NCU hails Oliver Clarke as a great Jamaican patriot

The administration of Northern Caribbean University (NCU) joins in paying tribute to media titan and financier, the Honourable Oliver Clarke, who passed recently.

As managing director and chairman of The Gleaner Company for more than four decades, and later chairman of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, Mr Clarke has helped to shape the contours of the free society that Jamaicans now enjoy. This has been the basis of individual and collective advancement in other important areas, such as education.

Mr Clarke, a great Jamaican patriot, advocated tirelessly to protect and promote press freedom across the Americas through international forums such as the Inter-American Press Association, as well as the Commonwealth Press Association.

NCU President Dr Lincoln Edwards has pointed out that it was in recognition of Mr Clarke's distinguished public service that the university conferred on him the Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, during the institution?s Commencement in August 2013, where he delivered the keynote address. He remained a friend of the institution.

The administration of Northern Caribbean University extends deepest sympathies to Mr Clarke's bereaved family and business associates. We wish for them God?s comfort and peace during this time of mourning.