UWI Community Mourns Passing Of Professor Emeritus Selwyn Ryan

We can pay no greater tribute to a man who has done so much for country and region”, this was the sentiments expressed by Pro Vice-Chancellor and University of the West Indies Campus Principal Brian Copeland on the passing of Professor Emeritus Selwyn Ryan.

Professor Ryan is recognized as one of the Caribbean’s foremost scholars.

In a media release, the St. Augustine Campus Community of The University of the West Indies said over his prolific career as a researcher and writer, Professor Emeritus Ryan wrote newspaper columns, academic papers, and articles for journals, documenting exciting moments in the contemporary political history of Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean.

Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr Acolla Lewis Cameron, remembers his passion for Caribbean development.