Vincent Samuels, ASC, BBA, (Marketing Management and International Business), was born in Black River Public General Hospital, Black River, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies to Simeon and Margaret Samuels, (Uncle Sim and Miss Meg, Miss Meggie), peasant working class farmer and housewife respectively from “Mount Ease”, Flint Valley, New Market, saint Elizabeth.
EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRIMARY EDUCATION
After receiving his early childhood from Mrs. Melita Cain, Mr. Samuels attended Beersheba Elementary School where he received his primary education under the guidance and nurturing of Mr. Clifford I. Chang and Mrs. Louise E. Meyler, now Retired Principals.
SUPERNUMERARY TEACHER AND INDENTURED SERVANT
At the end of his brilliant scholastic career at Beersheba Elementary School where he was placed on the school’s honour roll, poverty prevented Mr. Samuels from attending High School. Consequently, he had no alternative but to remain at Beersheba Primary School (Government leased) for three years after he graduated from the school and teach as a Supernumerary and worked as an indentured shop assistant at the business owned by Caswell and Maud Lodenquai (deceased), New Market, Saint Elizabeth.
PRE TRAINED 4 TEACHER
Through the assistance of Mrs. Louise E. Meyler who awarded him the coveted prize of “most dependable senior scholar” when he graduated from Beersheba Elementary School, Mr. Samuels secured employment as a Pre-Trained 4 Teacher at Black River Primary School earning fourteen pounds three shillings and four pence per month which he used to defray his own personal living expenses as well as that of his parents and five siblings.
EMPLOYMENT WITH SAINT ELIZABETH PARISH COUNCIL
After working at Black River Primary School for six months as Assistant to Mrs. I. E. Little (deceased) and Mr. A. L. Reynolds as principal – now retired – Mr. Samuels secured employment as Departmental Assistant (DA2) at the Saint Elizabeth Parish Council where he received rapid promotion to Clerical Officer 1 and 2, Pay Clerk, Executive Officer 2, Internal Auditor, and Senior Accountant.
During his tenure of employment at the Saint Elizabeth parish Council, Mr. Samuels pursued correspondence studies in Accounting, Office Organization and Methods from Bennett College and Aldermaston College in England. Known as one who assiduously defended the interest and welfare of the working class, Mr. Samuels rose to the rank of Second Vice President of Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO). His defence of the working class and the fearless performance of his duties as Internal Auditor resulted in reactionaries in the political and management oligarchy perceive him as a “trouble maker” and “public enemy number one.”
ADVANCED STUDIES IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
After the passing of his beloved mother in 1979 for whom he and his wife Caren Samuels, RN, BSN, were care-givers during her long illness caused by Cancer, Mr. Samuels migrated to the USA where he attended Bronx Community College and Bernard Baruch College of The City University of New York where he pursued advanced studies majoring in Marketing Management, Industrial Relations, and International Business and a minor degree in Psychology. Throughout his tenure at Bronx Community College and Bernard Baruch College, Mr. Samuels repeatedly made the Dean’s List and maintained a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.0 up the time he graduated from both colleges.
EXTRA CURRICULA AND COMMUNAL ACTIVITIES
Too numerous to mention, some of Mr. Samuels’ extra curricula and communal activities include, 4-H Club, Boy Scout, Black River Male Voice Choir, New Market Citizens Association, New Town Citizens Association, Flat Rocks Homeowners & Residents Association, Volunteer Public Relations Officer for Dorcas Medical Mission, Inc. , Secretary/Treasurer, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA).
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