The history of today
DECEMBER 25 |
||
|
|
|||
1979: Thomas Hamilton, who was the popular and highly regarded president of the University of Hawai'i during what has been called the institution's "Golden Age" in the 1960s, dies at the age of 65. He arrived at UH in 1963 from the presidency of the State University of New York and led during a period of accomplishment and modernization at UH.
2001: Myron B. "Pinky" Thompson, who fought for the betterment of Native Hawaiians for more than 30 years, dies at the age of 70. He was a former Bishop Estate trustee, helped create the Hawaiian Health Care System and stepped forward in 1977 to revitalize the Polynesian Voyaging Society. He also helped create Alu Like to get federal money to help Native Hawaiians in job training, health, housing, education and native rights.
Warning: include(/www/today/ln/150historycal.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /srv/users/thaarchives/apps/thaarchives/public/2006/Dec/25/ln/150history.html on line 48
Warning: include(): Failed opening '/www/today/ln/150historycal.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/opt/sp/php7.4/lib/php') in /srv/users/thaarchives/apps/thaarchives/public/2006/Dec/25/ln/150history.html on line 48