The People’s National Congress Reform has expressed condolences on the death today of renowned civil engineer Philip Anderson Desmond Allsopp.
In a statement it said that Allsopp, as a civil engineer, played key roles in advising, designing or overseeing works on major roadways and highways – including the Georgetown-Timehri; Soesdyke-Linden; Linden-Mabura; Mahaica-Rosignol and within the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Development Project. He also took part in the negotiations for the construction of the Guyana-Brazil international bridge and in talks for the Guyana-Suriname ferry.
The statement said that Allsopp was born on 8 April 1926 in Charlestown, Georgetown. He attended Queen’s College, and after leaving school, joined the Public Works Department in colonial British Guiana. He was awarded an Engineering Scholarship in 1949 to pursue civil engineering studies at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, UK.
Allsopp was appointed Ambassador to Brazil in 1990 and was awarded the Golden Arrow of Achievement (AA) for his public service.
The People’s National Congress Reform extended sincere condolences to his children.
