Allan K. Ikawa (BA ’71, business administration, Manoa) is president and founder of Big Island Candies and former chair of the UH Board of Regents. His contributions to the community exhibit strong commitment to Hawai‘i’s youth, including his company’s sponsorship for pre-school through college educational, fundraising and scholarship programs. Ikawa has received local and national awards for innovative retailing, marketing and entrepreneurial achievements. In 1995, he became the youngest person inducted into the Junior Achievement Hawai‘i Business Hall of Fame.

Howard H. Karr (BA ’66, accounting, Manoa) retired as vice chair and chief financial officer of First Hawaiian Bank. A former chair of the UH Foundation Board of Trustees, he generated public and private support for UH and other local institutions. During his tenure as chair of the UH Foundation’s Community Colleges Committee, fundraising increased 83 percent. Karr sits on the boards of several local organizations, including Hawai‘i Special Olympics and Aloha United Way and has a strong record of service to Hawai‘i’s health care organizations, cultural groups and educational institutions.

Francis S. Oda (ArchD ’00, Manoa) is chair and CEO of Group 70 International and an economic, academic and spiritual leader in Hawai‘i. A member of the Hawai‘i Business Hall of Fame, he is credited with spurring a renaissance of quality tourism for Hawai‘i. As senior pastor at New Life Church Honolulu, Oda received the 2001 Gordon W. Bradley Humanitarian Award for spiritual and humanitarian vision. He chairs UH Community Partnership, is a member of the UH–West O‘ahu Chancellor’s Committee and has served as adjunct professor of architecture at Manoa since 1993.

Puongpun Sananikone (BA’68, economics, Manoa) is president and CEO of Pacific Management Resources. He previously served as loan operations officer of the Asian Development Bank, chief economist and director of Asia operations for Louis Berger International and executive vice president of Hawaiian Agronomics International. He sat on the board of the Washington D.C.-based Southeast Asian American Resource Action Center, chaired the East West Center Association Executive Board and serves on East West Center Board of Governors. Sananikone completed his graduate work at the University of Colorado.

Patrice Tanaka (BA ’74, journalism, Manoa) is CEO and creative director of PT & Co., a New York marketing and public relations company. She is a leader in the movement to redefine business success to include community-service, humanitarian concerns and the personal and spiritual growth of employees. She received the Public Relations Society of America’s Paul M. Lund Public Service Award and Asian Enterprise magazine’s 1999 Entrepreneur of the Year award. Tanaka is a trustee of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute and Family Violence Prevention Fund.

2003 Founders’ Lifetime Achievement Award

The Hon. William S. Richardson (BA ’41, business and economics, Manoa) served as a Hawai‘i State Supreme Court justice from 1966 to 1982. A key player in Hawai‘i politics and government for half of a century, he served as lieutenant governor prior to his court appointment and as a trustee of the Kamehameha Schools for 10 years afterward. His lifelong commitment to the University of Hawai‘i stretches from his days as captain of the UH Swimming Team to lifetime membership in the President’s Club. The UH School of Law bears Richardson’s name in honor of his tremendous contributions to law, society and the university.