Farewell Sir Albert

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Grand Bahama morns the death of another stalwart as Sir Albert Miller passed away at 4:30 pm yesterday - Tuesday August 18, 2015.

I recall years ago when the three heavies - Chairmen Sir Jack, Edward St. George and President Sir Albert of the Grand Bahama Port Authority were speaking at a function and they jokingly said they will be around until the end of the Hawksbill Creek Agreement in 2054. It was a good laugh, but it made me think.... what of the vision of Grand Bahama.

This year both Sir Jack and Sir Albert died, but Sir Albert had retired some time before.

As we say farewell to Sir Albert we do remember his life.

According to his biography, he was born in Long Island on February 19, 1926.

He joined the Royal Bahamas Police Force in 1943 and rose from detective corporal to deputy commissioner in 1968. He also acted as Commissioner of Police on five occasions.

A former Co-chairman of the Grand Bahama Port Authority Ltd. and Group of Companies, Sir Albert was named the 1998 Business Person of the Year by The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce.

He is no stranger to the Queen’s honours; He is a Member of British Empire, received the Queen’s Police Medal, the Colonial Police Medal, and the Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

In 2002, he received the prestigious Knighthood award from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in her New Years Honours list.

He was the past president of the East Nassau Rotary Club and of the Freeport Rotary Club, Chairman of the Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board, Honorary Chairman of the Junior Achievement of Grand Bahama, member of the Anglican Diocesan Finance Committee and former member of the Salvation Army Board.

Sir Albert served as a Director of the Solomon Brothers Ltd., Pepsi-Cola (Bahamas) Bottling Company Ltd., Grand Bahama Utilities Limited and the Freeport Oil Company.

He served as Chairman of The Bahamas Electricity Corporation from 1992 to 1994, and assumed the
Chairmanship of The Bahamas Telecommunication Corporation in 1994.




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