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
Robert Campbell, Vice President
vacant, Secretary
Jacquie Maly, Treasurer
Elected Members-at-Large
Don Char
Paul Hooper
Elizabeth McCutcheon
Ex-Officio Members and Committee Chairs
Victor Kobayashi, Immediate Past President
Bart Mathias, Webmaster
Ced Cowing, Program
Bob Campbell, Membership
Leslie Lewis/Emily Fay (UH Foundation)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 14, 2010 | Dr. Neal Milner, Dept. of Political Science, “Politics in Hawaiʻi” |
| October 20, 2010 | Chancellor’s reception at Art Building Courtyard, 4:30-6:00, included tour of the Edward Gorey Collection. |
| November 9, 2010 | Professor Dan Boylan entertained us with “The Midterm Elections and Hawaiʻi.” |
| December 16, 2010 | Patricia Wood spoke about writing her acclaimed novel, Lottery |
| January 25, 2011 | Dr. Scott Rowland, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, “Mānoa Valley: flows of lava, floods of water.” |
| March 8, 2011 | Dr. Chuck Y. Gee, former Dean, Travel Industry Management, “Travel Industry Management: Its History and Recent Developments” |
| March 15, 2011 | Breakfast at Waikiki Aquarium with UH Women’s Campus Club. |
| May 10, 2011 | Dean Vance Roley of Shidler College, “The Importance of Shidler College to Hawaiʻi, Asia and the Pacific.” |
