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Posted at 1:16 a.m., Friday, July 27, 2007

$1.1 million gift sets up endowed chair at UH

News Release

The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Gladys Kamakakuokalani 'Ainoa Brandt Endowed Chair at UH Manoa.

The position will be created from a commitment of nearly $1.1 million from the Gladys 'Ainoa Brandt Estate.

The gift was made to establish an endowed chair in comparative Polynesian studies at the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the UH Manoa Hawai'inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge to focus and maximize the center's interchanges with visiting scholars.

The endowed chair will greatly enhance research at the center, attract students and scholars from throughout Polynesia, and encourage positive dialogues between academic disciplines, the university and the wider community.

A University of Hawai'i alumna, Brandt was an educator and administrator for more than 40 years, and was the first woman principal of a high school in the Territory of Hawai'i.