Posted on: Thursday, November 4, 2004
Salutes
Advertiser Staff
UH alumni group names officers
The University of Hawai'i Alumni Association has announced officers and directors for 2004-05. They are: president, Karl Fujii; first vice president, Janet Yoshida, senior director of sales and marketing with Hawaiian Airlines; second vice president, Ren Hirose, regional director for Starwood Hotels and Resorts; new directors, Howard Dashefsky, news anchor with News 8; Mitchell Kaaiali, manager of First Hawaiian Bank's Manoa branch; Stephanie Nagata, associate director, Office of Mauna Kea Management, UH-Hilo; and Alan Wong, master chef of Hawai'i Regional Cuisine.
Continuing directors include: Sharlene Chun-Lum, Susan Doyle, Hubert Everly, Wayne Hamano, Randal Hashimoto, Doug Inouye, Arnold Kishi, Diane Kodama, Riley Mende, Thelma Nip, Marlon Rimando, Clyde Shiigi, Howard Todo, Sharene Urakami, Eric Yeaman and Steven Yoda.
USS Crommelin officer honored
Lt. Courtney Minetree of the U.S. Navy was given the 2004 Captain Joy Bright Hancock Leadership Award last summer in Washington, D.C., for her service aboard the Pearl Harbor-based USS Crommelin.
The annual award is presented to two women — one officer and one enlistee — from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard at the annual National Women Officers Professional Association Symposium.
Cmdr. Donald Hodge, Crommelin's commanding officer, said: "Her drive, determination, thirst for knowledge, and her strong desire to take care of her division all made Crommelin stronger."
HPU acting dean named to council
Dr. Carlos Juarez, acting dean of the College of International Studies and associate professor of political science at Hawai'i Pacific University, has been appointed to the board of governors of the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council.
Juarez received his Ph.D. from UCLA and joined HPU in 1997. His research focuses on comparative political economy of developing countries.
He was a Fulbright scholar to Mexico in 2000 and a Fulbright senior specialist to the Czech Republic in 2003, and is president of the Fulbright Association Hawai'i state chapter. Correction: Karl Fujii is 2004-2005 president of the University of Hawai'i Alumni Association. Mitchell Kaaialii is manager of First Hawaiian Bank's Manoa branch. Information in an item in a previous version of this column was incorrect.
