SLGS LAT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Webmaster
- Board of Director
Alpha is 12 years old and a Sierra Leonean by nationality. He attended the International School Limited and became a School Prefect. He is delighted over the challenge presented to him by attending the Sierra Leone Grammar School. He is currently in the Senior Secondary School (SSS2S1.) Alpha is a friendly person, hardworking and always wants to perform well in class and every activity given to him. He loves to play football and hand tennis and likes to watch news and football matches. He aims to enter into the Science Stream and becomes a Petroleum Engineer.
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Chairman of the Advisory Panel of the Bioscience East
- Founding Director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation
Dr. Eugene Terry, was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and received his secondary education at the Sierra Leone Grammar School 1951-1955. Dr. Terry is an agricultural research and development specialist who has held leadership positions in universities, and regional and international agricultural research and development agencies in Africa, and globally.
Education - Eugene holds a BSc in Agriculture (1964) and an MSc in Plant Pathology (1966) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and a PhD (1970) in Plant Pathology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. He is the author/co-author of forty-five (45) scientific publications, book chapters, and scholarly articles. Eugene published his memoirs "Footsteps - An African Journey" in 2014.
Professional Career - From 1973 -1984 Eugene served as the Root Crops Pathologist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria, and from 1984-1987 he was Director, International Programs and Training at IITA where he managed a program that provided the functional linkage between all of IITA's offsite and adaptive research and capacity building for an effective bridge between the Ibadan-based research programs and national programs.
From 1987-1996, Eugene was Director General of the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA - now the CGIAR AfricaRice Centre) where he led the development of a World Class Rice Research Centre in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire. Under his leadership the centre produced the versatile and highly productive NERICAs (New Rice for Africa) rice varieties.
From 1997-2002 Eugene served as an Advisor at the World Bank, Washington DC, first in the Agricultural Research and Extension Group-ESDAR, and then as Crops Advisor in the Agriculture and Rural Development Department.
In 2002 Eugene was appointed the founding Director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), charged with the establishment of a public/private sector partnership organization for agricultural technology transfer. He retired from that position in 2004, and then served on the AATF Board for Six Years.
Professional Affiliations and Governance Leadership Positions - Eugene has served (in the past) as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) and as a trustee on the boards of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the World Vegetable Centre -AVRDC, Taiwan, and Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), Basel, Switzerland. Eugene has also served as a member of the Independent Steering Committee (ISC) CGIAR - Roots Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Consortium Research Program (CRP), in Lima, Peru. Eugene has served in the recent past as a member of the CGIAR Systems Management Board (CGIAR-SMB) -the governing body of the CGIAR System organization, from which he has since retired.
Eugene is currently the Chair of the Advisory Panel of the Bioscience East and Central Africa (BecA-ILRI Hub), in Nairobi, Kenya, and the Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana). He serves currently also as a member of the Executive Oversight Committee of the program on Virus Resistance for Cassava in Africa (VIRCA +) at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, MO, USA. Eugene currently also serves as a Consultant to the Kirkhouse Trust for the Genetic Improvement and Seed Systems development for Beans and Cowpeas in East, Southern, West and Central Africa.
African Agricultural Development Challenges - Interventions - Dr. Terry's accumulated professional experience in agricultural research management, and agricultural technology generation and transfer, spans a period of Forty-Nine (1970-2019) years. He therefore has developed him keen insights into Africa's agricultural development challenges, and a focus on appropriate interventions to address these challenges. Eugene's current consulting activities are conducted through his own Washington DC-based consulting organization - ATECHO and Associates, where he is currently Senior Technical Advisor. The consulting activities are dedicated to removing technical and policy barriers to investment in agricultural development through capacity building for agricultural technology generation and transfer.
Dr. Eugene Terry, was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and received his secondary education at the Sierra Leone Grammar School 1951-1955. Dr. Terry is an agricultural research and development specialist who has held leadership positions in universities, and regional and international agricultural research and development agencies in Africa, and globally. Eugene is currently the Chair of the Advisory Panel of the Bioscience East and Central Africa (BecA-ILRI Hub), in Nairobi, Kenya, and the Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana). He serves currently also as a member of the Executive Oversight Committee of the program on Virus Resistance for Cassava in Africa (VIRCA +) at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, MO, USA. Eugene currently also serves as a Consultant to the Kirkhouse Trust for the Genetic Improvement and Seed Systems development for Beans and Cowpeas in East, Southern, West and Central Africa.
Emile Charles Carr is an old boy of the Sierra Leone Grammar School from 1963/64 group. He is also a founding member of the Old Boys Union UK Branch. He served as the Treasurer of the Old Boys Union in Sierra Leone till the end of the 150th anniversary celebrations. He is a passionate Regentonian.
Huxley Knox-Macaulay was professor and head of the department of haematology, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. A Sierra Leonean, he was born in colonial Freetown. His father, Hugh Farrell Knox-Macaulay, and mother were both head teachers and he grew up in an atmosphere where education was highly valued, not only for itself, but, because of lack of opportunities in the country at the time, it was absolutely vital for a worthwhile and successful career. Huxley decided at an early age that he would be a doctor and he pursued this aim with great determination. He was educated in Freetown at the Sierra Leone Grammar School and at Fourah Bay College, where he excelled in British science ‘A' levels, which had just been introduced there.
He gained a place at Cambridge University to study for a degree in natural sciences and, being awarded a colonial government grant to study medicine, in 1955 he flew to the UK. This was an enormous step for a young man who had led a sheltered life within a close and happy family, and who had never travelled out of Sierra Leone. However, on his arrival at Fitzwilliam College, he was warmly welcomed and given every help and support. He was able to tackle his studies, mature and make friends who would last a lifetime. He was eternally grateful to the college and university, for when he left for the London Hospital and his clinical training, he was well placed to deal with the demands of his course and the varied experiences of living in a huge city.
After qualifying he studied for the diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene; this he knew would be invaluable in practice in Sierra Leone. After success in that and the examinations for the memberships of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of Edinburgh and London, he returned home as a senior registrar at Connaught Hospital, Freetown, where he saw many patients suffering from sickle cell disease. He realised that specialist knowledge was needed and with government support travelled to Boston, USA, to take up a two-year Harvard research fellowship in haematology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. These were professionally exciting and rewarding years, but politically turbulent; Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated during that time.
On leaving the United States, Huxley joined the department of medical genetics, Liverpool University, where the emphasis was on the study of the genetics of the haemoglobinopathies, particularly thalassaemia. It was headed by David Weatherall, who encouraged him to undertake a research project, which ultimately he was able to present for the MD degree. Huxley always maintained that his time spent there in the company of so many brilliant fellow professionals, enjoying the cut and thrust of academic argument and participating in valuable research, was one of the highlights of his career.
In 1972 he returned to Freetown, now as a consultant in haematology and also general medicine. He used to remark wryly that you needed to be a ‘Jack of all trades' in a developing country. He worked very long hours, packed with clinical work, teaching and, as far as limited resources allowed, research. Plans to establish a medical school in Sierra Leone delighted him and with his training and experience in academic medicine, he was sent to international workshops relevant to the setting up of a medical school. Years on, when to his great disappointment plans for the medical school had been dropped, an offer came from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria to join the haematology department there as a reader. Then followed six exciting years in an academic department (during which he was promoted to professor), caring for patients with haematological diseases, teaching medical students and postgraduates, and being involved in research relevant to West Africa. Sadly, financial crises in both Sierra Leone and Nigeria forced him to leave Nigeria (he had three sons in education and elderly parents to support) for a professorship in haematology at King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
In 1991 Huxley joined the haematology department of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He took over as head of department there in 1994 when the then head, Joe White, retired. He was in his element, surrounded by a company of extremely skilled and dedicated doctors and medical laboratory scientists. He took great satisfaction from his clinical, teaching and research work and from managing effectively the needs of the various arms (the laboratories, the thalassaemia unit, the bone marrow transplant unit and the blood bank) of his very large department.
He was held in great affection and high esteem by colleagues and students wherever he worked, and was always ready to help them further their careers, and was in touch with many until not long before he died. He was known for his clinical acumen and his empathy and deep concern for his patients. He had no patience with sloppy work and unpunctuality; students were only late for a lecture once!
Huxley was devastated by the brutal rebel war and Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone (he lost friends in both episodes); these catastrophes and later ill health prevented him from returning. He retired in 2001 to his beloved home in a village in Suffolk, delighted at last to have unlimited time to spend with his wife and sons and their families. He especially enjoyed holidays in the UK and meeting up with old friends from all over the world. He had a very keen interest in and had wide knowledge of national and international affairs, loved talking sport with his sons and was never happier than when his beloved Liverpool FC won!
Those who knew him will never forget his joie de vivre, his energy, warmth and humanity. He loved medicine, was an inspired teacher and meticulous researcher, but, above all, he was a supremely skilful and compassionate physician.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Leadership Award Trust Board
Ivan Daniel Ainajogo Carrol is Chairman of the Leadership Award Trust Board and a committed old boy of the school. He is an ex-President of the Old Boys Association in Freetown, a member of the Board of Directors of the School and a member of the Improvement and Estate Committees. He was offered the "Distinguished Regentonian" Award by the Improvement Committee. Graduated as a Chemical Engineer from Manchester University in England and then was trained as a Brewer. Worked for Sierra Leone Brewery for 33 years and retired as Managing Director. He was then employed by Heineken as a Sorghum Consultant charged with the responsibility of developing the cultivation of Sorghum as a brewing material.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Secretary - General
Job Titles:
- Public Relations Officer ( PRO - 2 )
Mira Dumbuya (Nee Koroma) obtained her first degree; Bachelor of Arts, at Fourah Bay College (2001 - 2005) and Masters Degree in Peace & Development at Njala University (2007 - 2009). She was enlisted in the Sierra Leone Police on the 9th of June 2006, worked in various units and Divisions including: Congo Cross, Lumley, Central Division, Transnational Organized Crime Unit, Legal & Justice Department, Family Support Unit and Corporate Services. She headed the Family Support Unit from 2014 - 2016 before proceeding to the United States of America for a year on a leadership program titled Next Generation Leaders on "Leadership, Ethics & Values". Mira Dumbuya has contributed immensely to the development of the SLP and well known for her innovative drives as could be seen in Central Police Division, Eastend Police Division and the Family Support Unit. Her passion includes motivating kids, doing the impossible and service to nation. She is the Founder of an organization called Next Generation Reformers with 15 School Clubs called Integrity Ambassadors Club (IAC) and a national Secondary school club called Next Generation Leaders, SL Chapter, with focus on mentoring kids become successful in life.
Job Titles:
- Disciplinary Officer ( Whip - 1 )
Job Titles:
- Public Relations Officer ( PRO - 1 )
Paul L. Koroma is a 13 years old Sierra Leonean by nationality and attended the SOS Herman Gmeiner International School. He was a School Prefect in his primary school. He is currently attending the Sierra Leone Grammar School and in Junior Secondary School (SSS2A1). He is currently a member of the French Club at the school and loves to play football and video games. Paul aims to be a barrister in future and would like to study at Oxford University. Hindolo aims at becoming a Medical Doctor.
Job Titles:
- School Principal / Principal of the Sierra Leone Grammar School
Job Titles:
- Disciplinary Officer ( WHIP - 2 )
Sheik is a 14 year old pupil and a Sierra Leonean by nationality. He attended the Triumphant International Preparatory School (TIPS) and served as Head Boy and formal leader of all the scouts members. He is attending the Sierra Leone Grammar School currently in the Senior Secondary School (SSS3S1). He enjoys studying, reading for pleasure, taking part in debate, listening to and watching news. Sheik loves surrounding himself with academics who can challenge him intellectually. He aims to enter into the Science Stream next academic year to become a doctor in future and take up leadership later in life.