Pastor Roosevelt Daniels, Divinitatis Doctor

Dr. Clinton Valley (President of USC - left) and Dr. Kern Tobias
 (Chairman of the Board of USC and President of the Caribbean Union
Of SDA - right) hooding PR. Dr. Roosevelt Daniels, DD

At its most recent Commencement just over two weeks ago held on the campus of the University of Trinidad & Tobago, the University of the Southern Caribbean conferred upon Pastor Roosevelt Daniels the honourary degree Doctor of Divinity.  Pastor Daniels (now retired) was cited for his outstanding service as an Evangelist in the Caribbean Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and abroad.  With the anointing of the Holy Spirit Pastor Daniels led more than 20,000 souls to Christ and the Church through baptism.

President Valley noted that the conferral ceremony was particularly emotional for himself as he and Pastor Daniels were not only classmates (USC [then CUC] Class of 1976), but together with David Williams and Gosnell Yorke graduated with honours.  The other three went on to gain graduate degrees but although Pastor Daniels was accepted into graduate school he decided instead to forgo it for the mission field.  Dr. Gosnell Yorke serves with distinction in Africa and Dr. David Williams is a tenured professor at the prestigious Harvard University.

Pastor Daniels is no stranger to Barbados having conducted several successful evangelistic series here including the final one of his evangelism career which was held last year under a large tent pitched on the grounds of the MAQ SDA Church at Hopeland, St. Peter.