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| Outstanding Bahamians: Etienne Dupuch |
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 Sir Étienne Dupuch, OBEActive: February 16th , 1899 - August 23rd , 1991 Accomplishments: Sir Etienne, whose accolades includes: member of the Order of The British Empire, Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and received papal knighthood from Pope Pius XII (Order of St Gregory The Great), served as editor of the Nassau Tribune since 1919 and was named in the Guinness Book of World Records as “Longest Serving Editor” and listed among the three greatest Bahamians of the 20th Century in a millennium poll in the 2000. His slogan which was by his father, Leon Dupuch, ‘Being Bound to Swear to The Dogmas of no Master,’ can still be seen in The Tribune today. Among Sir Etienne's proteges were Oswald Brown, who went on to become managing editor of both The Nassau Guardian and The Freeport News, and John Marquis, the award-winning British journalist who worked as a political reporter on both The Nassau Guardian and The Tribune in the 1960s and returned to the Bahamas in 1999 as The Tribune's managing editor. Most prominent Bahamian journalists learned their craft under his tutelage, including the current Governor-General of The Bahamas, Sir Arthur Foulkes. Sir Etienne published two books, including The Tribune Story, about his struggle to keep his paper afloat in the face of enormous odds while raising a young family. At age 73 Sir Etienne relinquished control of The Tribune which he started in 1903 as a four page newspaper to his daughter Eileen, Barrister and Graduate of Columbia University Famed School of Journalism. She remains publisher and head of a media empire which includes radio stations such as Y98 and 100Jamz.
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