In memoriam: Former UH regent, professor, alumnus Michael T. McEnerney
McEnerney was appointed to the Board of Regents in 2015 and served until June 2020.
In memoriam: Barbara Smith, ethnomusicology program founder
The champion for the study of music and dance from Hawaiʻi, Asia and the Pacific died on Saturday, July 3.
In memoriam: Haunani-Kay Trask, exemplary Native Hawaiian scholar
One of the most recognized names in Hawaiian studies and Hawaiian rights, Haunani-Kay Trask dies.
In memoriam: UH athletics voice, alum Robert Kekaula
Longtime Hawaiʻi sports and news anchor and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumnus Robert Kekaula died on June 19.
In memoriam: UH football star Colt Brennan
The quarterback who led the UH Warrior football team to its best season dies.
In memoriam: long-time supporter critical to law school success
The UH William S. Richardson School of Law honors Kaoru Kashiwagi, a long-time donor and friend who died on April 6, 2021 in Japan at the age of 97.
In memoriam: Chad Kālepa Baybayan
Baybayan served as a navigator-in-residence at the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi.
In memoriam: ʻŌlelo Protector Aunty Pat Namaka Bacon
The revered ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi expert was integral in preserving Hawaiʻi’s native language alongside her mother Mary Kawena Pukuʻi.
In memoriam: Horticulturist James Brewbaker, the ‘King of Corn’
Brewbaker’s driving ambition was to leverage science as a means to alleviate widespread hunger around the globe.
In memoriam: Barry Brennan, emeritus CTAHR faculty, mentor
Brennan was a great mentor and a leader in UH Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
