Dr. Paul Vincent Sequeira, 80, of New Britain died Friday (Dec. 11, 2020) at the Hospital of Central CT. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya where he served in the 11th Battalion of the King’s African Rifles, and worked for the game department protecting the wildlife. He received a scholarship that allowed him to move […]
New Britain Herald
Dr. Paul Vincent Sequeira, 80, of New Britain died Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at the Hospital of Central Conn.
He was born in Nairobi, Kenya where he served in the 11th Battalion of the King’s African Rifles, and worked for the game department protecting the wildlife. He received a scholarship that allowed him to move to New York to attend Adelphi University. He would transition from a career in biology, to his true passion of education. While working in the New York public schools for over 25 years as a teacher, principal, and superintendent he would earn his doctorate degree in education from Columbia University. After teaching at Western Connecticut State University he moved to Connecticut to serve as the Superintendent of Schools in New Britain, and sixteen years guiding the development of Waterbury public schools. He served on boards of the Hospital of Central Conn., Teikyo Post University, and was a member of the esteemed New Britain Saturday Night Club.