Background
Headley, Oliver St. Clair was born on July 5, 1942 in St. Peter, Barbados. Son of Reginald Beresford and Ivy Daphne (Walker) Headley.
Headley, Oliver St. Clair was born on July 5, 1942 in St. Peter, Barbados. Son of Reginald Beresford and Ivy Daphne (Walker) Headley.
Bachelor of Science in Special Chemistry, University of the West Indies, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Inorganic Chemistry, U. College, London, 1967.
Assistant lecturer in chemistry, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1967-1968;
lecturer in chemistry, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1968-1977;
senior lecturer in chemistry, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1977-1989;
dean faculty of national science, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1985-1989;
reader in solar energy, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1989-1992;
professor of chemistry,, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, since 1992;
university dean, faculty of national science, University of the West Indies, 1987-1989. Advisor in solar energy College of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Kingston, Jamaica, 1979-1980. Summer school lecturer International Center for Heat and mass Transfer, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1982.
Visiting scholar communications of the European Communities, Brussels, 1986, Distinguished scholar in residence Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, 1991.
Fellow Caribbean Academy Sciences. Member International Solar Energy Society (board directors 1985-1988, 91-94), American Chemical Society, Caribbean Solar Energy Society (chairperson).
Married Hortense Beatrice Sergeant, August 15, 1965. Children: Eric J.W., Keith A.