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For Immediate Release:	August 10, 1999
Contact: Donne Florence, PIO, 808-956-7522

Statistics and factoids The printed program lists 35 candidates for the PhD degree; 497 candidates for master's degrees; 6 candidates for the post-baccalaureate certificate in secondary education; and 394 candidates for bachelor's degrees.   The largest number (270) of candidates for graduation give their hometown as Honolulu. Another 150 list other O'ahu towns. 25 list hometowns on the Big Island; 25 Kaua'i; 20 Maui; 1 each from Moloka'i and Lana'i. Seventy-one other graduates' hometowns are in 26 states and the District of Columbia; the largest number of these (25) are in California. One hundred and two graduates hail from 30 overseas homelands; the largest number of these (17) from the People's Republic of China.   Scholarship winners Kevin Weng of Hong Kong receives his MS in Oceanography (Marine Biology). His studies were supported in part by the Fernando Gabriel Leonida Scholarship. An endowment for the scholarship was established by Domingo Leonida, a mainland physician, as a memorial his father-a lifelong fisherman who donated many shallow-water specimens to the Waikiki Aquarium. Though he never attended school beyond the sixth grade, Fernando sent all seven of his children to private schools and three, including Domingo, to college. Leonida's youngest daughter Elena and youngest son Anthony both graduated from UH Manoa.   Other scholarship recipients and award winners scheduled to graduate Aug. 15 include David Ansberry (MArch) of Honolulu, winner of the 1999 Henry Adams Certificate; Ane Corin Loli'i Bakutis (BA) of Wai'anae, winner of an Associated Students of the University of Hawai'i Scholarship; Leslie Ching (BS) of Pearl City, winner of a Travel Industry Management General Scholarship; Norman Harris (BArch) of Honolulu, winner of the George J. Wimberly Scholarship; Steven Quane (MS) of Normal, Illinois, winner of the William T. Coulbourn Fellowship in Marine Geology and the Harold T. Stearns Fellowship; Juanita Redfern (BS) of Kane'ohe, winner of the Agatin T. Abbott Memorial Award; Nathaniel Romabiles (BArch) of San Francisco, winner of an International Student Exchange Scholarship and a Student Design Award of Excellence; and Qi Wang (PhD in Biomedical Sciences) of Beijing, winner of the John A. Burns School of Medicine Dean's Graduate Research Award for 1998 and a Cell, Molecular and Neurosciences Graduate Scholarship, 1994-96.   PhD candidates scheduled to receive doctoral hoods include Bruce Bottorff, Honolulu, PhD in American Studies Bruce was one of 100 Americans with July 4 birthdays who were photographed July 4, 1999, in Philadelphia for Kodak's "Photo of the Century." His dissertation is a history of the Honolulu YWCA 1900-1945.   Christine Kirk-Kuwaye, Honolulu, PhD in American Studies Christine won the 1998 Biography Prize from the Center for Biographical Research for her work on the life of photographer Anne Noggle. She developed and has been team-teaching (with fellow graduate student Lori Pierce) a popular course on what it means to be "local" in Hawai'i.   Julie Lokelani Thirugnanam, Kane'ohe, PhD in Education Julie's dissertation is on representations of native Hawaiians in the elementary school curriculum.   Student marshals · for the PhDs are Marty Heitz and Pamela Wu Holt. Heitz, from Kailua, O'ahu, is receiving a PhD in Philosophy. Holt, from Kennewick, Washington, has earned a PhD in Psychology. · for the master's degree candidates are Jennifer L. Blasen (MA in Asian Studies) of Dubuque, Iowa; Cassandra D.T. Kepler (MA in History) of Wailuku, Maui; and Reef A. Migita (MS in Civil Engineering) and Melissa I. Shimabukuro (MS in Biosystems Engineering) of Honolulu. · for the post-baccalaureate certificate in secondary education candidates, Marion Iwasaki of Honolulu. · for the bachelor's degree recipients in Arts and Sciences, Terra Bowen, Tracie Lynn Chock, Jessica Kim and Garyn Tsuru of Honolulu; Carrie B. Mospens of Kea'au, Hawai'i; and Gregg A. Sonmore of Scottsdale, Arizona. in Architecture, Cristina Suarez. in Business Administration, Summer Such of Kahului, Maui, and Stanislaus Yeung of Mililani, O'ahu. in Education, Colleen A. Fujikawa of Honolulu. in Engineering, Reyn Hashiro of Kailua, O'ahu. in Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, Samuel Conley of Honolulu and Ane Corin Loli'i Bakutis of Wai'anae, O'ahu. in Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Brandee Puanani Pang of Mililani, O'ahu, and Reid Rikio Shigemasa of Pearl City, O'ahu. in Travel Industry Management, Chun-Lam Kwok of Hong Kong. in Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Lori M. Matsuzaki of Pearl City, O'ahu.

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