Name: GEORGE WASHINGTON ARCHIBALD
Birth date: May 28th, 1934
Birth place: Soho, Basseterre
Parents: Ella Dasent (Gingerland, Nevis) and George Albert Archibald

ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENT
1968 - BA Degree: Economics & History; Minor: English Literature University of
the West Indies (Cave Hill)
1960 - Diploma Leeward Island Teachers’ College (Antigua)

TEACHING CAREER
1951-1960 Various government schools:
St. Peters Government School
Basseterre Boy School
Molineux /Estridge Government School

1961-1964 Basseterre Senior School
1964 Head Master of Irish Town Primary School
1965 Appointed principal of Senior School with the mandate to transition it to
the Basseterre Junior High School, which was upgraded to a high school in 1998 under the name of “Washington Archibald High School”
1973 Opened The St. Kitts Business College
1998-2009 Founded and ran Project Strong from 1998-2009

SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT
Secretary of Molineux Homes and Gardens Committee 1957
Secretary of Mansion Homes and Gardens Committee 1958
Vice Chairman of New Town Community Council 1961
Chairman of Festival of Tabernacle 1980
Executive Director of the St. Kitts Family Planning Association 1981

LITERARY ACHIEVEMENTS
Newspaper columnist: The Democrat “Forward on Washie” Editor (1975 -1079)
St. Kitts-Nevis Observer “Ask Washie”
The Labor Spokesman

Basic Principles of Bookkeeping(1980)
Reflections on an Epic Journey (commentary on political and social development of
St. Kitts (1993)
A View from Baby’s Traffic (2008) (commentary on the social and cultural evolution that took place in St. Kitts during the 1950’s; Sequel to Reflections
The Legacy of Simeon Daniel, First Premier of Nevis (To be released in January 2010)