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

16 A qualified geologist, Manning has served as Member of Parliament for the San Fernando East constituency since 1971 and is the longest- serving member of the House of Representatives. He was born in San Fernando and received his secondary education at Presentation College, San Fernando, and his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of the West Indies at Mona, in 1969. After graduation he returned to Trinidad where he worked as a geologist for Texaco. Between 1971 and 1978 he served as Parliamentary Secretary in various Ministries before being appointed junior Minister in the Ministry of Finance. In 1979 he was given the additional position of junior Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister. He also served as Minister of Information and Minister of Industry and Commerce and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. • 2007: Honorary doctorate from Medgar Evers College, CUNY • 2003: Awarded the Guyana Institute for Democracy “Democracy Prize” • 2004: Awarded the Caribbean - Central American Action’s “Star of the Caribbean Award” GEORGE MAXWELL RICHARDS (1931-2018) H e is the fourth President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and was sworn into office on March 17, 2003. A chemical engineer by training, he became Principal of the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies in 1996. He attended Queen’s Royal College in Port of Spain, the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge, England, where he received his BEng, MEng and PhD degrees in chemical engineering. Richards was re-elected to a second five-year term as President in 2008. • 1977 Chaconia Medal Gold • 2003 Trinity Cross