Sir John Melvin Compton, OCC Awardee of 2002, is a Vincentian by birth but sculpted his reputation and legacy as political leader extraordinaire out of the throes of Saint Lucia's development. Sir John Compton's political evolution from Chief Minister, Premier and Prime Minister of Saint Luci...

Sir W. Arthur Lewis, won a Nobel Prize in 1979 for pioneer­ing research on economic development in emerging countries.  A professor emeritus of political economy at Princeton, he died in his sleep at his home in Barbados. He published a book, "The Theory of Economic Growth," in 1954 that is reg...

Described as the "Caribbean Community's greatest poet, playwright and theatrical director", Dr. Derek Walcott of Saint Lucia received the OCC during the first conferment in 1992. A literary laureate of high acclaim, Dr. Walcott received the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 generatin...