STOKES,
The Rev’d Dr. Dudley Clifford,
J.P., Dip. Th., M.Div. Th.D. Manager, Human
Resource Development, The Gleaner Company
Ltd since 1992. Born: Savanna-la-mar
Westmoreland, Jamaica, son of the late Victor
Stokes, Baker and Doris Daley-Stokes. Educated:
Knockalva Practical Training Centre,
Calabar Theological College, Wake Forrest
Seminary, North Carolina, USA. Career:
Teacher, Boys Town, Kingston 1955-57; Minister
of Religion, Turks & Caicos Islands
1961-66; Port Maria Circuit of Baptist Churches
, St. Mary 1966-74; Chaplain/Teacher, St.Mary
High School 1969-74; Chaplain/Teacher Calabar
High School 1974-78; Director, Calabar Extension
High School, 1975-78; Editor, Jamaican Baptist
Reporter 1974-78; Headmaster, Cornwall College
1978-84; Pastor Baptist Church, Sandy Bay,
Hanover 1978-81; Director, Montego Bay Boys
Club 1978-84; Returning (Electoral) Officer,
St. James North Western 19809/81; President,
Caribbean Association of Principals of Secondary
Schools 1980-84; Member of the Education
Advisory Council, University of the West
Indies 1980-84; Member, Jamaican National
Investment Promotions (St. James) 1981-84;
Member, St. James Football Association 1982-84;
President, International Secondary Schools
Sports Association, 1982-84;
President, National Council for the Church
and Social Action (Ja.) 1984;Chairman, Private
Sector Organization of Jamaica Committee
on Education 1984-86; Director, Belair School
(Mandeville) 1984-86; Member, Prime Minister’s
Task Force on Tertiary Education 1985-86;
Editor-in-Chief, Gleaner Company 1986-92;
Honorary Secretary, Gleaner Honour Award
Selection Committee since 1986; Member,
Governor General’s Annual Award Parish
Committees since 1991 (Manchester, St. Ann,
St. Mary, Portland, St. Thomas and Kingston
& St. Andrew); Member, Round Table on
Education – “The Vision 2020”
Committee (Jamaica Computer Society), since
1994; Captain 3rd Regiment (N.R.) Jamaica
Defence Force.