Oliver Fredrick Clarke

THE GLEANER, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | E14 Farewell OFC IN THE ‘70s, I worked with many industries introducing computer services – none like JN with Oliver Clarke. I once askedwhy he included the doormen in JN’s staff retreat. His simple and logical answer was, “He’s the person that hears the customers’ genuine after-service opinion.” He taught me “objectivity and principle demands fearlessness”, while sharing his decision to go to The Gleaner. By then I’d grown to appreciate how his genius of a mind worked. Thoughtful and tireless, he loved Jamaica and knew well the value of the fourth estate in democracy. DOUGLAS HALSALL Advanced Integrated Systems 1979 2020 Thoughtful tireless &