Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

93 start of as a Latin, Greek and History teacher. During the years in which he taught science, the students of his school won the Island Science Scholarship 31 times. In 1969 he was awarded the Chaconia Medal Gold. ROBERT J. L. GUPPY (1836-1916) E nglish born, he was an Inspector of schools, rising to the post of Chief Inspector, between 1859 and 1890. He founded the Trinidad Almanack which later became the Trinidad and Tobago Year Book. It is his love of nature and geology that made his name famous as one of our river fishes, the Guppy, is named after him.  He wrote many important papers on his research which were later published in the Bulletins of American Palaeontology. PATRICK KEENAN H is influence on our present education system goes back to his time here around 1869 when the Keenan report on education was published. His ideas were responsible for the dual church and state control of education. ARTHUR LAI FOOK (1919-2013) F or 50 years, Fr. Lai Fook, as a mathematics teacher at St. Mary’s College, his alma mater, has instructed many island scholars. He served as the school’s Principal from 1971 to 1978 and was awarded the Chaconia Medal Gold in 1990.