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Lyndon Martin W. Beharry is an individual born in Port of Spain in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on February 7, 1965. He works as an instructor at University and high school pedagogy; and as a financial analyst/quant, business valuation and Monte Carlo simulation consultant, and optimization scenario modeler.
In the late 1960's, Lyndon and his parents immigrated to the United States of America. Lyndon attended private parochial grammar schools in Queens, NY (Blessed Sacrament School), and in Irvington, NJ (St. Paul the Apostle School). Union Catholic High School (Scotch Plains, NJ) prepared Lyndon for University studies and beyond.
Lyndon attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied the Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences alongside an exceptional cohort. This eclectic mix of study and student body engendered a unique and seemingly peculiar world-view. And though he graduated with a degree in International Studies, Lyndon came to view human interaction and the entire world system as subordinated to the physical and bio-chemical forces governing the evolution of the cosmos. His undergraduate thesis: The Persian Revolution: the Politics of Religion in Twentieth Century Iran (Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, International Relations: 1988) reviewed the politicization of Shi'ite Islam in Persia; suggesting that if not for colonial powers Britain and Russia's rivalry and economic intrusions into early Twentieth Century Persia, Iran's 1905 democratic revolution may have succeeded.
Armed with a BA from Johns Hopkins University (1988) focused in International Studies and Economics with minor studies in Natural Sciences, Lyndon worked in financial services as a commercial insurance broker/risk management professional. From 1989 through 2000 he served the business community in Baltimore Maryland and Washington DC/Northern Virginia corridor, including many international and multinational corporate clients. Unfortunately, in the late 1980s and early 1990s many financial services firms were overtly prejudiced against people of color in business. Mr. Beharry struggled under discrimination at Alexander & Alexander of Baltimore, Maryland (now Aon Corp.) and Johnson & Higgins of Washington, DC (now Marsh McClennan). When not at work or at graduate studies at George Mason University School of Management, Lyndon volunteered with various social service groups ranging from teaching/tutoring, food banks, and elderly assistance programs.
While working full-time, Mr. Beharry excelled in his Master's studies in Business Administration: Finance and International Finance at George Mason University School of Management in Fairfax, Virginia (focused heavily upon financial modeling and simulation), He completed the MBA in December 1999. After a four-month cross-country motorcycle journey exploring the United States, Lyndon enrolled at Marshall Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia (August 2000). This period marked a turning point, forcing the young scholar to query his ambition and volition to manage U.S. corporate structures from the top. Ultimately, the intense queries regarding U.S. property rights, corporate structures, and agency problem forced Lyndon to engage a total reassessment of U.S. socio-economics. He suffered a mental breakdown accompanied by deep depression, and spent the next year seeking vocation to improve self and society. In late 2002, Lyndon Martin W. Beharry left the United States for opportunities abroad.
Lyndon credits Joseph Campbell's work on society and myth for sparking the initial inquiry into relationships among physical laws and social behavior. Lars-Erik Cederman's applications of physical principles and game theory to social systems and James Gleick's synthesis of complexity/chaos theory also contributed to Mr. Beharry's world view. Drawing heavily from study of the work of Jeremy McInerney, Bart Ehrman, Philip Daileader, and Thomas Childers, Mr. Beharry has taught advanced high school and college level world history covering Greco-Roman antiquity through the Industrial Revolution period and the Age of Nationalism. Lyndon's experiences and education have solidified his theological views to Secular Humanism; but he continues to study history of religion to grow awareness of the roles religion plays in molding social groupings at the clan, tribal, community, and national levels.
Mr. Beharry permanently relocated to the Republic of Mongolia in 2005. After many years of professional teaching and consulting, Mr. Beharry continues his education and work to fine-tune his creativity in scholarship and writing style. Lyndon Martin W. Beharry currently teaches at German Mongolian Institute of Resources and Technology. Since 2010, he has focused his skills to research protocols with significant bearing upon Mongolia's economic development. His current research interests include Monte Carlo simulation of minerals prices affecting Mongolian GDP; and the reduction of volatility to GDP by creating a balanced portfolio of cash-generating assets for Republic of Mongolia.