Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:28 am
pmk wrote:
What's up with the bookstand?
97 Year old Guy Benjamin offers copies of his book from his home in Coral Bay.
http://www.connectionsstjohn.com/guy_benjamin.html
From http://www.stx.k12.vi/profiles/Benj_Guy.htm
BENJAMIN, GUY
Educator, Author
St. John
1913 -
On June 4, 1975, the Eleventh Legislature of the Virgin Islands approved Act 3695 to change the name of the Benjamin Franklin School on St. John to the Guy Benjamin School. This recognition was in honor and appreciation of the contributions of Guy Benjamin who, for more than forty years of devoted and distinguished service in the Virgin Islands Department of Education, molded the lives of hundreds of Virgin Islanders.
He was born on St. John, Danish West Indies, October 18, 1913. His parents were Cassilda Henry January and Harold Benjamin. His career in education started in 1933 on St. Thomas when he was appointed class room teacher at the Abraham Lincoln School, now J. Antonio Jarvis School. He was later transferred to the former Horace Mann School on St. John but also taught at Thomas Jefferson School, now Jarvis Annex, and at the former Bethany School on St. John.
Serving as principal-teacher at the former Benjamin Franklin School on St. John introduced him to the administrative phase of education. Sufficiently motivated, he later matriculated at Howard University, Washington, D.C., and in 1953 earned a bachelor's degree in English. Returning to the Virgin Islands he continued as principal teacher at the Benjamin Franklin School but later entered New York University in pursuit of a master's degree in school administration.
He was subsequently assigned to several positions of greater responsibility within the department. Some of these included principal, Benjamin Franklin School; Education Officer for St. John; Coordinator of Educational Programs on St. John; District Superintendent of Schools, St. Thomas/St. John. He served in the latter position until his retirement in 1974.
In observance of his retirement the Virgin Islands Legislature approved Resolution 714 in June 1974 to honor and congratulate him for his more than forty years of "distinguished and faithful service to the people of the Virgin Islands as an outstanding leader and educator in the Virgin Islands Department of Education."
An ardent traveler, Mr. Benjamin used his travel experience not only for personal gratification but also for the enrichment and the increased knowledge of his students.
In 1981 he published his first book, Me and My Beloved Virgin, St. John, U.S.A., a collection of anecdotes and reminiscences through which he recreates his childhood on St. John and highlights the island's natural environment. His second book is entitled More Tales for Me and My Beloved Virgin, 1983.
What's up with the bookstand?
97 Year old Guy Benjamin offers copies of his book from his home in Coral Bay.
http://www.connectionsstjohn.com/guy_benjamin.html
From http://www.stx.k12.vi/profiles/Benj_Guy.htm
BENJAMIN, GUY
Educator, Author
St. John
1913 -
On June 4, 1975, the Eleventh Legislature of the Virgin Islands approved Act 3695 to change the name of the Benjamin Franklin School on St. John to the Guy Benjamin School. This recognition was in honor and appreciation of the contributions of Guy Benjamin who, for more than forty years of devoted and distinguished service in the Virgin Islands Department of Education, molded the lives of hundreds of Virgin Islanders.
He was born on St. John, Danish West Indies, October 18, 1913. His parents were Cassilda Henry January and Harold Benjamin. His career in education started in 1933 on St. Thomas when he was appointed class room teacher at the Abraham Lincoln School, now J. Antonio Jarvis School. He was later transferred to the former Horace Mann School on St. John but also taught at Thomas Jefferson School, now Jarvis Annex, and at the former Bethany School on St. John.
Serving as principal-teacher at the former Benjamin Franklin School on St. John introduced him to the administrative phase of education. Sufficiently motivated, he later matriculated at Howard University, Washington, D.C., and in 1953 earned a bachelor's degree in English. Returning to the Virgin Islands he continued as principal teacher at the Benjamin Franklin School but later entered New York University in pursuit of a master's degree in school administration.
He was subsequently assigned to several positions of greater responsibility within the department. Some of these included principal, Benjamin Franklin School; Education Officer for St. John; Coordinator of Educational Programs on St. John; District Superintendent of Schools, St. Thomas/St. John. He served in the latter position until his retirement in 1974.
In observance of his retirement the Virgin Islands Legislature approved Resolution 714 in June 1974 to honor and congratulate him for his more than forty years of "distinguished and faithful service to the people of the Virgin Islands as an outstanding leader and educator in the Virgin Islands Department of Education."
An ardent traveler, Mr. Benjamin used his travel experience not only for personal gratification but also for the enrichment and the increased knowledge of his students.
In 1981 he published his first book, Me and My Beloved Virgin, St. John, U.S.A., a collection of anecdotes and reminiscences through which he recreates his childhood on St. John and highlights the island's natural environment. His second book is entitled More Tales for Me and My Beloved Virgin, 1983.
