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CHARLOTTE AMALIE

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COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, CARIBBEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ST. THOMAS, V.1. 0



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VOLUME II; NUMBER 4 DECEMBER 13°



Social Research Center



"Remodelling the Model" is the title of a

five-page essay that appeared in the Third

Quarter 1978 Economic Review. Written by

Senior Research Associate Dr. Jerry McElroy, the article traces

through events which led to formulation of the Virgin Islands'

present economic model. . The most important information contained

in the results is the very close statistical association that

seems to exist between V.I. and U.S. economic activity. The key

policy conclusion is that businessmen and policymakers must pay

extremely close attention to mainland developments because of

their significant local repercussions.



THSONIAN PAPER’ | Dr. S.B. Jones-Hendrickson, coordinator of

4 the Social Research Center, completed a



a ites’ paper this quarter entitled "Quantitative

Methods and Migration Theories."" He was asked to undertake the

project by the Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies

at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. This paper is

a development of the econometric portion of a report he presented

in 1976 at a Smithsonian conference and it will be part of a larger

research study to be published by the Smithsonian at a future date.



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Robert Norton of Acton, Connecticut has

joined the ERC staff as research associate

: sen coordinating scientific programs at the

Virgin: Islands Ecological Research Station (VIERS) on St. John.

He was associated with VIERS earlier this. year while composing ~~

his master's thesis, "Annotated Bird Records for St. John, U.S:

Virgin:.Islands..". BOR , 7 ~



Outreach Activities



‘Approximately 100 energy-conscious persons -



. from St. Thomas and neighboring islands

participated in CRI's Fall-Winter Conference

on "Energy Self-sufficiency and the Virgin Islands." The December 8

meeting took place in the Caribbean Room at the St. Thomas Sheraton.

Three keynote speakers added their expertise to the sessions: Dick.

Holt of the U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. Gifford Albright of Penn

State University; and Maanazo Lamakalo of the St. Thomas Community



Action Agency. °



During the afternoon session, a panel discussion developed around

current energy technologies and federal policy on energy issues.

Leading the panel were: Dr. Juan Bonnet of the Center for Energy

and Environmental Research in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Dr. Knud

Pedersen of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez; Dr. Frank

Prince of the V.I. Energy Office; and Lee Fellows of the V.I.

National Park Service on St. John.



A published Proceedings will be available from the Institute in

February. To obtain a copy, contact An.Painter or Stephanie

Oliverio at 774-1252, ext. 235, 249 or 252. .



Dr. Norwell Harrigan, CRI director, returned

to duty early in November after a six-week

vacation leave of absence. During his leave

Dr. Harrigan visited the University of Florida at Gainesville to

participate in a conference on "Cultural Traditions and Caribbean

Identity: The Question of Patrimony." He acted as moderator for

one of the sessions. The three-day conference was sponsored by the

Center for Latin American Studies and the Association of Caribbean

Universities and Research Institutes.



In addition, Dr. Harrigan discussed with the Center for Latin Ameri-

can Studies current matters concerning publications it is printing

for CRI, in order to improve publication service.