Nineteen inductees have been selected for the first Trinity College Hall of Fame honours, which will be launched tomorrow with a formal gala dinner, at the Hilton Trinidad Grand Ballroom at 7 pm.President of the Senate Timothy Hamel-Smith; Minister of Education Dr Tim Gopeesingh; and Anglican Bishop Rt Rev Claude Berkley are all expected to assist with the induction. The inductees' photos will eventually grace the southern wall of the college's assembly hall at Moka:
The inductees are MWG Grant, Peter Helps, Norris Campbell and Lidj Yasu Omowale (all posthumously); William Guy Hannays, Brig Gen Ancil Antoine, Hugh Spicer, Michael Clarke, Khafra Kambon, Aiyegoro Ome, Herman Browne, Beresford Hunte, Dennis Evans, Trevor Craig, Charlene Ogle, Canon Adrian Chatfield and Canon Winston Joseph; Johnny Maharaj and Dr Peter Fung.
Tickets cost $500 each and are available from Akhenaton Marcano (755-1640), Brian Moore (685-5389), Garth Thomas (368-3185) and Ronald Gittens (789-8409). The cash bar opens at 6 pm and the dinner and Hall of Fame ceremony take place between 7 and 10 pm. This will be followed by entertainment from All Stars Steel Orchestra whose manager Beresford Hunte is among the inductees, and also the Codrington family. The event will end at midnight.
Founded a private secondary school 56 years ago in January 1958 at Melbourne Street, Port-of-Spain, the college was established through the efforts of the Rev Benjamin Vaughn, MA, (then Dean of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity), and the Anglican Diocese, to provide sound secondary education for boys. On January 22, 1958, 64 boys began classes with Peter Helps, MA, an English expatriate, former soldier and colonial administrator with a degree in history, as the first principal (1958�1969).
The college moved to Moka in September 1967. Two years later, Helps retired in 1969 and was succeeded by the late Courtney S Nicholls, followed by Michael Clarke, Llewellyn Mac Intosh and now the first woman principal Alison Baisden.
