Dr. Alfred Sangster, OJ a Jamaican Science Icon (1929 - 2025) was a chemist by education but is best known for his lead role in transforming the College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) into the University of Technology (UTech) during his 26 years as Principal and later President. He was born in St. Elizabeth and went to school at Munro College where he excelled in athletics, cricket and tennis and left in 1946 with his High School Certificate in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. He earned his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in chemistry from the Queens' College, Belfast, Ireland and returned to Jamaica as a chemistry lecturer at The UWI in 1952. In Dr. Sangster obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1958, under the guidance of Professor Cedric Hassall (first Head of Chemistry Department). He was an Assistant Lecturer then Lecturer in Chemistry, and supervised several research projects up to 1970, before leaving to take up the position of Principal of the then CAST. During his lifetime, he was heavily involved in giving service to society, via chairmanships, directorships, memberships, and consultancies to a vareity of institutions and societies. He is the founding father and Chairman of Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections, (CAFFE) and for this initiative he received the Gleaner’s Special Award in 1999. He was a recipient Musgrave Gold Medal from the Institute of Jamaica and in 1982 received the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) and in 1995, the Order of Jamaica (OJ).
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