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

95 MAX MURPHY (1902-1973) U SA-born, a catholic priest, he came here in 1934 and served as parish priest where he had a great impact on education in the setting up of the first secondary school in Chaguanas which eventually became Presentation College, Chaguanas. ARCHBISHOP FINBAR RYAN (1881-1975) H e was the Catholic Archbishop from 1940-1966 who in 1961 was responsible for the ‘Concordat’ agreement with the government which made it the rule regarding the amount of students to be accepted into the ‘religious’ schools. He was awarded the Trinity Cross in 1969. CHARLES SOODEEN (1849-1926) I ndian-born, he arrived in Trinidad in 1861 where he had a huge impact on education and the spread of the Presbyterian church in over 50 years of service as teacher and catechist. He contributed generously to the building of churches, for example, the St. Andrew’s Church in Princes Town and the Aramalaya Church in Tunapuna. He played a key role in the building of Presbyterian primary schools and was also involved in the establishment of Naparima College. He served as the Church’s representative on the then colony’s Board of Education from 1891 to 1916.