Dedicated to JC’s development
DR CLIVE Lai, MBBS, DM (O&G), FACOG, was born and raised in Jamaica. He attended Jamaica College from 19681975, where he was involved in several extracurricular activities, including table tennis and Schools’ Challenge Quiz. He was president of the Hiking Club; and house captain for both Murray and Cowper houses. Lai’s ascendancy to these early positions of leadership was a prelude to greater things that he would achieve. He was accomplished academically from an early age as was evidenced when he became Spelling Bee champion of Jamaica in 1968.
After leaving JC, he enrolled at the University of the West Indies, where he obtained his doctorate in medicine (OB/GYN) in 1987.
Dr Lai is renowned in the medical fraternity and has held many positions in the field. He is president of the Medical Association of Jamaica.
Dr Lai has served the JC community for most of his adult life by giving of his financial resources and his time. For many years, he took time out to teach extra-lessons in maths at JC.
He has also served on several school and hospital boards, especially in the Mandeville area.
For his generosity in donating his time and resources for the development of his alma mater and the nation at large, Dr Lai will be honoured at this year’s staging of the Carlton Alexander Awards.
Below are some of the positions he has served in:
I Currently the president of the
Medical Association of Jamaica.
I Past chairman of Medical Staff of Hargreaves Memorial Hospital.
I Past member of the board of
Hargreaves Memorial Hospital.
I Member of the board of Mount St
Joseph Kinder-Prep School.
I Past member of the board of the Bishop Gibson High School for Girls.
I Past Parent-Teacher Association president for the Mt St Joseph Prep and Bishop Gibson High schools.
I National spell master and word master for The Gleaner’s Spelling Bee Competition since 2004.
I Church elder and marriage officer at the Mandeville Bible Chapel. Lai accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour at Jamaica College while in sixth form.
CARLTON ALEXANDER AWARD HONOUREE: DR CLIVE LAI For his generosity in donating his time and resources for the development of his alma mater and the nation at large, Dr Clive Lai will be honoured at this year’s staging of the Carlton Alexander Awards.