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Farewell to a Legend: Teddy Tucker 1925-2014
We at The Bermudian are saddened by the passing of Teddy Tucker. His adventures, conquests and contributions to Bermuda were covered frequently in our pages. He will be missed but always remembered. To quote James Ziral wrote of him in The Bermudian in 1990, "His open smile and willingness to accommodate those with a genuine interest in the sea are testament to the character of a man whose resourcefulness and individuality set him apart. He is, like the sea,…
Andrew Stevenson, "Bermuda's Whale Man"
Eight seasons ago he didn't know what kind of whales migrated past Bermuda. After completing his one-hour documentary "Where the Whales Sing" and an illustrated coffee table book published in the UK and USA, he has now spent more time…
Edna Watson Earns Her Place in History
As the heroine of a flying boat crash, a history-making parliamentarian and a social reformer, Edna Watson received many plaudits during her lifetime. So it was fitting that on July 19, 2013, nearly 40 years after her death, she received…
Committed to College, Committed to Kids
Robin O'Neil and her partner, Lisa Symonds, decided, in the summer of 2007, that there needed to be a better way to connect students, parents and schools in Bermuda to colleges. O'Neil founded Passports to College in Maryland in 2005,…
Tracy Howes
Tracy Howes got her lucky break at just 19 when Brenda Samuels at IFA (now Bank of New York) took a chance on her and offered the young woman her first position as a team assistant. Now 31, Howes has…
Tyler Owen
Tyler Owen is a poster boy for the merits of pulling your socks up. At 22, after a youth during which he admits he "had unrealistic expectations of what it took to become successful" and "was not always engaged in…