PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Tuesday described educational Professor Kenneth Julien as an “excellent son of the soil and revered nationwide icon, a patriot” after the College of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) named its administrative constructing after the 91-year-old.
Addressing the ceremony, Rowley recommended the UTT’s administration for the event, saying, “This can function an everlasting testomony to Professor’s legacy at UTT and a everlasting reminder to future generations of scholars of the profound impression he has had on the lives of all of us in Trinidad and Tobago.”
Rowley mentioned that Julien had performed a pivotal position within the nation’s socio-economic improvement, noting how one columnist had elevated Julien and the nation’s first prime minister, Dr. Eric Williams, “to the near-deified standing with which Individuals reference their founding fathers, the British: Winston Churchill and the French: Charles De Gaulle.
“Our historical past should doc Dr. Williams as the nice visionary, Professor Julien, because the architect-builder, who together with a crew of devoted public servants, created the trendy Trinidad and Tobago and our high quality of life, sure, with its glitches and setbacks however comparatively significantly better than, so…so many different nations on this planet.”
Prime Minister Rowley mentioned that it was the synergy of imaginative and prescient, drive, and dedication that existed between Dr. Williams and Professor Julien that created the muse for Trinidad and Tobago to be thought of later as a “Caribbean Tiger.”
“Now that Professor Julien has retired from public life in his golden years, there’s a extra profound symbolic significance of this occasion given the magnitude of his prodigious achievements.
“ Certainly, many eminent individuals on this nation would echo my sentiments that this nation owes Professor Julien a debt of gratitude for laying the muse for many years of financial prosperity,” Rowley mentioned, extending the federal government and his congratulations to Julien “on this well-deser5ved honor”.
Rowley mentioned that Professor Julien’s profession had been a sterling instance of ‘nation earlier than self” and that he has been broadly acknowledged for his a long time of “unwavering, tireless and devoted service and advancing our nation’s vitality, engineering, and schooling sectors.
“He has been appropriately described by many as a genius, pioneer, stalwart, visionary, trail-blazer, legend, entrepreneur and a large of a person’. Many first-of-its-kind achievements on this nation outline his life.
“His mild however efficient visionary management type, main by instance, has been a supply of inspiration and motivation to those that have had the privilege of interacting and dealing with him.”
Rowley mentioned that all through this profession, Professor Julien has demonstrated integrity and a powerful sense of social duty, actively partaking with communities and selling initiatives aimed toward enhancing the lives of people throughout the nation.
“Regardless of the various accolades he has acquired over time, I’m certain you’ll agree that Professor frequently embodies the qualities of simplicity, compassion, and humility.
He has all the time been approachable and is blessed with a very good humorousness.”.
Rowley mentioned that Professor Julien was appointed 1974 as chairman of the Power Coordinating Job Pressure, main the planning, improvement, and implementation of the nation’s industrialization program to monetize pure gasoline sources.
“ It was this group that steered the nation’s thrust into the worldwide gasoline market and different various industries of methanol, ammonia, and energy era,” Rowley mentioned, including that one among Julien’s most notable accomplishments is said to the institution of the Level Lisas Industrial Property within the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties.
“Over the previous a long time, the Pt Lisas Property has attracted quite a few overseas buyers and created 1000’s of employment alternatives, contributing considerably to the nation’s financial progress, improvement, and the standard of our lives.
“ It additionally spawned the event of the nation’s manufacturing sector, significantly in petrochemicals and metal manufacturing. The Property spans some 860 hectares and at this time continues to stay on the coronary heart of the nation’s industrial exercise.”
Rowley mentioned that Professor Julien got here from a humble and supportive household background and that his educational brilliance was on the root of his meteoric rise, augmented by his self-discipline, focus, and dedication to excellence.
He attended St. Mary’s School after which proceeded on scholarship to College in England, the place he obtained a first-class honours bachelor’s diploma in Electrical Engineering. In 1962, he acquired a PhD in Electrical Power Methods from the College of British Columbia in Canada.
He joined the College of the West Indies (UWI) as the primary native Engineering lecturer and, simply two years later, was appointed the primary West Indian Dean of the College, a publish which he held for 12 years. He was appointed Professor and Head of the Division of Electrical Engineering at UWI in 1970 and remained in that publish for 16 years till his retirement in 1996. He served at UWI for some 35 years in whole, the place a constructing additionally carries his identify. He was named Professor Emeritus in 1997.
Professor Julien was the primary Caribbean nationwide to achieve the rank of Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in the US. He additionally revealed extensively in his discipline and served as a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge College, named the executive constructing after a “nationwide icon.”
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