. The cocktail reception
will be at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and program at 7:30 p.m. The Masters of Ceremonies are Brenda Blackmon,
My9 WWOR-TV Co-Anchor, Maurice DuBois, WCBS-TV Co-Anchor, and Lola Ogunnaike, Entertainment Correspondent,
CNN’s American Morning. We invite you to support the AFUWI by placing an ad, logo or personal message in
this special edition of the Gala Journal. Proceeds directly subsidize student tuition and programs at the
University of the West Indies.
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