( L - R ) WHITEMAN, MCCONNELL AND HYLTON
A DAY before he retired, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson yesterday conferred 17 persons with national honours and awards with immediate effect.
Information Minister, Burchell Whiteman, who will also retire from that post, was among the list of persons conferred with an award. Mr. Whiteman will receive the Order of Jamaica for his outstanding contribution to Education and the Legislature.
The award will also be conferred on Solicitor-General Michael Hylton for outstanding public service and contribution to the legal profession, and William McConnell for his distinguished leadership in business and export.
SIX GET ORDER OF DISTINCTION
Jamaica Manufacturers' Association president, Doreen Frankson and Jamaica Employers' Federation president, Audrey Hinchcliffe, are among six persons slated to receive the Order of Distinction, Commander class.
The others are Monica Campbell-McFarlane for her contribution to the Communica-tions Industry and the Performing Arts; Dr. Wayne Reid for his service in the field of Engineering and Public Sector Management; Carlton Samuels for his contribution to Housing and Institutional Management, and Northern Caribbean University president, Dr. Herbert Thompson, for his contribution to national development through education, religion and national service.
The Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer class has been conferred on four persons.
They are Mavis Bowers for service to the Prime Minister in his role as Member of Parliament, and Debra Hamilton-Crooks for service as head of the Prime Minister's Personal Support Staff; Gene Pearson for distinguished performance in the Arts, and Karen Smith-Jackson for memorable performances as a singer.
Two persons have been conferred with the Badge of Honour for meritorious service. They are Lorna Graham for loyal service in the constituency office, and Shirley Lee Pryce for services to the Prime Minister's household and to the Jamaica Household Association.
Phillip Dixon and Janette Morgan will be given the Badge of Honour for long and faithful service.
