Posted on: Friday, January 17, 2003
Highlights of Gladys Kamakakuokalani 'Ainoa Brandt's life:
• Gladys Brandt, champion of Hawaiian culture
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| In 1960, as the only female high school principal in Hawai'i at the time, Brandt said she found her job challenging but satisfying. She completed her career as an administrator. |
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| In 1963, Brandt became the principal of the Kamehameha School for Girls but always kept in close contact with the students. She retired in 1971. |
• Became the first woman to be district superintendent of schools in 1962.
• Named principal of the Kamehameha School for Girls in 1963 and director of the High Schools Division in 1969, presiding over the merging of the two campuses.
• Served on the University of Hawai'i Board of Regents from 1983-1989, including four years as its chairperson. Under her leadership the Center for Hawaiian Studies was launched, and named in her honor last year.
• Served two terms as a trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in 1998 and 2000.
• Spent more than 40 years as an educator, beginning her career as a teacher in the Ke'anae, Maui public schools but spending most of her early years on Kaua'i, where she was named the first Business Woman of the Year in the 1950s while serving as principal of Kapa'a High and Elementary School. She completed her years as an administrator on O'ahu.
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Brandt received the David Malo Award from the Rotary Club for perpetuating Hawaiian culture in 1982. |
Brandt was a lifelong supporter of education, working in the field for more than 40 years. |
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| Gov. Ben Cayetano appointed Brandt to fill a vacancy on the OHA board of trustees in 1998. |
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The University of Hawai'i's Center for Hawaiian Studies, which Brandt helped launch, was named in her honor during a ceremony last year that included then-Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono, center left, and UH President Evan Dobelle, center right.
The Honolulu Advertiser |
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