The Benjamin A. Kudo Chair of Law
In 1994, the University of Hawai`i received a gift of $1.5 million to support a Chair of Law. The anonymous donor designated that the Chair be used to support a scholar in land use, environmental or administrative law. At the donor's request, the Chair was established as a tribute to Benjamin A. Kudo, a distinguished and well-respected member of Hawai`i's legal community. Mr. Kudo currently practices as a partner with a major Honolulu law firm in the areas of land use, real estate development, natural resources and administrative law. In addition, Mr. Kudo has been an adjunct professor of real property with the School of Law. In 1995, the University of Hawai`i Board of Regents approved the appointment of David L. Callies, UH professor of law, as the first holder of the Benjamin A. Kudo Chair of Law.
The Wallace S. Fujiyama Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law
Thanks to the generosity of Duty Free Shoppers, Ltd., and a legion of friends, an endowment fund has been established to honor Mr. Fujiyama, a distinguished Honolulu attorney and former University of Hawai'i Regent. The endowment enables the School of Law to bring the nation's most distinguished legal scholars to the school for one or more semesters every other academic year as the Wallace S. Fujiyama Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law.
The George M. Johnson Visiting Professorship
Established through a bequest from the estate of Dr. Johnson's widow, Evelyn, this visiting professorship honors George M. Johnson, distinguished legal scholar, teacher and civil rights advocate. Dr. Johnson's career highlights include: serving as Dean of Howard University Law School; helping to establish the University of Nigeria; service as a member of the US Civil Rights Commission; helping to plan the legal briefs for the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka desegregation case. At the University of Hawai'i Law School, he was the first Director of the Pre-Admission Program (1974), a program that continues today to address the needs of disadvantaged applicants.
