EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

• University of Hawaii at Manoa
• University of Hawaii at Hilo
• University of Hawaii-West Oahu

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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harlan Cleveland	Government	19-Jan-1918	30-May-2008	Futurist, diplomat

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