The Uni­ver­si­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (UTT) made his­to­ry yes­ter­day when 82-year-old Jack Austin Warn­er—for­mer FI­FA vice-pres­i­dent, busi­ness­man, and politi­cian—was award­ed a Doc­tor of Phi­los­o­phy, be­com­ing the old­est PhD grad­u­ate in the in­sti­tu­tion’s his­to­ry.

Warn­er’s achieve­ment drew a stand­ing ova­tion from the 2025 grad­u­at­ing class, fac­ul­ty, and dig­ni­taries, in­clud­ing Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo.

Speak­ing af­ter re­ceiv­ing his doc­tor­ate, Dr Warn­er said he hoped his ac­com­plish­ment would in­spire young peo­ple.