Virgin Islands Biographies
...and More Tales for Me and My Beloved Virgin
Bertha C. Boschulte
Teaching: 1924-1949
Statistician, Legislator for One Term
Junior High School in Bovoni, St. Thomas
Addelita Cancryn
53 years of service in DOE
Former Name: Wayne Aspinall Junior High School
Book: Man of Vision
Musician, Organist and Choir Director for All Saints Cathedral
Elena Leonie Elizabeth Davis Christian
Former Name: Christiansted Junior High School
Educator for 54 years
BP: St. Kitts, BWI
American Association of Retired Persons
Resource Person for the Elderly of the USVI
Chairman of the Altar Guild
St. Croix Chapter of Business
Sophia Rosalind Francis Clen
First Female Virgin Islander to appeal to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
BP: St. John
Matron of Correctional School for Boys (Boys Home)
Victor Waldemar Cornelius
Teacher and Music Lover
Royal Medal With Crown
Organized Nurses’ Choir and Served as its Director
Autobiography: Fra St. Croix til Naskov
Charles Henry Emanuel
One of the First Individuals to Introduce Black History to his Classes
Wrote an Article called “Freedom of the Press”
Helped to publish The Bulletin and The St. Thomas Tidende
George James Fleming
Author, Journalist, Educator, and Political Scientist
Member of American Friends Society, Quakers
Morgan State University Professor
Established Institute for Political Education
Laurel Wreath in 1981
Amadeo Ignacio Daniel Francis Sr.
Career Spanned over 60 years
Taught Virgin Islands History
Received a Special Pension from the Government
Spoke Danish fluently
Lionel Balthazar Fraser
Dean of Tougaloo College
Worked at Jackson College
Director of Project MARK (Medical Action for Research and Knowledge)
Written Articles for the Crisis and Opportunity
Rehenia A. Gabriel
First Woman in the Virgin Islands to Earn a Doctorate in Education
Assistant Principal of...
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