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Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is pleased to recognize, BIG UP, and present to all Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni, Honorary BOSA Members, Friends and Well-wishers, and visitors to its website in Jamaica and the Diaspora, Garfield Winston Hamilton, Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumnus, Electrical Engineer, Computer Scientist, Website Builder – who built and launched BOSA website at no cost to the Association – and Philanthropist.
Garfield is an erudite and a humble man whose Christian Faith makes him shun the spotlight. Nevertheless, BOSA wishes to express its sincere gratitude to his mother Sheila, Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumna and Webmaster for BOSA website, who was able to convince Garfield to acquiesce to submit his profile to BOSA.
THE GENESIS IS HAPPY HALL DISTRICT AND BEERSHEBA PRIMARY SCHOOL (GOVERNMENT LEASED), NEW MARKET, SAINT ELIZABETH, JAMAICA, WEST INDIES
Garfield Winston Hamilton, age 43 years, was born on January 03, 1970 at Happy Hall District, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies. Under the ably guidance and nurturing of his grandparents “Miss Chin Chin” and “Mass” Allan, (housewife and peasant farmer respectively) and his parents Winston “Huntley” Hamilton – Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumnus – and Sheila Coke-Hamilton, Garfield attended Beersheba Pre-School at the tender age of 3 years and he was able to recite aloud the letters of the English Alphabet even before he was admitted to pre-school.
After attending Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased), in July 1977 at the age of 7 years, Garfield migrated to the USA where he joined his parents who had migrated a few years before and had settled in Boynton Beach, Florida. Garfield resided in his new environment most of his life before going off to College to pursue his scholastic career.
MIDDLE AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FLORIDA, USA
In August 1977, Garfield was exposed to the school system in the USA when he was admitted to Rolling Green Elementary School where he maintained academic excellence and received numerous awards including third runner up in the 1980 and 1981 National Spelling Bee Competition. After graduating from Rolling Green Elementary School, Garfield was admitted to Congress Middle School, Boynton Beach, Florida where he continued to maintain academic excellence in social studies and mathematics in grade 6 and he received the coveted recognition for academic achievement as a straight A student.
In 1983, Garfield was awarded the Certificate of Merit in Mathematics in the Annual Palm Beach County Junior High School Mathematics Tournament. During his tenure at Congress Middle School, Garfield never missed a day from school! Garfield’s discipline and punctually manifested itself when he was selected as a member and player in Congress Middle School Marching Band.
SANTALUCES HIGH SCHOOL, LANTANA, FLORIDA
Garfield was admitted to Santaluces High School, Lantana, Florida in August 1984. In addition to achieving the coveted position of being in the top 5 percent in his class, Garfield continued to maintain academic excellence and he received several awards in High School. As a sports enthusiast, Garfield played Varsity Baseball throughout his High School years. During his senior years in High School, Garfield worked as a Computer Programmer at a local company called RGB in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
On April 14, 1986, Garfield was selected as a member of the Discupuli Honors Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools. Criteria for membership in this Prestigious Ivy League Honor Society are scholarship, leadership, and character.
On June 02, 1988, Garfield graduated with honors from Santaluces High School as a member of the National Honor Society and Florida Academic Scholar Awardee.
SPECIAL AWARDS
Just before he graduated from High School, on April 20, 1988, Garfield received the Miami Herald Silver Knight and US Army Reserve Awards in recognition for his leadership, achievement, character, service to his school and community, and for his excellence in Athletics.
DUKE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, USA
Garfield was admitted to Duke University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA where he majored in Electrical Engineering with a minor degree in Computer Science. In May 1992, Garfield graduated from Duke University with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering.
After graduating from Duke University, Garfield received job offers from General Electric (GE) and International Business Machines (IBM), Garfield accepted the job offer from IBM in Boca Raton, Florida because in his own words, quote: “I have returned home so that I can help my brothers and sister with their studies.” Unquote
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Garfield never forgot the Deerfield Church of God of Prophecy in Deerfield Beach, Florida that nurtured him. When he returned to Boynton Beach, Florida, Garfield continued to attend the little local church where he developed a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ in whom he professed faith and accepted as Savoir. On September 08, 1996, Garfield obeyed the Lord Jesus Christ in the Ordinance of Baptism by Immersion. Since Garfield was admitted in the fellowship of the local church, Garfield has continued with a passion to reach out to the youths in the local church and adjoining communities.
As a businessman, Garfield is well known in the community and before long; he became a Volunteer with Palm Beach County School District Boundary Committee. Garfield is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Boynton Beach. Under Garfield’s guidance, the Church Education Committee was developed through which students in the local church received tutoring in their school work. In addition to working with the youths in the church, Garfield went to Westside Park Community and Ezell Hester Center in Boynton Beach where he tutored students while managing his own business full time.
In 2001, working along with Pastor Mark Berry and the local church, Garfield’s innovation resulted in establishment of the Food Ministry where he became coordinator of the outreach program which included picking up and transporting food supplies from Miami and distributing them in the community.
Garfield is still working behind the scene at the local church where during services at the church he can be seen operating the projector that focuses the lyrics of songs used in Praise and Worship on the Big Screen.
GARFIELD’S FORMULA FOR HIS SUCCESS
With all the academic honors that Garfield has obtained in his illustrious career, for Garfield, the greatest honor that he has achieved is to know that he is living for the Lord Jesus Christ. Cognizant of God’s Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnipresence in all his affairs, Garfield’s formula for his success is rooted and deeply entrenched in Proverbs 3:5-10. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Do not be wise in thine own eyes, fear the Lord and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel and marrow to thy bones. Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.” (Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible)
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