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CHARLOTTE AMALIE

VIRGIN ISLANDS

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COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, CARIBBEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ST. THOMAS, V.1. 00801

VOLUME III, NUMBER 2 JUNE 1979



Administration



Dr. Clifton E. Marsh of Los Angeles, California

became assistant director of the Institute in

June. He had been assistant professor at

Trenton State College in New Jersey. Dr. Marsh received his Ph.D. in

sociology from Syracuse University. His dissertation, From Black Muslims

to Muslims: The Transition from Separatism to Islam, 1930-1979, will be

published by Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut in the summer of 1980.



In May Herbert E. Lockhart of St. Thomas began



work on a part-time basis as research assistant

in the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC).



He formerly held the position of manager at Donoe Water Company. Lockhart

has a B.S. in biochemistry from Milton College in Milton, Wisconsin and an

A.A. in computer science from Computer Institute in Boston.



Institute Director Dr. Norwell Harrigan will

begin a year of sabbatical leave on July 1,

when he will conduct research in England. He

will visit the Far East during August and is particularly interested in

studying Hong Kong as an island state. Dr. Harrigan will serve as a

visiting research fellow at the Center for International Studies at the

University of Pittsburgh during the fall semester. In addition, the

director expects to visit other institutions as a lecturer. Two terms in

1980 will be spent at Oxford University, where he will work on aspects of

British Virgin Islands history.



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Outreach Activities



CRI's Spring Conference was held on the ft.

Thomas campus of CVI from April 18-21. "The

Politico-Economic Development of Microstates"

was the theme. Eleven economic and -political science professionals

addressed the conference, representing Johns Hopkins University, the

University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Jamaica campuses) and CVI.

In addition, several private consultants lent their expertise to the

sessions, among them Dr. Bernard Paiewonsky, a native Virgin Islander.

Drs. Harrigan, Jones-Hendrickson and McElroy presented papers on various

aspects of Microstate development.



Upon request from the British Virgin Islands

Government, Dr. Harrigan is serving on a three-

man commission to review Civil Service salaries

and conditions of service in the Territory. The review team has been at

work since May and expects to be finished in July.



Dr. Jones-—Hendrickson had four public speaking

engagements during the spring quarter. "The

Church and Economic Self-sufficiency in the

Caribbean" was presented on April 1 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in St.

Thomas. He also delivered a keynote address to 100 selected high school

seniors. "Preparing for the World of Work" was the topic he chose for this

Fourth Annual Vocational’ Education Personnel Development Seminar, which was

held at Grapetree Bay Hotel on St. Croix in May, sponsored by the VI Advis-

ory Council for Vocational Education.



The Multi-Services Center on St. John was the setting in June for a meeting

of the St. John branch of the VI Community Action Agency. The SRC coordi-

nator presented "Planning and Development in Microstate Economies: The Case

of St. John, USVI." The same week he traveled to Tortola to address a

public meeting at the Extra-Mural Centre of the University of the West

Indies. His topic was "Governments in Emerging Societies: An Economic

Perspective."



On June 22 Dr. Harrigan took part in a one-day

seminar in Roadtown, Tortola sponsored by the

Civil Service Association. The seminar, on the

theme of "Microstates: Social, Economic and Political Perspectives," was

conducted by the Institute for International Relatio.us at the University

of the West Indies in Trinidad, directed by Dr. Basil Ince.



PUBLICATIONS



Two monographs by CRI staff are being published

by the University of Florida Press. Dr. McElroy

and Joseph E. Caines of the VI Department of

_ Commerce collaborated on "Consumer Expenditure Patterns: A Survey of St.

Thomas, USVI, 1975-76." Dr. Harrigan authored a report entitled "The Inter-

Virgin Islands Conference: The Study of a Microstate International Organi-



zation."' The monographs will be available for distribution in 1980.