VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 3

GABRIEL
CHRISTIAN


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NAME

Gabriel Christian
also know as Gabriel Joshua Christian, Esq., CEL

BORN:
Gabriel Joshua Christian
1st January, 1961
Goodwill, Dominica

PROFESSION

Attorney, author, Green Business entrepreneur

FAMILY

PARENTS:
Wendell Christian and Alberta Christian née John Baptiste

SIBLINGS:
Christalin (Didier), Wellsworth (deceased), Lawson, Samuel, Esther, Hildreth and Theresa

SPOUSE:
Joan Christian née Robinson, 1997 to present

CHILDREN:
Samora Dominique and Makonnen Leonard

EDUCATION

1963—64 Little Antiguan School by the Bay, Potter's Ville, Dominica
1964—65 St. Alphonsus Preschool, Goodwill, Dominica
1965—69 Roseau Mixed Infant, Roseau, Dominica
1969—70 Roseau Girls' School (Boys Section), Roseau, Dominica
1970—72 Goodwill Junior High School, Goodwill, Dominica
1972—77 Dominica Grammar School, Roseau, Dominica
1977—79 Sixth Form College (SiFoCol), Clifton Dupigny Community College, Roseau, Dominica
1983—86 Procurement and Public Contracting College of Business and Public Management, University of District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
1987—90 Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

DEGREES:
1977 High school diploma, Dominica Grammar School, Dominica
1979 Diploma, Sixth Form College, Dominica
1986 Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Procurement and Public Contracting College of Business and Public Management, University of District of Columbia, USA
1990 Juris Doctor, Georgetown University Law Center, USA

CAREER

1979—82 Teacher, Dominica Grammar School, Dominica
1985—86 Government Property Specialist, Electronic Warfare Division Litton Amecom, Maryland, USA
1988—91 Law Clerk, Law Firm of Farrington, Smallwood & Wells, Maryland, USA
1991—93 Associate, Law Firm of Farrington, Smallwood Wells & Wyrough, Maryland, USA
1993—97 Partner, Farrington & Christian, Maryland, USA
1997—
present
Managing Attorney, Gabriel J. Christian & Associates, LLC, Maryland, USA

WORKS

1992 In Search of Eden: Dominica, The Travails of a Caribbean Mini State (co-authored with Irving W. André)
1999 Rain on a Tin Roof
2002 In Search of Eden: Essays on Dominican History (co-authored with Irving W. André)
2007 Death by Fire—The Explosive Story of the 1963 Carnival Tragedy (co-authored with Irving W. André)
2008 For King & Country: The Service & Sacrifice of the Dominican Soldier (co-authored with Irving W. André)

AWARDS

1983—86 Who is Who In American Colleges and Universities
1983 Poet Representative, University of the District of Colombia
1983—86 Organization of American States Fellow
1997 Knighted, Commander of the Ethiopian Lion (CEL) by Order of His Imperial Highness Ermias Sahle Selassie, Haile Selassie of the Ethiopian Crown Council; Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC.

NOTABLE

1977—79 President, Dominica Federation of Students
1981 Founding President of Frontline Cooperative Bookstore
1992 Co-founded Pont Cassé Press with Irving W. André
2005 Commissioned Captain, Dominica Cadet Corps by H.E. Dr. Nicholas Liverpool, President of Dominica
2007 Appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Maryland Court of Appeals by Order of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley
Green Business Entrepreneur, Renewable Energy Alliance, LLC