Montego Bay-based Cornwall College will on May 4, 2019 name medical doctor Vernon DaCosta, veteran crooner AJ Brown, and philantrophist Roy Ten-Fah as its latest ‘Men of Might’ for distinguished service to their communities.

The ‘Men of Might’, as Cornwall College old boys like to call themselves, will assemble in their usual numbers at the 2019 annual awards dinner, under the auspices of the Kingston Chapter at Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre, St Andrew.

Dr DaCosta heads the Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and has been a celebrated specialist in fertility and in vitro fertilisation for over two decades. He has also served as president of the Caribbean Association of Gynaecologic Endoscopic Surgeons.

Alvin James “AJ Boots” Brown has been a musician extraordinaire in a wide range of genres — from reggae to jazz — for over 40 years, many of which were spent on the Las Vegas circuit in the United States.

A leading cabaret singer on the hotel circuit, he has been recognised locally and abroad for his musical talents and songs, including the popular My f ather, m y f riend and When y ou l ove. AJ Brown is currently the lead singer of the famed Third World band.

Roy Ten-Fah, who is being honoured posthumously, gave over 40 years of outstanding community service to Hanover and St James. He was a distinguished Jaycees senator and served the associated Hanover Charities organisation for decades as secretary/treasurer.

He was director of finance at Round Hill Hotel and Villas, where he worked for four decades before retiring. An ardent alumnus, he served as vice-chairman of the school board and as treasurer of the Cornwall College Trust Limited. Ten-Fah died in February this year.

Another distinguished Cornwallian, Dr Horace Chang, minister of national security, will be guest speaker at the awards ceremony. Chang was head boy of Cornwall College before graduating as a medical doctor from The UWI, and entering electoral politics in 1976.

The event is the Old Boys’ Association’s premier fund-raiser, and proceeds are used to support projects and programmes which assist the training and development of needy students at the high school. The Rex Nettleford Fund established at the UWI, which honours of one of Cornwall’s outstanding graduates, is also funded by the association.

“Our dinner attracts between 150-200 persons each year, bringing Cornwallians, their families, and friends together. The annual event consistently receives favourable reviews from the attendees and sponsors,” Kingston chapter President Patrick Thompson said.