David Molloy, along with Pastor Vincent Gordon, was very instrumental in my going to college at the time I did (Fall 1972). He was my high school teacher of Afro-Caribbean literature at St Croix Central High School for Fall 1971, a class that made many of the students become "black conscious." I cannot fully tell the depth of knowledge we were exposed to and the way he tried to instill in us the desire to use the exposure to help uplift the race.
When Mr. Molloy saw that I was the only senior not filling out college application forms he brought it to the attention of Pastor Gordon and they both spoke with me, wanting to know why I was not applying to college. When I replied that my mother did not have money to send me to college they both replied that she did not have to have the money and that I can borrow the money and pay it back after I graduated. I did not even know you could do that. They both said that I had to go to college and that I had too much potential to hang around St. Croix after high school, perhaps getting into mischief.
They both took it upon themselves to procure applications and they handled everything, including the loan applications. All I had to do was just sign papers and later report to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. The rest is history, as they say. Not only did I graduate Lincoln in 4 years but I also later acquired a masters degree in secondary education from the City University of New York as well as a law degree (JD) from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. I have had a career both in education, including a brief stint on the college level, and as an attorney at law, some of it in St. Croix.
The last time I saw Mr. Molloy was in 1995 in the parking lot of the Golden Rock Shopping Center in St Croix. Mr. Molloy was a walking source of knowledge on almost any topic. He was a very intelligent person and many students learned much from him, even outside the classroom. He was very well read and he encouraged students to likewise read a lot. He also encouraged students to try to keep in touch with each other after we have gone our separate ways. I owe David A. Molloy a debt of gratitude and I trust that he found eternal rest in Christ before he departed. Thank you, Mr. Molloy. RIP. Thank you also, Pastor Gordon, my 12th grade English teacher, as well as your late wife, Mrs Vineta Gordon, my 11th grade English teacher. May she also RIP. Stanley Alexander George III, Esq., Chief Sports Agent for Unique Sports Agency in Brooklyn, NY [contact link]
When Mr. Molloy saw that I was the only senior not filling out college application forms he brought it to the attention of Pastor Gordon and they both spoke with me, wanting to know why I was not applying to college. When I replied that my mother did not have money to send me to college they both replied that she did not have to have the money and that I can borrow the money and pay it back after I graduated. I did not even know you could do that. They both said that I had to go to college and that I had too much potential to hang around St. Croix after high school, perhaps getting into mischief.
They both took it upon themselves to procure applications and they handled everything, including the loan applications. All I had to do was just sign papers and later report to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. The rest is history, as they say. Not only did I graduate Lincoln in 4 years but I also later acquired a masters degree in secondary education from the City University of New York as well as a law degree (JD) from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. I have had a career both in education, including a brief stint on the college level, and as an attorney at law, some of it in St. Croix.
The last time I saw Mr. Molloy was in 1995 in the parking lot of the Golden Rock Shopping Center in St Croix. Mr. Molloy was a walking source of knowledge on almost any topic. He was a very intelligent person and many students learned much from him, even outside the classroom. He was very well read and he encouraged students to likewise read a lot. He also encouraged students to try to keep in touch with each other after we have gone our separate ways. I owe David A. Molloy a debt of gratitude and I trust that he found eternal rest in Christ before he departed. Thank you, Mr. Molloy. RIP. Thank you also, Pastor Gordon, my 12th grade English teacher, as well as your late wife, Mrs Vineta Gordon, my 11th grade English teacher. May she also RIP. Stanley Alexander George III, Esq., Chief Sports Agent for Unique Sports Agency in Brooklyn, NY [contact link]
