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The Order of Jamaica
The honour of the Order of Jamaica (OJ) may be conferred upon any Jamaican citizen of outstanding distinction or upon any distinguished citizen of a country other than Jamaica (honorary member). A member of the Order is styled "Honourable" and the motto of the Order is "For a covenant of the People".
The Insignia
The insignia of the Order of Jamaica is made in solid gold and consists of a white enamel collar badge, the ends of which represent the ackee fruit and leaves, suspended from a deep green silk riband. The centre shows the heraldic Arms of Jamaica against a gold background and this is surrounded by the gold lettered motto of the Order on green enamel.
Members of the Order of Jamaica
Peter Henry Abrahams
Writer
Vernin Arnett
Formerly Member of Parliament and Minister of Government
His Excellency Don Patricio Asocar Aylwyn
Formerly President of the Republic of Chile
Professor Barbara Evelyn Bailey
Dr Lloyd George Barnett Atty-at-law
Harry Belafonte
Entertainer, Humanitarian
Dr Richard Leighton Bernal
Ambassador to the USA
Hon Desmond Aylmer Blades
Businessman, Philanthropist
Rev Herro Verne Blair
Political Ombudsman
Donald Courtney Brice CD
Former Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister
Steve Anthony Bucknor OD
International Umpire
Rafael Leonardo Callejas-Romero
Former President of the Republic of Honduras
Dr Edwin Carrington
Secretary General, Caricom
Professor Karl Carstens
Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Dr Fidel Castro Ruz
Former President of the Republic of Cuba
Hopeton St Joseph Caven CD
Trade Unionist, General Secretary Trade Union Congress
Lascelles Agustas Chin, CD
Chairman, Lasco, Businessman, Philanthropist
Oliver Frederick Clarke
Chairman Gleaner Company, Businessman
Horace Antonio Clarke
Member of Parliament and Minister of Government,
1972-1980 and 1989-1997
William Eleaza Clarke CD
Banker
Daisy May Coke, CD
Actuary
David Hilton Coore, QC
Formerly Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs
Headley Washington Cunningham CD, QC
Dr Carlton Earl Davis, CD
Former Cabinet Secretary, Head Jamaica Bauxite Institute
Dr Rae Anthony Davis, CD
Former Chancellor, University of Technology
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado
Former President of the United Mexican States
Rt Rev Neville Wordsworth de Souza
Former Lord Biship of Jamaica
Dr Ludlow Lawson Douglas
Carlyle Anthony Dunkley
Diplomat, veteran WW11
Mignonette Patricia Durrant CD
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations, New York
Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Former President of the Republic of Mexico
Maurice William Facey
Businessman, Philanthropist , Chairman Pan Jamaican Trust Ltd
Michael Sanford Fennell, CD
Chairman, Jamaica Olympic Association and the Commonwealth Games Federation
Professor John Peter Figueroa
Epidemiologist, Specialist HIV AIDS Health
Douglas Valmore Fletcher, CBE
Formerly Jamaican Ambassador to Washington;
Privy Counsellor
Ian Xavier Forte, CD
Former President of the Court of Appeal
Eric Frank Francis, CD
Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Emil Calvin George, QC Atty-at-law
Barbara Joy Gloudon, OD
Playwright, Journalist
Rev Canon Weeville Mc Hervin Gordon
Custos of Kingston
Dr John Ambrose Samuel Hall, CD
Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Medical Sciences
Professor Kenneth Octavious Hall
Former Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies
Former Governor General of Jamaica
Senator Oswald Gaskell Harding, CD, QC Atty-at-law
Statesman, Served as Senator 1977-2002
Paul Theodore Harison, CD
Karl Reginald Maurice Hendrickson, CD
Businessman, Philanthropist, Chariman National Continental Corporation Ltd
Roald Nigel Adrian Henriques
Dr Luis Herrera Campins
Former President of the Republic of Honduras
Rev Father Richard Ryan Ho Lung, OD
Founder Brothers for the Poor, Songwriter, Actor, Playwright
Byron St Michael Hylton, QC
Former Solicitor General
Noel Arthur Anthony Hylton, CD
Chairman, Port Authority of Jamaica
Anthony George Russell Irons, CD
Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour
John Joseph Issa, CD
Hotelier. Super Clubs Group
Dr Owen Collin Jefferson, CD
Former Chairman, Export Import Bank; Securities Commission
Professor Edwin Samuel Jones, CD
Dennis Lalor
Businessman, Group Chairman, Insurance Company of the West Indies
Professor Gerald Cecil Lalor, CD
Former Pro Vice Chancellor, UWI, Chairman National Council on Science and Technology
Derick Milton Latibeaudiere,
Governor, Bank of Jamaica
Vincent Milton Lawrence
Former Executive Chairman, Urban Development Commission
Michael Anthony Lee Chin
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Karl Reginald Maurice Lewin, CD
Executive Chairman, National Continental Corporation Ltd
Dr Olive Wilhelmina Mahoney Lewin, CD
Musician, Musical Anthropologist, Founder Jamaica Folk Singers
Dr Vernon Oswald Lindo
Privy Counsellor and Medical Practitioner
The Most Rev Orland Ugham Lindsay
Former Bishop of the Diocese of the West Indies
Clive Hubert Lloyd
International Cricketer
Beverley Eleanor Lopez, CD
Businesswoman
Dr Phyllis Claire McPherson-Russell, CD
Consultant to the University of the West Indies, Former Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Former President of South Africa
Mayer Michael Matalon
Businessman, Philanthropist, Former Chairman International Commercial Developments Ltd
Moses M Matalon
Businessman, former Minister of Government, former Mayor of Kingston
Zaila Rowena Mc Calla
Chief Justice
William Anthony McConnell, CD
Businessman
Neville Maurice Mc Cook, CD
Sports Administrator
Velma Corrine McLarty, CD
Former MD, Jamaica National Investment Promotions Ltd
Dr Carlos Saul Menem
Former President of the Republic of Argentina
Professor Errol Lawrence Miller, CD
Chancellor Mico College, Chairman, Electoral Commission of Jamaica
Shirley Isabelle Miller, CD, QC Atty-at-law
Donald Owen Mills
Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations
Professor Owen St Clair Morgan
William Manuel Morris
Professor Errol York St Aubyn Morrison
General Secretary, Transport and General Works Union, United Kingdom;
Chancellor, The University of Technology
Robert Gabriel Mugabe
President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
David Manual Muirhead, CD, QC
Seymour St Edward Mullings
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minster of Foreign Affairs
Seymour Radcliffe Panton, CD
Uriah Nathaniel Parnell, CD
Senior Puisne Judge
Carlos Andres Perez
Former President of the Republic of Venezuelaw
Dorothy Yvonne Pine-McClarty
General Colin Luther Powell
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Department of Defence (Retired); Former Secretary of State, USA, Served President George W Bush
Roderick George Rainford, CD
Governor of the Bank of Jamaica;
Formerly Secretary-General - CARICOM
The Honourable Mr Justice Carl Raphael Rattray, QC
President of the Court of Appeal
Dr Kenneth Osbourne Rattray, CD, QC
Solicitor General; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Retired)
His Excellency Flt Lt. Terry J. Rawlings
Former President of the Republic of Ghana
The Right Reverend and Honourable Alfred Charles Reid
Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands; Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Sir Egerton (Rudolph) Richardson, CMG
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Public Service; Member,
National Bauxite Commission; Formerly Jamaican Ambassador to the United Nations and Jamaican Ambassador to the United States of America
Basil Linton Robinson, CD, QPM
Commissioner of Police, Jamaica Constabulary Force
Mrs Joyce Lelieth Robinson, CD, MBE
Managing Director, Human Employment and Resource Training (HEART) Trust; Formerly Director, Jamaica Library Service; Director, JAMAL (retired)
The Honourable Mr Justice Leacroft Hercot Ulyssess Robinson
President, The Court of Appeal (Retired)
Professor Leslie Roy Bruce Robinson
Professor of Mathematics, The University of the West Indies
Patrick Hoppner Orla Rousseau
Former Chairman, National Bauxite Commission
The Honourable Mr Justice Ira deCordova Rowe
President, The Court of Appeal (retired)
His Excellency Carlos Salinos De Gortari
Former President of the United Mexican States
Dr Alfred Watt Maxwell Sangster CD
President, The College of Arts, Science and Technology (now The University of Technology) (retired)
Dr Mary Jane Seivwright, CD
Director, (Retired) Advanced Nursing Education Unit,
The University of the West Indies; Past President, Nurses Association of Jamaica
The Honourable Mr Justice Ronald Hugh Small
High Court Judge (Retired)
The Honourable Mr Justice Kenneth George Smith
Chief Justice of Jamaica (retired)
The Reverend and Honourable Dr Carmen Lois Stewart, OD
Custos of Kingston
Gordon Arthur (Butch) Stewart CD
Chairman, Appliance Traders Limited Group of Companies, International Hotelier
Adrian Patrick Strachan CD
Auditor General (retired)
Dr Garth Alfred Taylor OJ, CD
Ophthalmologist; President Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies
Kingsley Charles St. George Thomas
Former Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica Limited
Dudley Joseph Thompson, QC
Attorney-at-Law; Jamaican High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Right Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Johannesburg and Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa (retired) (Citizen of the Republic of South Africa)
Miss Shirley Tyndall, CD
Financial Secretary (retired)
Mr Danville Anthony Ludlow Walker
Fomer Director of Elections; current Commissioner of Customs
Ambassador Herbert Samuel Walker CD
Formerly Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Courtney Walsh OD
Former captain of the West Indies Cricket Team; holder, world record for most wickets in test cricket
Basil Barrington Watson OJ, CD
Artist
Burchell Anthony Whiteman
Member of Parliament, Minister of Education; High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Raby Danvers, CD
President / Chief Executive Officer, Life of Jamaica; Medical Practitioner
The Honourable Mr Justice Lensley Wolfe;
Chief Justice (retired)
Hugh Hastings Wynter CD
Professor of Obstectrics and Gynaecology, The University of the West Indies
The Rt Hon Honourable Mr Justice Edward Zacca
Chief Justice (Retired)
Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain
Citizen of Spain conferred during the Royal visit of February 2009
Members of the Order of Jamaica Deceased
Allan Fitzroy Rae CD
Ian Mc Donald Ramsay QC Atty at Law
Alfred Adolphus Rattray Ambassador to the USA
Kenneth Osbourne Rattray CD, QC
Sir Egerton Richardson CMG
Basil Linton Robinson CD, QP
Hon Leacroft Hercot Ulysses Robinson
Leslie Roy Bruce Robinson
Theodore Eustace Sealy, CBE Editor, The Gleaner Newspaper
Dr Julius Kambarage Nyerere Former President of Kenya
Valentine Winston Parnell, CD
Aston Wesley Powell, OBE Educator, Founder Excelsior Schools
Aston Zachariah Preston Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies
John Kenneth Mc Kenzie Pringle, CBE Director, Jamaica Tourist Board
Allan Fitzroy Rae, CD
Ian McDonald Ramsay, QC Atty-at-law
Alfred Adolphus Rattray
Dr Kenneth Osbourne Rattray CD, QC
Victor Stafford Reid Journalist, Writer
Egerton Richardson, CMG
Basil Linton Robinson, CD, QP
Leacroft Hercot Ulysses Robinson
Leslie Roy Bruce Robinson
Theodore Eustace Sealy, CBE Editor, The Gleaner Newspaper
Rt Hon Hugh Lawson Shearer Former Prime Minister of Jamaica
Rev Dr Hugh Braham Sherlock, OBE Founder, Boys Town
Dr Arthur Stanley Wint, CD, ME
Hector Lincoln Wynter Editor, the Gleaner Newspaper
The Hon Lady Bustamante Treasurer, Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, Wife National Hero