Tuesday, June 09, 2009

GG gets Hon Dr.

At the Cave Hill Campus, Sir Frederick Ballantyne GCMG (Knight Grand Cross),
Governor General of St Vincent and the Grenadines, will receive an Honorary
Doctor of Sciences degree. Sir Frederick has been in this office since September
2nd, 2002, and was knighted in November. He replaced Monica Dacon who had
been interim Governor General after the death of Sir Charles Antrobus. He has had
a long and distinguished career as a Medical Doctor, Educator and Administrator.
He has also been a successful entrepreneur in St Vincent and the Grenadines with
several business enterprises, including real estate, marina operations,
pharmaceuticals and the hospitality industry.