The Pelican Award:
The Pelican award is the highest award that a UWIAA Chapter may bestow. It is thus highly prestigious. The Pelican Award is a special alumni accolade and indicates how very proud the fellow alumni of the awardee are, of his/her, national, regional and/or international success and renown.
A Pelican Awardee is considered to be a role model for the UWI population globally and in particular for the current cohort of students, who are themselves future alumni. The Pelican Award is presented by any UWI Alumni Association (UWIAA) Chapter to:
a) a graduate of The University of the West Indies who has excelled in his/her chosen field and has had major positive national, regional or international impact or who has contributed significantly to the development of the University, or has made an outstanding contribution to any of the UWI contributing countries of the Caribbean Region.
b) in rare cases, to a non-graduate who has contributed significantly to the development of the University or has made an outstanding contribution to any of the UWI contributing countries of the Caribbean Region.
c) The award may not be given to active politicians, nor may it be given posthumously.
This award signifies that the awardee is considered to embody the qualities of a true PELICAN - it is the most esteemed and illustrious peer award given by any UWIAA Chapter.
*Like for UWI Honorary Degrees - Recipients of this prestigious award should be present to accept
Past Recipients
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
2019 H.E. Sir Rodney Williams
2018 Dr. Jilla Bird, Dr. Reginald Alford Walwyn
BELIZE
2011 - Dr Carla Barnett, Dr. Kenrick Leslie, His Excellency Sir Colville Young,Dr. the Honorable Lennox Pike.
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
2018 Mrs Dancia Penn Sallah, Dr Haskith Vanterpool, Mr. Gerard Farara
DOMINICA
2019 - Professor Gerald Alistair Clarence Grell, Rev. William Wilberforce Watty
FLORIDA
2018 - Professor Emerita Jean D’Costa, Dr. Sandra Schrouder, Dr. Dwight Benjamin ,Mr.Justin Vincent
GRENADA
2018 Professor Merle, Collins, Dr. Beverley Steele
2017 Dame Cecile La Grenade
JAMAICA
2018 - Dr. Lloyd Stanford, Dr. Andre Haugton, Dr. Nicole Nation
2017- Mr Richard Byles
2014 - Professor Archibald McDonald, Professor the Hon. Denise Eldemire-Shearer, Dr. Blossom Anglin-Brown
2011 - Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan
2010 - Mr. Earl Jarrett
2009 - The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
2008 - Hon. Dennis Lalor, Prof. Franklin Knight, Dr. Muriel Lowe, Dr. Knox Hagley, Dr. Henry Lowe
2007 - Dr. Audia Barnett, Dr. Andre Gordon
2006 - Prof. Alfred Sangster, Prof. Errol Miller, Prof. Renn Holness
2005 - Dr. Deanna Ashley, ,Stephney Ferguson, Bevon Morrison
2004 - Professor Orlando Patterson
2003 - Dr. Donald Christian
2002 - Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie, Ambassador Angella King, Ambassador the Hon. Patricia Durrant, Professor Marlene Hamilton
2001 - Ambassador Courtney Walsh, Father Richard Ho-Lung
2000 - Prof. the Hon. Lawson Douglas, Judge Patrick Robinson, Mrs. Beverly Anderson Manley
1999 - Dr. Owen Minott, Dr. Garth Taylor, Professor Edward Baugh
1998 - Professor Barrington Chevannes, Dr. Neville Ying, Ms. Maude Fuller, Howard Spencer, Professor Owen Morgan
1997- Professor the Hon. Hugh Wynter
1996 - Professor Gerald Lalor, Noel Dexter
1995 - Professor Graham Sargeant
1994 - Phyllis McPerson- Russell
1993 - Derek Walcott, Dr. Michael Alleyne, Dr. Henry Fraser, Mrs. Fay Saunders, Ms. Marjorie Whylie
1992 - The Hon. Aaron Matalon
1991- Sir Philip Sherlock
1990- Professor the Hon. Rex. Nettleford
1989 - Sir Alister McIntyre
1986 - Mrs. Gloria Knight
1985 - Prof. Louis Strathmore Grantt
1984 - Father Louis Grenier
1983 - Professor Carl Stone
1982 - Mr. Winston Smith
1978 - Sir George Alleyne
1974 - Lady Daphne Phillips
1969 - Dr. E. A. Bowen
1967 - Sir Kenneth Standard
1966 - Professor Kenneth Magnus
NEW YORK
2020 - Dr. Godfrey Gibbison
2019 - H.E. Ambassador Pennelope Beckles
2018 - Marlon James
2013 - H.E. Amb. Missouri Sherman-Peter, Harold Roberston, Dr. Gerald Groves, Caple Spence, Yvonne Graham , Rev. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, Laurine Fenton
TORONTO
2018 The Hon. Justice Irving Andre
UWIMAA (Medical Alumni )TORONTO
2018 Dr. Karl Massiah
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
2014 - Sir Edwin Carrington
ST KITTS AND NEVIS
2019 - Dr. Keith Archibald
2018 Dr. the Right Excellent Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds
2017 H.E. Sir Samuel W. Tapley Seaton
ST LUCIA
2018 H.E. Dr. Didacus Jules, H.E. Dame Perlette Louisy, Dr. Veronica Simon, H.E. Ambassador Dr. June Soomer
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADAINES
2018 Hon. Rene Baptiste CMG
WASHINGTON DC
2018 Reverend Canon Kortright Davis
