Background
Springer, Basil Graham Frederick was born on July 6, 1941 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Son of Charles Reginald Courtnay Springer and Rita Gwendolyn Cozier.
statistician company executive
Springer, Basil Graham Frederick was born on July 6, 1941 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Son of Charles Reginald Courtnay Springer and Rita Gwendolyn Cozier.
Bachelor of Science in Special Mathematics U. West Indies, Jamaica, 1963; Master of Science in Statistics, U. College Wales, Aberstwyth, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics, U. London, 1968.
Research fellow, biometrician faculty of agriculture, U. West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, 1968-1972;
head biometrics unit faculty agriculture, U. West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, 1972-1974;
regional agricultural statistical adviser, CARICOM Secretariat and Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Barbados, 1974-1976;
statistician, officer in charge, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Barbados, 1976-1977;
senior consultant, Sys. Group of Companies, Barbados, 1977-1984;
managing director, Sys. Caribbean Ltd., Bridgetown, since 1984.
Chairman Advisory Committee Appropriate Technology, Barbados, 1978-1980. Deputy chairman Barbados National Bank, since 1994.
President Barbados Cancer Society, since 1980. Fellow Royal Statistical Society. Member Caribbean Agro-Economics Society (president 1976-1978), National Council for Science and Technology (deputy chairman 1977-1984), National Productivity Council, (chairman since 1995), Future Center Trust, (chairman 1996), RotaryClub Barbados South (chairman 1990-1991).
Married Kean Hartman Walker McLean, September 5, 1964. Children: Karen, Kevin, Bevan.