LLOYD   ALGERNON   BEST DATE OF BIRTH: February 27, 1934 PLACE OF BIRTH: Tacarigua, Trinidad EDUCATION: Tacarigua EC School Queen's Royal College Cambridge University Oxford University CAREER:                                 After gaining a degree in economics, Lloyd left graduate work at Oxford University to teach at the Mona, Jamaica, campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in 1957. He later lectured at McGill University in Canada. He continued his career as a lecturer until 1976 when he founded the Tapia House Movement. He was also a founding member of the New World Movement, and a founding editor of the New World Quarterly. He also served in the Senate of Trinidad & Tobago where he was Opposition Leader during the periods 1974-75 and 1981-83. His publications included: 1974 - Black Power & National Reconstruction: Proposals Following the February Revolution March 19, 1970; Honourable Senators, the Choice Is Ours; Prospects for Our Nation; Whose Republic?: Little People of Little King? 1989 - Where Do We Go From Here?: Alternative Strategies for National Management as Trinidad, Tobago and the West Indies Approach the Twenty-first Century 1992 - Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation: 10 Years of Success 2003 - Independent Thought and Caibbean Freedom: Essays in Honour of Lloyd Best AWARD: 2006 - Honorary Doctor of Letters (for contribution to regional intellectual advancement), University of the West Indies at St. Augustine DIED: March 19, 2007, in Tunapuna, Trinidad, after a long battle with prostate cancer. Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit