This is based on a history by Agnes Niyekawa written probably in 1995 or 1996, supplemented with documents from the following years. Corrections and additions are most welcome.
Following up on a suggestion made by Chancellor Dick Kosaki at a reception for retirees in the Spring of 1985, one Wytze Gorter sent out 341 questionnaires to retired faculty on September 16th to gauge their interest in establishing a retiree’s association. All but five of the 201 who responded supported the idea. All but one of them were willing to pay “as much as $5” dues, and 75 volunteered to help organize and/or operate the association.
Officers and Board members, 2015-2016
Elected Officers
President:
LaRene Despain
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Bob Campbell
Elected Members-at-Large
Ex-Officio Members and Committee Chairs
John B. Hall, Immediate Past President
Bart Mathias, Webmaster, Newsletter Editor
Ced Cowing, Program
Bob Campbell, Membership (UH Foundation)
Activities
09-15 Dr. Kathryn Waddell Takara, “Being a Black Faculty Member at UH Manoa”
10-04 Dr. Neal Milner, “Hawaii Issues in the 2016 Election”
11-15 Dr. Carole Mandryk, “Interdisciplinary Explorations: From the First Peopling of the New World to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute”
12-13 James Rumford, “Exploring the World of James Rumford”
01-08 Dr. R. Brent Tully, “What’s Up in the Universe”
02-14 Richard Borreca, “Hawai`i Political Update (Before the Fun Starts)”
03-14 Dr. Shana Brown, “An Intellectual History of Women in 19th Century China”
04-11 Dr. Margaret Perkinson, on Aging.
05-09 Dan Boylan, “Legislative Politics in an Odd-Numbered Year”