I Respectfully Dissent: A Biography of Edward Nakamura
October 11, 12:00pm - 1:15pmMānoa Campus, 325 Henke Hall
Edward H. Nakamura’s biography deals with his long service to the ILWU—working with Jack Hall on labor contracts, arbitrating, litigating, and most importantly developing Hawai‘i’s labor legislation such as workers’ safety, workers’ compensation, Temporary Disability Insurance, and Prepaid Health Care (the only one in the nation).
As a justice he became a cult figure in his quiet way, elevating the court in terms of scholarship and writing. In his
nominal retirement he exposed corruption in the Employee Retirement
System and played a major behind-the-scenes role in “Broken Trust,â€
with the aim—achieved— of separating the Supreme Court from the Bishop
Estate.
Speaker bio:
Tom Coffman was a political reporter for the Star Bulletin in the
1960s and ‘70s. He developed his own media production company, and
produced PBS documentaries including O Hawai‘i, Settlement to Kingdom;
Nation Within; Arirang: The Korean American Journey; May Earth Live, a
Journey Through the Hawaiian Forest; First Battle, the Battle for
Equality in Wartime Hawaii; and Ninoy Aquino and the Rise of People
Power. Coffman is the author of Catch a Wave (1972), A Nation Within
(1998, 2009), The Island Edge of America (2003) and, most recently, I
Respectfully Dissent (2012). He has received the Hawai‘i Award for
Literature and twice received the Po‘okela Publishers’ Award for Best
Non Fiction.
Event Sponsor
Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus
More Information
956-3774, biograph@hawaii.edu, http://www.facebook.com/CBRHawaii
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