Bridgetown.
Two outstanding Barbadinans have been accorded this country’s highest national awards in the 2013 Independence Day Honours.
They are outstanding heart specialist Professor Trevor Austin Hassell and international business lawyerTrevor Carmichael. is for his outstanding contributions to the financial services sector, international business law practice and his several exceptional, philanthropic and voluntary activities.
Sir Trevor pioneered the development of Barbados’ international business sector, domestic and international charities and environmental law. He was one of the parties responsible for establishing a Barbados chapter of the International Fiscal Association of which he is charter president.
His civic involvement encompasses his past role as president of the Barbados National Trust for five years and his current presidency of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society since 1989. He is also the chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh Trust in Barbados and the founder chairman of the Barbados Youth Business Trust; and, for over 20 years, he has been the chairman of the United World Colleges Selection Committee for Barbados.
Professor Sir Trevor on the other hand, was a consultant physician and cardiologist for many years at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He held several senior positions at that institution, including founder and head of the Cardiac Unit, head of the Department of Medicine, and director of Medical Services. He was appointed as an adjunct professor of medicine, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill.
In these positions, Professor Sir Trevor played a leading role in the development of cardiology and general medicine, both at the QEH and nationally, and trained many medical students and young doctors. He was founding president of the then Heart Foundation of Barbados, and has held the positions of vice-president of the World Heart Federation, president of the Inter-American Heart Foundation and president of the Caribbean Cardiac Society.
