Governor General Sir Cornelius A. Smith, acting on the recommendation of the prime minister, based on the advice of a blue-ribbon group comprising eminent historians, distinguished retired public servants, and leading figures in the media and cultural community, announced the names of the individuals selected for the Special Golden Jubilee of Independence Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to The Bahamas in various spheres of human endeavor encompassing both the pre-independence and post-independence periods of Bahamian history.
This Special Golden Jubilee Award is conceptually similar to the award made in 1998 on the Silver Jubilee of Independence except that on this historic occasion, the award has been expanded to include not only people who are still living but, also, in approximately equal number, people who are to be honored posthumously.
The awards will be formally presented at a public ceremony later this year at which time a special commemorative book containing brief biographies and photographs of the honorees will be published as well, the Office of the Governor General said.
The Special Golden Jubilee Award is distinct from the awards under the National Honours system.
Honorees
Cleophas Adderley Jr. - OBE (posthumously)
Dame Anita Mildred Allen - DBE
Paul L. Adderley - CB (posthumously)
Rodney E. Bain - CMG (posthumously)
Sir Baltron Bethel - KCMG, CMG
Marion Bethel-Sears
Sir Michael Barnett - KT
Edward Clement Bethel (posthumously)
Eldred Edison Bethel (posthumously)
Dr. Keva Bethel - CMG (posthumously)
Dame Janet Gwennett Bostwick - CB, DBE
Dr. Cornville Brown – CD
Rev. Dr. H.W. Brown (posthumously)
Jackson Burnside III (posthumously)
Sir Milo Boughton Butler- NH, ON, GCMG, KT,GCVO (posthumously)
Ronnie Butler - MBE (posthumously)
Rev. Kenris Carey – OBE
Sir Edward Charles Carter - KCMG (posthumously)
Eileen Dupuch-Carron - CD, CMG
Sir Gerald Cash - ON, GCMG, KT, GCOV, KCVO, OBE (posthumously)
Jasrado Prince Hermis Arrington Chisholm Jr.
Perry Gladstone Christie
Winston Cooper (posthumously)
Dr. Desiree Cox
Sheila M. Culmer
Sir Clifford Darling - ON, KT,GCVO, (posthumously)
Dame Ivy Dumont – ON, GCMG
Sir Alfred Etienne Jerome Dupuch - KT, OBE (posthumously)
Rt. Reverend Michael Hartley Eldon - CMG (posthumously)
Bishop Neil C. Ellis – CMG
Sir Randol Francis Fawkes - NH, KT (posthumously)
Sir Arthur Foulkes - ON, GCMG, KCMG
Carlton E. Francis - CB (posthumously)
Percy Francis - MBE
Stephen Gardiner
Edward Gerald Patrick St. George — (posthumously)
Timothy Gibson - CB, MBE (posthumously)
Most Reverend Drexel Gomez - CMG
Peter John Goulandris - CBE
Captain Betram Rolly Gray - OM, MB (posthumously)
Sir Burton P.C. Hall – KT
Arthur D. Hanna - ON (posthumously)
Sir Frederick Asa Hazelwood - KCMG
Hubert Alexander Ingraham
Mary Ingraham (posthumously)
Sir Kendal G.L. Isaacs - CB, KCMG, CBE (posthumously)
Wendall K. Jones
Dame Doris Johnson - OB, DBE (posthumously)
Sir Geoffrey Adams D. Johnstone - KCMG (posthumously)
Nikki Kelly
Sir Durward Knowles – CB, KT, OBE (posthumously)
Richard Brent Malone – MBE (posthumously)
Sir Clement T. Maynard - CB, KT (posthumously)
Margaret McDonald - CBE, CVO (posthumously)
Patricia Glinton-Meicholas - OM
Eddie Minnis
Mary Moseley – (posthumously)
Captain Fernley Palmer - MBE
Dr. Sandra Dean-Patterson - OD
Most Reverend Patrick Pinder - CMG
Cynthia Pratt — CD
Monsignor Preston Moss - OM, CMG (posthumously)
Dr. Myles Egbert Munroe - MB, OBE (posthumously)
Dr. Bernard Nottage - DM (posthumously)
Sir Lynden O. Pindling - NH, ON, KCMG, (posthumously)
Dame Marguerite Pindling - ON, DCMG,
Sir Sidney Poitier - KBE (posthumously)
Pastor Hugh Roach - OBE (posthumously)
Dr. Robin Roberts - OBE
Sue Roberts – MBE
Thomas A. Robinson - MBE (posthumously)
Andre Rodgers - CM (posthumously)
Dr. Nicola Virgill-Rolle
Robert Sands - DM
Rev. Dr. Charles W. Saunders - CBE(posthumously)
Dame Joan Sawyer - MB, DBE
Dr. Gail Saunders - CB, OBE, DM (posthumously)
George Smith - CB (posthumously)
James H. Smith, CBE
Joseph Spence (posthumously)
Cyril Stevenson (posthumously)
Justice Joseph Strachan (Retired) – MB, CMG
Sir Roland Symonette - NH, KT, (posthumously)
Rev. Edwin Taylor - CBE (posthumously)
Sir Henry Taylor - ON, KT (posthumously)
Maxwell Taylor - MBE
Bishop Brice Thompson - CBE
Justice Jeanne Thompson – OB
Jeffrey Thompson - CMG (posthumously)
Michael Thompson - OM
Pauline Davis-Thompson - CM, OBE
Archdeacon William Thompson - OBE (posthumously)
Bishop William Thompson - CMG
Loretta Butler-Turner
Sir Orville Turnquest – ON, GCMG, QC
Shaunae Miller-Uibo – OLV
Dr. C.R. Walker (posthumously)
Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield - NH, KT (posthumously)
Bert Williams – (posthumously)
Beverley Wallace-Whitfield - MVO, Governor- General's Gold Award
Sir Franklyn R. Wilson - KCMG
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