David Granger

Brigadier (Retired) David A. Granger

MSS, MSM, M Soc Sc, BA

MILITARY TRAINING

Mons Officer Cadet School and the School of Infantry, United Kingdom.

Jungle Warfare Instruction Centre in Brazil

Army Command and Staff College in Nigeria

The Defense Planning and Resource Management course at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

Joint Special Operations University, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, USA.

Urban Policy Development Workshop at the University of California, Los Angeles

MILITARY AWARDS:

Efficiency Medal (1976)

Military Service Medal (1981)

Military Service Star (1985) for distinguished military service

NATIONAL SECURITY & ANTI-NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE

He was a member of several defense and security agencies holding the chairmanship of the Central Intelligence Committee, co-chairmanship of the Border and National Security Committee and membership of the Guyana Defense Board, National Drug Law Enforcement Committee and the Disciplined Forces Commission

ACADEMIC TRAINING

University of Guyana -Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts

University of the West Indies– Post-Graduate Diploma in International Relations

University of Maryland –Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow.

PUBLIC ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS & SERVICE

-President History Society

-President Guyana Heritage Society

-President University of Guyana Guild of Graduates

-President Guyana Chess Federation.

-University of Guyana Council

-Association of Caribbean Historians

-Caribbean Studies Association

-Guyana Press Association

-Guyana Book Foundation

-Guyana Legion

-Board of Trustee Guyana Veterans Association

BOOKS & WRITTEN WORKS

–National Defense: A Brief History of the Guyana Defense Force, 1965- 2005

–A Preliminary Study of Women Soldiers in the Anglophone Caribbean

–Public Security: Criminal Violence and Policing in Guyana.

–Five Thousand Day War: The Struggle for Haiti’s independence, 1789-1804

-The British Guiana Volunteer Force, 1948-1966

-The Guyana National Service, 1974-2000

-The Guyana People’s Militia, 1976-1997

-The Queen’s College Cadet Corps, 1889-1975

-Guyana’s Coinage, 1808-2008

-The Era of Enslavement, 1638-1838

-The Village Movement, 1839-1889.

-Themes in African-Guyanese -Co-editor, with Winston McGowan and James Rose

–Guyana Review and Emancipation magazines (former publisher)

ACADEMIC AWARDS

-President’s Medal -Best graduating student

-Dennis Irvine Prize -Student who has made the greatest contribution to all cultural life of the University

-Council of the University Prize

-Elsa Goveia Medal of Excellence

-Guy de Weever History Prize

-Earl Attlee History Prize

-Mary Noel Menezes Award for History

– Department of History Prize and others, from the University of Guyana.

PERSONAL & FAMILY

David Granger was born on 15 July 1945 in Georgetown, Guyana and is married to Sandra (née Chan-A-Sue). He is the father of two daughters.

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