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University of Hawaii

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Hawaii

Founding Date:
1907

Motto:
Maluna a'e o na lahui a pau ke ola ke kanaka

Enrollment:
50,317

Official Website:
http://www.hawaii.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Daniel Akaka
Politician
 11-Sep-1924   US Senator from Hawaii
George Ariyoshi
Politician
 12-Mar-1926   Governor of Hawaii, 1974-86
Gary Dean Best
Historian
 18-Sep-1936 12-Feb-2010 Herbert Hoover: The Postpresidential Years
Beau Bridges
Actor
 9-Dec-1941   The Fabulous Baker Boys
John Anthony Burns
Politician
 30-Mar-1909 5-Apr-1975 Governor of Hawaii, 1962-74
Gordon Cooper
Astronaut
 6-Mar-1927 4-Oct-2004 Mercury 7 and Gemini 5 astronaut
Tammy Duckworth
Military
 12-Mar-1968   Congresswoman, Illinois 8th
Hiram Fong
Politician
 15-Oct-1906 18-Aug-2004 US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77
Thomas Gill
Politician
 21-Apr-1922 3-Jun-2009 Lt. Governor of Hawaii, 1966-70
Richard J. Heckmann
Business
 c. 1944   CEO of US Filter, 1990-99
Don Ho
Singer
 13-Aug-1930 14-Apr-2007 Hawaiian crooner, Tiny Bubbles
Daniel Inouye
Politician
 7-Sep-1924 17-Dec-2012 US Senator from Hawaii, 1963-2012
Lee Jong-Wook
Administrator
 12-Apr-1945 22-May-2006 Director-General of WHO, 2003-06
Spark Matsunaga
Politician
 8-Oct-1916 15-Apr-1990 US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90
Bette Midler
Singer
 1-Dec-1945   Ol' Red Hair
Jason Momoa
Actor
 1-Aug-1979   Ronon Dex on Stargate: Atlantis
Kenneth P. Moritsugu
Doctor
 5-Mar-1945   US Surgeon General, 2006-07
Stephen Neal
Politician
 7-Nov-1934   Congressman from North Carolina, 1975-95
Richard Parsons
Business
 4-Apr-1948   CEO of Time Warner, 2002-07
Pamela Samuelson
Educator
 c. 1949   Computer Law Professor at UC Berkeley
Michael Savage
Radio Personality
 31-Mar-1942   Savage Nation
Pradeep Sindhu
Business
 1953   Co-Founder of Juniper Networks
Karen Steele
Actor
 20-Mar-1931 12-Mar-1988 Ride Lonesome
George Wackenhut
Business
 1919 31-Dec-2004 Founder of Wackenhut
Leland Yee
Politician
 20-Nov-1948   California State Senator, indicted

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Neil Abercrombie
Politician
 26-Jun-1938   Governor of Hawaii
John M. Allison
Diplomat
 7-Apr-1905 28-Oct-1978 US Ambassador to Japan, 1953-57
Georg von Békésy
Scientist
 3-Jun-1899 13-Jun-1972 Mechanism of cochlear stimulation
Richard R. Clifton
Judge
 13-Nov-1950   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Leon Edel
Author
 9-Sep-1907 5-Sep-1997 Biographer of Henry James
George Herbig
Astronomer
 2-Jan-1920 12-Oct-2013 Herbig-Haro objects
William Meredith
Poet
 9-Jan-1919 30-May-2007 Partial Accounts
Patsy Mink
Politician
 6-Dec-1927 28-Sep-2002 Congresswoman from Hawaii
Robert E. Park
Sociologist
 14-Feb-1864 7-Feb-1944 Race and Culture
Laurence H. Silberman
Judge
 12-Oct-1935   US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77
Thornton Wilder
Novelist
 17-Apr-1897 7-Dec-1975 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Liu Xiaobo
Activist
 28-Dec-1955   Chinese human rights activist

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Harlan Cleveland
Government
 19-Jan-1918 30-May-2008 Futurist, diplomat




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