Dr Cliff Bertrand is fortunate to have been on both sides of the
sporting and education divide, as a Trinidad & Tobago Olympian and a
New York City School Administrator. He did his undergraduate work at
New York University, graduate work at Brooklyn College, New York
University and Columbia University where he accumulated quite a
vocabulary of experiences. Arima-born and bred, Dr Bertrand was moulded
at Arima Boys RC, Ideal and Progressive High Schools, where he excelled
in football and track. He was a member of the only West Indian team
which took part in the 1960 Rome Olympics and returned fours years later
at the Tokyo Games, Japan, as a member of the T&T team. He was also
the founder of the Abilene Wildcats Athletic Club and a former NCAA
Division One head coach.
