Posted on: Friday, March 28, 2003
Awards
Two students at conference
Randy Compton of Castle High School and Kristen Kimokeo of Campbell High School were among 102 high school students from across the nation — two from each state and the District of Columbia — selected to participate in the recent Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program in Washington, D.C. Each of the students pursuing journalism careers receives a $1,000 college scholarship.
Student wins scholarship
University of Hawai'i junior Stanley K.T. Lee is one of eight college juniors in the nation selected to receive a one-year scholarship offered by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Freedom Forum. The forum is a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation dedicated to free press and speech. The scholarship program is designed to foster freedoms of speech and press, while also promoting quality sports journalism education at the collegiate level.
Lee was sports editor for the McKinley High School campus newspaper and has written for the UH-Manoa campus newspaper, Ka Leo O Hawai'i, since his freshman year. Last year, he was also a sports contributor for the Associated Press.
Group names new leaders
Child and Family Service has announced new officers and board of directors: chairman, Stephen MacMillan, chief executive officer, James Campbell Estate; first vice chairman, Robert Ponder, vice president, Time Warner Oceanic Cable; vice chairman, Lori Lum, director of government relations, Watanabe Ing Kawashima & Komeji; secretary, Carol Ai May, vice president, City Mill; treasurer, Joanie Shibuya, investment manager, Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA); and Geri Marullo, president of Child and Family Service.
New directors include Stephanie Ackerman, senior vice president, external affairs, Aloha Airlines; Sam Ainslie, president, WB Kukio Resorts (Kailua, Kona, Hawai'i); Gen. Dwight M. Kealoha (ret.), director, Pauahi Leadership Institute, The Kamehameha Schools; Lynn McCrory, president of PAHIO Resorts (Kaua'i); and Paul J. Meyer, executive vice president, Maui Land and Pineapple Ltd.
City technology chief honored
Courtney Harrington, city director of information technology, has been recognized as one of the nation's leading specialists in the area of government information technology for "creating one of the most digitally advanced cities in the country," according to Government Technology magazine.
Honorees, listed in the magazine's second annual Top 25 issue, published this month, were selected from a broad range of legislators, chief information officers, mayors, governors and others.
Mayor Jeremy Harris credited Harrington with engineering development of Honolulu's award-winning Web site.
Over the past two years, the annual Digital Cities Survey, sponsored by the Center for Digital Government, has ranked Honolulu No. 1 in the nation in use of digital technology to improve delivery of government services. Honolulu's Web site was also ranked first among cities with populations of 250,000 to 500,000 by the Civic Resource Center in 2001.
