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CC lauds Boca
Paul Reid, Observer West reporter
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Barrington 'Boca' Campbell (right) receives his award at the function held in New York last month. /Contributed photo
Montego Bay, St James
Former Cornwall College student and University of the West Indies (Mona) graduate, athlete Barrington 'Boca' Campbell, was recently honoured by the New York Chapter of the Cornwall College Old Boys' Association for meritorious service to the alumni association and to his school.
The award was presented at the 48th Dinner/dance and Awards Ceremony, a fundraising event held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Queens, New York in November.
Campbell was lauded for his selfless dedication and contribution to his alma mater as a student in the 1970s and currently as a member of the New York Chapter of the Old Boys' Association.
Master of ceremonies for the event, Jeff McLeod, himself an outstanding Cornwall Old Boy, acknowledged the multi-talented Campbell, noting his athletic and linguistic skills, and work in his beloved Anglican Church.
As a track athlete, 'Boca' was Cornwall's most outstanding distance runner in the 1975-'76 season, winning the 3,000m Open at Boys' Champs in a then record 8:59.8 seconds, well under the previous best of 9:32, and was selected to represent Jamaica at the CARIFTA Games that year.
The next year he once again won the gold in the 3,000m, lowering his record once more and was again a member of the CARIFTA Games team.
Campbell was one of the three awardees at the November event along with Beryl Levi, the CEO of Tower isle Frozen Foods and Edmund 'Big Eddie' Lothian, another Cornwallian who graduated in 1970, for his pioneering work with 'Kids in Need Inc', a non-profit organisation assisting children in Western Jamaica.
Campbell taught in Montego Bay before migrating to the United States in 1989 and entered Adelphi University in 1990, and is currently the administrator for No-Fault Matters at the New York law firm of Subin Associates near Wall Street in downtown Manhattan.
)CC lauds Boca
Paul Reid, Observer West reporter
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Barrington 'Boca' Campbell (right) receives his award at the function held in New York last month. /Contributed photoMontego Bay, St James
Former Cornwall College student and University of the West Indies (Mona) graduate, athlete Barrington 'Boca' Campbell, was recently honoured by the New York Chapter of the Cornwall College Old Boys' Association for meritorious service to the alumni association and to his school.
The award was presented at the 48th Dinner/dance and Awards Ceremony, a fundraising event held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Queens, New York in November.
Campbell was lauded for his selfless dedication and contribution to his alma mater as a student in the 1970s and currently as a member of the New York Chapter of the Old Boys' Association.
Master of ceremonies for the event, Jeff McLeod, himself an outstanding Cornwall Old Boy, acknowledged the multi-talented Campbell, noting his athletic and linguistic skills, and work in his beloved Anglican Church.
As a track athlete, 'Boca' was Cornwall's most outstanding distance runner in the 1975-'76 season, winning the 3,000m Open at Boys' Champs in a then record 8:59.8 seconds, well under the previous best of 9:32, and was selected to represent Jamaica at the CARIFTA Games that year.
The next year he once again won the gold in the 3,000m, lowering his record once more and was again a member of the CARIFTA Games team.
Campbell was one of the three awardees at the November event along with Beryl Levi, the CEO of Tower isle Frozen Foods and Edmund 'Big Eddie' Lothian, another Cornwallian who graduated in 1970, for his pioneering work with 'Kids in Need Inc', a non-profit organisation assisting children in Western Jamaica.
Campbell taught in Montego Bay before migrating to the United States in 1989 and entered Adelphi University in 1990, and is currently the administrator for No-Fault Matters at the New York law firm of Subin Associates near Wall Street in downtown Manhattan.