Both Sides of The Coin: The Story of The Central Bank of Barbados 1972-2017

Chapter 6: People, Places and Things 251 1978 Marion Williams was promoted from senior economist in the Research Department to assistant manager in the Exchange Control Department. The third Annual Sir Winston Scott Memorial Lecture, “Man and the Computer”, was delivered on December 4 by Professor John Kemeny, a pioneer in the development of computer time-sharing systems and co- author of the computer language BASIC. 1979 In May, Maxine Williams was elected president of the Library Association of Barbados. During Industry Week in October, the Bank arranged for over 1,500 senior secondary school students to visit industries to check on career possibilities. 1980 DeLisle Worrell started a year’s sabbatical as Visiting Fellow at the Woodrow School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, US. At its Annual General Meeting in September, the Staff Association elected Ian Collymore as president for the year 1980/81, succeeding Rommel Bailey. Carlos Brathwaite was elected vice-president and Marlene Aimey and Linel Franklin elected secretary and treasurer, respectively. 1981 In August Governor Blackman visited Malawi to give an address at the Second Symposium on Balance of Payments, sponsored by the African Centre for Monetary Studies.