Updated at 9:55 p.m., Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Honolulu CC receives estate gift of more than $3M
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu Community College recently received the historic Norman Loui Estate gift of more than $3 million, the largest in HCC history. In recognition of the historic and transformational gift, the UH Board of Regents approved the renaming of the Kapalama Media Conference Center to the Norman W.H. Loui Conference Center.The gift is the largest single donation to a UH community college through the University of Hawai'i Foundation, the university's private, nonprofit partner in fundraising.
Norman W. H. Loui is one of the Loui brothers who owned Hawaiian Rent-All. Born and raised in Manoa, he attended Roosevelt High School. After winning the grand prize for a carpentry cabinet he built in school, he was inspired to study carpentry at Honolulu Community College. He passed away on April 21, 2006, at the age of 65.
