Joachim Mark died at a New York hospital late Friday night. He was 65.
Mr. Mark was among honourees at Grenada's 35th Anniversary of Independence Celebrations in New York in February.
He was cited as among the first batch of 43 students to attend the St. Andrew's Anglican Secondary School when it opened its doors on April 12, 1942.
Mr. Mark migrated to the United States in 1958 where he studied at Howard University for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and then graduate studies at City College, New York.
Upon graduating from Howard University, he worked for Andrews and Clarke Engineering Consultants, New York, and was assigned to the construction of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York. Up until his retirement in 1998, he was a civil engineer with the NYC Department of Highways.
However, Mr. Mark will be best known for his active involvement in the community in New York where he held membership in a number of voluntary organisations including the Grenada Independence Celebrations Committee which he headed between 1993 and 1995.
He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Bernice of River Sallee and his two children Kervyn, a supervising Public Health Inspector with the NYC Department of Health and Robin who works as a Cash Analyst for Barnes and Noble, New York.
Citations credits: Grenada Independence Celebrations Committee, NY
Archived interview with George Grant is on this link:
http://www.grenadabroadcast.com/content/view/2530/28/
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He was a good man. I remember him quite well. He taught us in first standard in Strachan school. If one didn't understand something, he was the kind of fellow who would say, lets try it another way, and do a different approach unlike the idiot Errol Strachan who took John Brown and sent it across your back with steady blows. We had students like Mosely and Juanita Mona, Diana Lott, Simon Rennie, Laurence Williams aka Laurie Joseph, O'connell Donovan aka O'connell Bell, Godfrey Sawney, Clifford Langdon, Gordon Thomas. On behalf of these students, I wish to extend our heartfelt sympathy, and deep condolences to the family at their great loss. I have never heard him say an unkind word to anyone. He was a decent man who was always willing to extend his hand and help out his fellow Grenadian. He will be truly missed.
