The gentleman turns 81 on June 3 Source:Sunday Island “Tough fearless and determined. Splendid games record, distinct powers of leadership with a strong sense of human and a gay debonair charm” wrote the headmaster, while the Principal of Trinity, in emphatic endorsement added “He has made a valuable contribution to the school, and I am sure he will do the same for his country.” These were the sentiments on Ken Murray’s school leaving certificate as he joined a band of sportsmen in 1961, to pursue a career in planting. As expected he took to his first billet on Frotoft Group in Ramboda like a duck to water! An incomparable Summer  It was an era when reputed Agency Houses, as  Whittalls, George Steuarts, Carsons and Aitken Spence, managed plantations owned  mainly by Sterling and Rupee Companies; a period that was undoubtedly the finest Summer for the Industry. A career had begun ...