PHILIP
BOYD
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NAME
Dr. Philip Boyd
Also known as Philip Irving Boyd; Dr. Philip I. Boyd, M.R.C., L.R.C.P., M.B.B.S., M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc. (Hons)
BORN:
Philip Irving Watt-Boyd
13th December 1912
Roseau, Dominica
PROFESSION
Medical doctor
FAMILY
PARENTS:
Philip Ivor Boyd and Isla Millicent Boyd née Watt
SIBLINGS:
Algernon, Stanley, David, Peter, Chapman, Ellice (Bellot), Patricia and Cynthia (Butler)
SPOUSE:
Joan Boyd née Hemstock, 1958–84
CHILDREN:
Angela, Anthony, David and Susan
EDUCATION
| Convent Preparatory School, Roseau, Dominica | |
| Dominica Grammar School, Roseau, Dominica | |
| 1930–37 | University of London, London, England |
| 1943–44 | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| 1955 | University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
| 1963 | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| DEGREES: | |
| 1935 | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of London |
| 1937 | Doctorate of Medicine, University of London |
| 1944 | Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University |
| 1975 | Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of the West Indies |
CAREER
| 1936–37 | Resident Medical Officer, Ketterings General Hospital, Ketterings, England |
| 1937–43 | District Medical Officer for Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat and Nevis, |
| 1949–55 | Chief Medical Officer of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, Basseterre, St. Kitts |
| 1955–57 | Specialist Medical Officer of Public Health for the Government Service of Trinidad, Port of Spain, Trinidad |
| 1957–60 | Deputy Director of Medical Services, Georgetown, Guyana |
| 1960–63 | Principal Medical Officer, Kingstown, Jamaica |
| 1964–71 | Representative of the Eastern Caribbean; Assistant Chief of Zone 1; Acting Chief, Department of Evaluation, Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) |
| 1971–84 | Chief of the Health Section of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana |
MEMBERSHIPS
| Royal College of Surgeons |
| Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians |
AWARDS
| 1932 | Fellows Silver Medal of Clinical Medicine, University of London, England |
| 1936 | Fellows Gold Medal, University of London, England |
| 1978 | National Award of Honour, Government of Dominica |
NOTABLE
| 1930 | First Dominican to win the Leeward Island Scholarship |
| 1971 | First Secretariat of the CARICOM Health Desk |
DIED
8th August 1984
Christ Church, Barbados
Cancer