 Born and raised in Saint Andrew Parish in Jamaica, Noah Nicholas Perry graduated from Kingston College (high school) in Kingston, Jamaica, and worked at the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union before immigrating to the United States in 1971.The following year he volunteered for the United States Army, from which he was honorably discharged at the rank of Specialist Five in 1978 after having served as an active-duty serviceman for two years and inactive reserve for four years.Perry graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A.