Terry Gobin was a good family friend. He was kind and compassionate and would go out of his way to help anyone. This is how I met Terry for the first time. My car would not start while I was parked in the parking lot of Dominick's Grocery Store. I called my Dad who immediately got in touch with Terry. They showed up and jumped started my car. I had never met Terry before and he came out on a very cold blustery winter evening to help me.
Another day, years later, when my Mom suffered a sudden fatal heart attack at home my Dad was confused and needed help. He did not call his son, nor his daughters, he called Terry - Terry would get him the help he needed right away. That's the kind of person was Terry. I shall always remember Terry's (and Shaira's) kindness throughout this ordeal and over the years. I admire the way he dealt with his illness. The determination and bravery he showed in helping himself. He never lost his dry wit - I shall forever miss him.

Terry was my best friend. I fully trusted Terry. I edit many conversations out of concern that they would not be understood or kept private. With Terry, I spoke freely, he understood human feelings.

Most of us know about the years he devoted to coaching soccer.
What surprised me was his knowledge of baseball, football and basketball, the players and the final scores. He kept me informed.

As others have noted, Terry died on September 11, a date we'll all remember as a day of sadness and grief. We can mourn his death on that day making sure we don't forget him.

His three children and eight grandchildren stand as testament to his love of family.

Most of the 155 slides of his life were correctly about family. My favorite was the slide showing Terry, his hands high up in the air, signaling the quarterback that he was free.

Bruce Vanderporten

Terry was my eldest brother who was very loving and caring to me. As young kids growing up, we shared the same bed. I still have memories of quarrels we had over who pulled the netting up and caused the mosquitos to come in; I also had a bad habit of playing with his ear in my sleep. Terry was very competitive, we often played softball cricket in the backyard and we were usually on opposing sides. When he was out, he did not want to give up the bat, which would lead to an argument between us, but he was so loved and respected by my friends that they would always side with him.
Terry had lots of friends. One of his friend’s parents had a cottage where they went to study and play the guitar. Terry never played the guitar but he claimed to be the singer. I have always admired Terry for dedication toward his studies’ he was a great student, and attended one of the top high schools in Guyana. Terry and his friend Keith were the first two to be awarded scholarships to study at the University of Manchester in England by the Bank of Guyana. My family was so proud of him, I remember us all going to the airport to send him off and being so proud of him.
Terry spent four years in England, in those four years my mother always baked him black cake with lot of rum; it was one of his Christmas favorites. I had to go to the post office in August to mail the cake to ensure that it arrived in time for Christmas.
I will always be grateful to Terry and Shaira for giving me the opportunity to immigrate to the US and for helping me establish a life here. Terry, was always helping in any way he could. When I first came here, we did not have a car to get around, and one of the things Terry would do for us, although he had a young family at the time, would be, to make the time to come and take us grocery shopping.
Terry was always big on education, whenever we talked his first question would be about how Annmarie was doing in school.
Terry, I know that you are with the Lord and your mother and father and sister and brother. I will forever miss talking to you.
God bless your soul
Your loving brother John

Hello Relatives and Friends, I am Arif Rayman. I have known Terry (Goobs)as a friend since we were young children.Our relationship became more family oriented when his uncle married my aunt.We we’re both skinny little runts. Maybe because of his physical stature he he wanted to portray a more macho image He aspired to become a fast bowler as we played on the ground in our backyard. As I recall he was quite effective.He was always generous and kind. To attest to his generosity,when we were about six,I was invited to spend an afternoon at his parent’s.Terry and I proceeded to play some bat and ball in the yard. He possessed a proper bat which his parents had purchased for him.He promptly gave it to me as I was returning home. I was overwhelmed and happy to receive such a gift, being accustomed to playing with home made ones. However to my great disappointment shortly after his father showed up and reclaimed the bat. As we grew older we attended St. Swithin’s Anglican School , where he won a common entrance exam scholarship to attend Queen’s College, the most prominent boys school of that time.He was a dedicated student a member of the Vreed en Hoop League of Dedicated Students, along with Walter Gunraj,Omar Bayne and others who went on to be successful Academically and Professionally and Terry was no exception. The LDS was housed in a cottage owned by the Gunraj’s. This is where studies and other not to mention activities took place.I was not a member and did not involved myself in the study part of the activities but was more than happy to be invited to the not to mention ones.After graduating with distinction in A levels from QC he attended University in Manchester England and returned as an Economist to Guyana and worked at the Bank of Guyana.These were the times when we really enjoyed good times.Having lunch at the Oasis Restaurant,playing darts on a tournament level,and playing cricket,table tennis and partying of course.
During this period he met his charming wife Shaira and proceeded to be married in 1973. In 1974 they migrated to the United States where he acquired his PhD in 1978 at the University of Illinois and went on to becoming a Professor at Loyola University in Chicago. Terry and Shira have raised three wonderful children in Melissa,Allister and Sabrina.And the rest as they say is History.

His journey of life has ended but fond memories of our friendship will forever live on.
Rest In Peace my friend until we meet again.

Terry Gobin was a valued colleague with many friends both at Quinlan and the College of Arts and Sciences. He was also a beloved teacher of economics and public finance whose affable personality, enthusiasm for teaching, and economic insights were enjoyed by more than 10,000 students at both our Water Tower and Lake Shore campuses during his 42-year career at Loyola.

He will be remembered for his generous, kind, and caring personality and especially for his great sense of humor. He enjoyed writing letters of recommendation for his students to help them achieve their professional aspirations, and in Economics Department meetings, he always reported news about the successes and accomplishments of his former students.

We will miss his brilliant mind, love for teaching and generous help to all his friends. We are blessed for having worked with him and will remember him with much gratitude. His colleagues at Quinlan join his great family to celebrate the wonderful life of Terry.

Remembering Terry (Goobs)
1947- 2022
Roy Terry Gobin (or Goobs as he was fondly called by his friends) grew up on New Road Vreed -en-Hoop, Guyana, a few houses down the road from mine.
He attended St .Swithin’s Anglican Elementary School in Vreed-en-Hoop and High school at the prestigious Queen’s College in Georgetown. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Manchester in England on a Guyana Government Scholarship and did his PhD in economics at the University of Illinois Urbana Champagne. He then was a professor at Loyola university in Chicago where he taught economics.

Terry demonstrated four main core values that defined him.
1 . Generosity of spirit
Growing up In our small village, he shared his special treats (salara, sugar cakes, and jelabi ) from Aunty Mariam’s cake shop, black pudding and souse from Mrs Mabel ‘s stand, and hard roasted, soft boiled or fried Chana from Chana boy Harrys. He shared his toys, board games, bat and ball, marbles etc. with those showing up for games without their own. He would also provide us with extra kite paper and twine ‘liberated’ from his Dad’s hardware store during the kite flying season. He would even give new exercise books or pencils (again liberated from his father’s store ) to a few classmates whose parents could not afford to buy them at the beginning of the new school year.

2 Industrious and tenacious
Terry was hard working and focused on anything he pursued. Whether it was playing marbles, dominoes, cricket, weight training or The League of Dedicated Students (LDS )club activities. During Elementary School, he was considered a future scholar by Mr Khan our head master and was selected to take extracurricular lessons. This meant more home work and less free time to play with friends

3 Character
Goobs was dependable, humble and unassuming. He was an unselfish team player, a loyal friend and an overall stand up nice guy. As a member of the Inner Circle of our LDS club, he was present and punctual at most club meetings or activities. He performed his duties with enthusiasm, alacrity and dispatch. He was smart, focused and was willing to share his knowledge and insights while we studied for exams, burning the “midnight oil” into the wee hours of the morning, keeping awake on strong LDS brewed “watchman “coffee.

4 Adventurous
Goobs not only studied hard, but he also played and partied hard. He was a fun guy to be around. He had a mischievous sense of humor and pulled off a lot of pranks at our expense. He was curious, took chances and was enthusiastically adventurous . On weekends after our home work and house chores were done and without our parents knowledge, we would sneak off to the forbidden middlewalk dam and learn to swim at the Rayman’s Punt trench avoiding the polluted Sideline trenches which harbored alligators. Terry along with his late sister Phillipa who acted as our “look out,” joined us on frequent forays into our neighbors backyards to steal fruits. (Mrs Grantham had the biggest and sweetest five finger fruits in the village. Mrs De La Para had the best Ginnips and star apples and Ma Pile had a variety of mangoes and the largest sapadillos.) Occasionally we would catch any wandering neighbor’s stray chicken or duck for our backyard weekend “cook up”. On some Sundays when there was an Indian village wedding we would attend (invited or not ) dance the gurrup to bangra and tassa drums and receive free food cooked in large iron cauldrons and blessed by the pundit. It was an even greater treat taking home prasad (blessed religious sweets) in little brown bags.
As an alter boy, one of Terry’s inside tasks was to skim off some of Father Jones’s communion wine in a coke bottle to share with us. He diluted the remainder with water. His measuring skills were so precise that Father Jones was none the wiser. Then on Sunday mornings we attended Church and asked God to forgive us for our wayward ways.

And so my boyhood friend, LDS inner circle member, loving husband, father and grandfather, scholar, professor, teacher and mentor to many, now that you have passed on into the ether, we will all miss your life’s essence, your humility, your generosity and your kind, gentle and caring spirit.
You have indeed made the world a better place.

Godspeed my good friend and compatriot.
Your life has been a blessing and your memory a benediction.
Sincerely,
Omar Bayne MD. FRCS(c)( Butch)
Kathi and Family.
☝❤️

On behalf of the Ally Khan’s family, I would like to extend our deepest condolences for our beloved brother-in-law.

Terry met our sister Shaira about 52 years ago and over the years he has become an integral part of the family. I can remember the early days of their relationship when he was dating my sister and would often come to our home in Triumph Village. In those days, it was quite a treat for us as we lived a
sheltered life in Guyana and any stranger in the house was a big deal as the house would be cleaned and lots of our favorite food will be prepared and we knew that there would be left overs for us. As a child, I can remember that we were not allowed in the living room when we had special guests, so we would
find ways of peeking through the keyholes or from standing on the bed head and craning our necks to see what was happening. We did catch glimpses of kissing. That was so much fun.

As the years went by, Terry was the source of lots of social activities, like going to the beach, picnics in the country side etc. We loved hanging out with him, my sister and their friends. He made our boring lives a bit more interesting. When Shaira and Terry moved to the US to study, it was a bit sad. However,
only a few years later they became US citizens and was able to sponsor our mom who in turn sponsored the rest of the family and voila, we were united again in some way. We thank Terry and Shaira for enabling this.

It is obvious to everyone that Terry had a great sense of humor and in family gathering he is the one that would be responsible for making everyone fall to the floor laughing. His ability to take any situation and find the humor in it was quite incredible. Terry also had the ability to be serious when he had to. For instance, when our brother Najir passed, none of us had the courage to give a eulogy, we called Terry on the spur of the moment and he was able to honor our brother in a way that was so perfect that he made us all sobbed.

As you can imagine, we are all very saddened that Terry was taken away from us with so much going for him in his life. He left a great legacy in the successful, kindhearted and beautiful family that he’s left behind. Their devotion to him during his life was a testimonial to the person Terry was. It
was always a pleasure to be around him and he would be missed tremendously by the whole family.

Rest in peace Terry, we will forever love and remember you.

Terry was one of the eldest of cousins on the Gobin-side of the family. He will
be remembered as being jovial, yet serious and conscientious about achieving
his academic goals. He was the first to complete University on a scholarship
and set the stage for most of us. The entire family was proud of Terry when he
returned to Guyana as an economist with the newly-formed Bank of Guyana.
But even with all the admiration, Terry remained humble.
When I first came to the US, I entered a university in Chicago to pursue a
degree in Physics. Terry advised that a degree in engineering was much more
worthwhile unless I planned to do a PhD. Fortunately, I took his advice and
never regretted it.
Terry loved his immediate family and sacrificed to see them achieve their own
academic and personal goals. He got involved in their sporting events and
even coached their teams. But Terry also loved his extended family and
friends and was always genuinely concerned about their well-being. Terry and
I had many discussions on politics, economics, sports, and a wide variety of
other topics. I learned a lot and appreciated the different perspectives that
Terry brought to the discussion.
Terry liked company and was especially happy when family were around. As a
kid, Aunty Nal remembers him as reserved, decent, and never getting into
trouble. We remember Terry as witty and always quick with a joke, even if it
was at his own expense. Our get-togethers were fun-times and always lively
with Terry’s light-hearted comments. Once Terry was in a Guyanese bakery
and bought all the tennis-rolls left in the store. When the owner objected
because none would be left for other customers, Terry quipped “I will put a
stand in front of the door and sell them for a profit”.
I clearly remember an incident when I was about 5 or 6 years old, my parents
overnighted at his parent’s house. The next day they took the ferry over to
Georgetown to do some shopping. It was starting to get dark, and I started
crying for my mom. Poor Terry was only in his early teen and had no idea of
how to comfort me. He kept saying that they will be on the next ferry, but
when they didn’t show up, I started crying again and Terry was struggling to
find other reasons. But he stayed by my side, all the while comforting me.
This incident describes Terry perfectly – he was patient, tolerant, kind, and
empathetic.
Terry will be remembered for his caring and kindness. May his Soul rise in the Glory of God.

Garth Bowen
First Cousin

Some people you meet for a short while yet bond for the rest of your life. Roy (Terry) was such a person. Us two shared a large dorm room as undergraduates at the University of Manchester, England in 1968 before getting our own rooms. Terry was very easy to get along and an abiding friendship developed even though we never met over the long years we both spent at Queens College, Guyana. Terry and I were fortunate to interact at that residence with postgraduate Caribbean students who became important political and academic leaders in their countries. We attended the Anglican (Episcopal) Trinity Church, met local Guyanese and attended social events at the Students Union.

The memories of of my warm, fun-loving friend are like a healing balm even as the sadness of losing him lingers.



Orlando Kissoon.

A Tribute to Roy Gobin

Roy Gobin (better known as Terry Gobin) grew up in the village of Vreed-en-Hoop which is located across the Demerara river. I also lived for some years in Vreed-en-Hoop and Terry and I became close friends around 1958 when we would take the steamer, the Queriman, every morning and afternoon to get to and from our school, Queens College, which was in Georgetown, the capital. The Gobins’ house was on the public road in Vreed-en-Hoop and was a
meeting point for many of us who lived a bit further along the road. We were sometimes joined by another Queens College student, Walter Gunraj, who lived nearby and who commuted to Georgetown on a daily basis.
Like all other Guyanese parents, Terry’s parents who were involved in all aspects of his life. I remember him telling us that, despite his protests, at an early age he had to perform the duties choir boy at St. Swithin’s Anglican church at the insistence of his mother, Mrs. Doreen Gobin, who was a devout Christian, in addition to being a great cook.

Starting out as students and later as professional colleagues, our lives paralleled each other for many years. We left Queens College in 1966, having done well at the GCE exams that were set and graded in England. We both started working at the same time as statistical clerks in the Research Department of the Bank of Guyana, the central bank. On the advice of our mentor, Clarence Ellis, we both applied to study economics at various universities in England. Terry left for Manchester University in 1967 and I followed in 1968. He returned to the Bank of Guyana in1970 as an Economist and I followed in 1971. During subsequent years we collaborated on a
number of research projects, many of them having to do with policies that were designed to shore up the value of the Guyana dollar which was rapidly depreciating at the time. With our newly found financial freedom, we had a good life and did the things that most young people did. But we were most interested in establishing stability in our lives and this led to Wilma and getting married on September 1, 1973 and Terry and Shaira’s wedding followed a
week later on September 8, 1973.

The next momentous change in our lives came in 1974 and 1975, when Terry and I, respectively, came to the University of Illinois to continue our studies as post-graduate students in economics. After graduating with a Ph.D, Terry was employed as an Economics professor at Loyala University in 1974 where he continued to teach until his retirement in 2020.

So much for the history. What was Terry really like as a person?
1. I would say that Terry had an abiding interest in following and understanding developments in his field of study--economics. We sometimes exchanged notes and spoke on the phone about articles that he had read in various economic journals. His approach to economics was not only theoretical, he was interested in the practical application of the analytical concepts which could be used as tools for assessing economic performance at the country level, particularly in the area of Public Finance. This interest led to numerous discussions of the economic situation in Guyana.

2. More importantly, Terry was a family man who was always there for his kids; picking them up from school, attending all their activities, and even coaching their basketball and soccer games.  He was equqlly helpful to their friends who were always asking for his curry chicken. This dedication to family continued throughout his life and was evident in the guidance and support in the educational field that he provided to his children, Melissa, Allister, and Sabrina, whose considerable professional achievements can be
traced to Terry’s commitment to the importance of acquiring a sound education. Terry was also concerned about the well-being of other family members and he did not hesitate to provide a home for his mother in her final days. He always acknowledged that he was part of a larger group for which he felt some responsibility. In this context, he encouraged his siblings to build new lives for themselves in the Chicago area where he felt he could
provide assistance, if needed. He was definitely happiest at home in familiar surroundings and demonstrated little interest in activities such as travel, unless of course Shaira took the initiative and made the necessary arrangements. The strength of Terry’s character was clearly demonstrated when he learned that he was diagnosed with a fatal illness. He accepted the medical diagnosis and prognosis of his condition calmly and made the decision to make the best of the time that remained to him. All that he
asked was to be kept at home where he would be in familiar surroundings and would be able to interact with other family members. Speaking to him on the phone became increasingly difficult as his physical and mental conditions deteriorated but Terry never complained. Instead, he would ask questions about activities others were involved in. I think that his continued interest in these mundane things brought some normalcy to his life and helped him in a way to deal with the challenges that he was facing.
During his protracted illness, Shaira, was Terry’s main support not only as the primary care-giver but also in helping Terry to accept the inevitable. Although it was difficult to tell how Terry was feeling at any point in time, it was from talking to Shaira that we were kept informed of the progression of his illness. She did what she could to provide emotional support and we are
grateful to her for arranging the gathering of family and friends for Terry’s 75 th birthday in May. While nothing was said, we all realized that this was a celebration of Terry’s life.

Terry is at peace now. While we will miss him, we have the consolation of knowing that Terry had a productive life, contributing in so many ways to the lives of those that he touched. Although he is now with God, he will continue to influence the lives of those who were close tohim.
Keith Dublin
Colleague and Friend

To TERRY
So farewell, my friend: You left us all too soon. Though not
unexpected, the end still came as a shock when I received the news
that you had “slipped the surly bonds of Earth”. And though you are
now free, you still had so much more to give and to share on this
earth - your zest for life and loving, your open friendliness to all who
came within your embracing orbit and your appreciation of the
worth of everyone. Your life was short by today’s standards of
longevity, yet your influence was long and far-reaching.
So farewell, my friend: The seeds of our friendship were sown during
the end-days of our time at Queen’s when we would chat in the sixth
form corridor. But it would be three years later when those seeds
blossomed when you joined Orlando and me at Manchester in 1967.
I remember that when you arrived you were still that bright-eyed
and jovial youngster I remembered at school. You still didn’t seem to
have a care in the world, though it was a world which was
completely new to you, but which you were nevertheless excited to
be a part of and to show your true mettle. Your ability to adapt,
survive and learn in such a different, but highly stimulating and
competitive academic milieu, kept you rooted and grounded.
So farewell, my friend: We were privileged to stand on the
shoulders, and to study the work, of giants in the world of
theoretical, applied and development Economics who previously
taught at the Manchester School - Professors Sir Arthur Lewis (Nobel
Laureate), Professor Sir John Hicks (Nobel Laureate), Professor Harry
Johnson – to name a few. Our time there as young undergraduates,
and the variety of friendships formed, undoubtedly shaped our later
lives as disciplined thinkers and problem solvers, but just as
importantly, as men, husbands and fathers.
So farewell, my friend: The love, respect and admiration we came to
have for one another at Manchester, and in the two years or so in
Guyana before you emigrated, was unspoken, but lasting. We often
discussed economic issues, agreed to disagree, but we never fell out.
The week you, me and Orlando spent on that Easter 1968 House
Party in the English Lake District (Windemere) which I organised,
along with about 26 other undergrads and post-grads, was one of the
most memorable in my life- we were happy playing cricket, going for
hikes and forging new friendships, yet found time to explore the
spiritual and religious side of life.
You were among my closest friends who celebrated my 21 st birthday
three months after you arrived in Manchester.
Years later in the ‘70’s, I recall with fondness the good times shared
with you and Shaira at Colgrain swimming pool in Georgetown
before you both emigrated. We had fun, laughter, no kids and the
rest of our lives to look forward to (we were not even 30 then).
We both eventually joined the Guyanese Diaspora- you in the States,
I in the UK. But neither of us forgot each other as we forged our
futures and raised our families in our adopted countries.
So, finally, my friend, farewell: You will never be forgotten. You
continue to live on through your family to whom you have entrusted
your legacy. When the history of outstanding Guyanese is written
you will have a place in the Pantheon of high achievers, earned on
merit. But I hope that the historians will, like Antony, assign as much
importance to the merit of your character:
“His life was gentle, and the elements
So mix’d in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world ‘This was a man!’ “
Rest in Peace, Terry.
Carl Warren
22 October 2022

In addition to everything above, Terry will be remembered for being family-oriented. He enjoyed being in the company of family. He was always happy to hear of their successes. He was especially concerned about the welfare of his kids and grandkids. He did all he could to advance their happiness and wellbeing.
Terry will be remembered for his caring and kindness. May his Soul rise in the Glory of God.