This is based on a history by Agnes Niyekawa written probably in 1995 or 1996, supplemented with documents from the following years. Corrections and additions are most welcome.
Following up on a suggestion made by Chancellor Dick Kosaki at a reception for retirees in the Spring of 1985, one Wytze Gorter sent out 341 questionnaires to retired faculty on September 16th to gauge their interest in establishing a retiree’s association. All but five of the 201 who responded supported the idea. All but one of them were willing to pay “as much as $5” dues, and 75 volunteered to help organize and/or operate the association.
The first meeting was held January 22, 1986, a party in the Campus Center Ballroom, with Gorter the first president. By that time, the FRA had changed its name to FRAUHM, but it was noted that the “Faculty” at the beginning of the name and the “Mānoa” at the end were not meant to exclude retirees from other campuses, or retired staff.
Officers and Board Members
Elected Officers
Cedric Cowing, President
Harvey L. Gochros, Vice President
John B. Hall, Secretary
Roy McArdle, Treasurer
Elected Members-at-Large
Bob Campbell
Donald Char
Paul Hooper
Ruth Kleinfeld
Virgie Chattergy
Ex-Officio Members and Committee Chairs
Ralph Berger, Newsletter Editor
Bart Mathias, Webmaster
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 8, 2005 | Dr. James H. Pietsch, Director, Elder Law Program, Richardson Law School, “Plan for the worst. Expect the best. Elder Law in Hawaiʻi” |
| October 13, 2005 | UH President David McClain, “The Changes at the University of Hawaiʻi” |
| November 10, 2005 | Dr. Rebecca L. Cann, Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, “Modern Human Origins & the Development of Language” |
| December 15, 2005 | (At Tree Tops Restaurant at Paradise Park) Professor Joseph Stanton, Arts and Humanities, “Tales can be true: Finding poems in picture books, museums, baseball and the termites under your feet” |
| January 12, 2006 | Dr. Cedric Cowing, “America’s War for Independence–Recollections from 2006” |
| February 9, 2006 | Terrence Knapp, Emeritus Professor of Theater, “A Celebration of Love” |
| March 9, 2006 | Kakaʻako Medical Facility tour |
| April 13, 2006 | (In Krauss Hall 112) Abe Arkoff, Psychology, and Rebecca Goodman, Lifelong Learning, “The Illuminated Life” |
| May 11, 2006 | Dean Aviam Soifer, Dean of the University of Hawaiʻi Law School, “The Rule of Law in Perilous Times: An American Constitutional Perspective” Election of Officers for 2006–2007 |
