Kenneth O. Hall

Kenneth O. Hall

Infobox_Governor General
honorific-prefix = His Excellency The Most Honourable
name = Kenneth Octavius Hall
honorific-suffix =
ON GCMG OJ


order = Governor General of Jamaica
monarch = Elizabeth II
primeminister = Percival Patterson
Portia Simpson-Miller
Bruce Golding
term_start = 16 February 2006
predecessor = Howard Cooke
successor =
birth_date = bda|1941|04|24|df=y
birth_place = Lucea, Jamaica
death_date =
death_place =
spouse = Rheima Hall
Sir Kenneth Octavius Hall, ON, GCMG, OJ (Born in Lucea, Jamaica, 24 April, 1941) is the current Governor-General of Jamaica. He became Governor-General on February 16, 2006. He is Jamaica's fifth Governor-General since independence in 1962. Prior to becoming Governor-General, Kenneth O. Hall was a Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Kenneth Hall has had a very long history when it comes to the field of education. He has served in several other positions including:
* Vice President of Academic Affairs and Faculty Dean - State University of New York at Old Westbury 1989-1994
* Assistant Provost for Academic Programmes - State University of New York at Albany 1988-1989
* Assistant Provost - State University of New York at Oswego 1982-1984
* Faculty Research Associate - Syracuse University 1973-1984
* Lecturer - University of the West Indies 1972-1973

The Most Honourable Sir Kenneth Hall holds a Bachelor's Degree in History, a post-graduate diploma in International Relations, and a PhD in History from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada.

He lectured in History at UWI and was Professor of History at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego. He was also Adjunct Professor of Caribbean Studies at SUNY at Albany, and Professor of American Studies at SUNY, Old Westbury.

In 1994, Sir Kenneth entered the service of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as Deputy Secretary General. In 1996, he assumed the positions of Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Mona Campus, UWI.

He received the Order of Jamaica, a National Honour, in 2004. He was conferred with Jamaica's second highest National Honour, the Order of the Nation, on the occasion of his swearing in. A year and eight months after being appointed Jamaica's fifth governor-general, Sir Kenneth was appointed GCMG on 6 November 2007, and received the insignia from Her Majesty The Queen at Buckingham Palace on 30 May 2008.


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