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
vacant, President
Charlotte Oser, Vice President
LoRaine Carlson, Secretary
Ruth Brantley, Treasurer
Elected Members-at-Large
Reed Brantley
Roy McArdle
Norman Mellor
Bob Cole
Jim McCutcheon
Ex-Officio Members and Committee Chairs
Ira Lichton, Past President
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 9, 1999 | Dr. Roger T. Ames, Director, Center for Chinese Studies, “Continuing the Conversation with China on Human Rights” |
| October 14, 1999 | Elizabeth Meahl, Community Health Development, “Geriatric Nutrition” |
| November 18, 1999 | Dr. David S. McClain, Henry A. Walker Distinguished Professor of Business Enterprise & Professor of Financial Economics and Institutions, “Investing in the Millennium” |
| December 9, 1999 | (At Treetops Restaurant) Karl Kim re: city planning was scheduled as of 10/14 board minutes |
| January 13, 2000 | Dr. Kenneth P. Mortimer, President, UH, and Chancellor, UH Mānoa |
| February 2000 | |
| March 9, 2000 | The Hon. Mike McCormack (D-WA), “Science Literacy: Critical in Our Society” |
| April 2000 | |
| May 2000 |
