Two new honorary fellows have been inducted into the Company of Honorary Fellows.

Cummings Zuill and Gary Phillips became Bermuda College’s latest inductees at ceremonies that took place on Saturday at the Coco Reefs Hotel and Resort.

Both were recognised for dedicated public service and philanthropic pioneering.

Mr Zuill graduated from Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1962.

He joined the Bank of Bermuda immediately after graduating and, in 1973, was sent to Guernsey by the bank to open its first overseas office.

This was followed by a three-year stay in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for the successful opening of the bank’s second overseas office.

In 1981, he was promoted to the bank’s executive management team. When he retired early in 2000, he held the position of senior vice-president.

Over the years, Mr Zuill has served as a director of numerous international companies and charitable organisations, including the highly respected and influential Atlantic Philanthropies, dedicated to bringing about lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout the world.

In the New Year’s Honours List of December 2007, Mr Zuill was awarded an MBE for his service to the community.

Mr Phillips graduated from the Berkeley Institute in 1962 and enrolled as a student of French Studies at the Institut Britannique de Paris before transferring to the Sorbonne to pursue studies in Phonetics and Linguistics.

After graduating from the Sorbonne in 1968, he remained in Paris, employed first as a lecturer in linguistics at University of Paris and then as an instructor of English at a comprehensive school in the Paris suburbs.

He returned to Bermuda in 1971 to join the staff of the Berkeley Institute as a teacher of GCE O-level French, remaining there until 1978. He developed the Speech and Drama Department and was the founding teacher member of the Berkeley PTSA.

In 1978, his career path took a sharp turn as he joined the Bermuda Public Service, first as operations manager, then assistant postmaster general and postmaster general in 1982, before moving to the Department of Tourism in 1986 as director.

In October 1988, Mr Phillips had a six-month assignment as acting secretary to the Cabinet.

Mr Phillips has been, and continues to be on occasions, the lead negotiator for the Bermuda Government in many collective bargaining agreements, including those with the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Bermuda Union of Teachers.

His involvement in the business world has included being a Consultant to Royal Caribbean Cruise Line on Government Relations and serving as a director of KeyTech since 2000, becoming chairman of that Group of Companies from 2013 to the present.

He has always been heavily involved in community affairs, particularly the arts. He is the chairman of the Bermuda National Gallery; past chairman of The Bermuda Dance Company; co-historian, researcher, advocate and promoter, with his wife Patricia Phillips, of Bermuda’s folkloric dance, specifically The Gombeys. He is also a past chairman of the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association, and secretary of the board of Governors of The Berkeley Institute.

In recognition of his dedication to public and community service, Mr Phillips was made an OBE in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List.