Harold Davis, a former Chair-man of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), died early yesterday morning.
Davis passed in his sleep at his New Market Street, Georgetown residence. He was 88-years-old and died just a few weeks short of his birthday, which he would have celebrated on September 16th.
When the sugar company was nationalized in 1976, Davis was sworn in as its first Chairman. He had worked previously with the corporation, then named Bookers Sugar Esta
tes Limited from 1959. He served as chairman until his retirement in 1990. In that same
