FORMER Principal of the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), Mr Winslow Davidson has passed away. He died on December 3, 2019 at the age of 91.

Mr. Davidson, who resided at Lamaha Gardens in the city, had spent 28 years as the full-time principal of the country’s lone and prestigious agriculture school at Mon Repos , from May 1965 right up to 1993 when he retired.

During his tenure at the helm of the institution, he is credited with molding several of the country’s top agriculturalists, some of whom now hold top jobs overseas.
Davidson, who hailed from Anna Regina, on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), had his first book published in 1998.

Born August 25, 1928, he began a career in agriculture during his childhood on the Essequibo Coast where the main agricultural produce was and remains rice.
A graduate of Cornell University, in the USA, Davidson held a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Economics and a Masters in Agriculture Extension Education.

Upon graduating, he returned to Guyana to impart his knowledge of agriculture to other Guyanese.

A funeral service for the father of five will take place on Wednesday at the St Phillip’s Anglican Parish, on D’Urban and Smyth Streets starting at midday.

The following day, the body will be taken to his home village, Anna Regina, where a service will be held at the Holy Trinity Church, followed by interment at the La Belle Alliance Cemetery.

The family has requested that there be no wreaths, however, a collection will be taken during the service in aid of the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre.