Updated at 6:26 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2007
Former UH athletic director Paul Durham dies
Advertiser Staff
Paul Durham, the athletic director who moved the University of Hawai'i into an era of all-college schedules, NCAA Division I standing and oversaw the foundation for Western Athletic Conference membership, died Friday at age 93, according to friends and family.Until the past few years, when failing health took its toll, the man known as UH's "AD emeritus" had been a regular spectator at the school's athletic events and a popular fixture at Honolulu Quarterback Club meetings.
"I have a great interest in the program, a great love for the athletes and really enjoy going to the games," Durham said in a 2003 interview.
Durham spent seven years as the AD (1968-75) and six additional years teaching in the school's College of Education until his retirement in 1981.
He was inducted into UH's Circle of Honor in 1996, the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1969, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Linfield Hall of Fame in 1998.
