The National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and
Technology (NIHERST) of Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean Council
for Science and Technology (CCST) have published a fine booklet, the
result of two years of research into chosen Icons in the Caribbean.
The publication tells the story of Caribbean scientists, science
educators and professionals in science-related fields, describing their
discoveries and contributions, while showing the scientific principles
underlying their life’s work.
This second volume continues the series first started in 2005 by
profiling 38 outstanding individuals who have excelled in science and
science-related fields. These achievers represent 11 countries in the
Caribbean, and their stories span more than 150 years of Caribbean
history.
Mr. Noel, like the other 37 Icons, is a testament to the boundless
potential of Caribbean people who represent such a small fraction of
the world’s population. He, like the others, has used the environment
around him to triumph and create something new and untried. We hope
that his achievement and the acknowledgement of it will inspire our
youth to shine in their respective fields and to become the Caribbean
Icons of this new century.
Grenadians have, for some time, recognised his work and his
contribution – his Nut-med Spray, widely accepted in the region and
beyond, his Noni Juice, Lemon Grass tea,Petite Bum, Lignum vitae and
the recent Hand Sanitizer. But, it makes them doubly proud to see that
his achievements have been recognised in the wider Caribbean, and they
are delighted with the choice that NIHERST and CCST have made in naming
him among the Caribbean Icons and Trailblazers
As a son of the soil, Denis Noel has indeed done Grenada proud!.
