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
John B. Hall, President
Cedric Cowing, Vice President
LaRene DeSpain, Secretary
Bob Campbell, Treasurer
Elected Members-at-Large
Don Char
Bob Cole
Victor Kobayashi
Elizabeth McCutcheon
John Southworth
Ex-Officio Members and Committee Chairs
Cedric Cowing, Immediate Past President
Bart Mathias, Webmaster, Newsletter Editor
Ced Cowing, Immediate Past President
Bob Campbell, Membership
Leslie Lewis/Emily Fay (UH Foundation)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 11, 2012 | Mr. William Hamilton, The University of Hawaiʻi Press: its Successes and Challenges” |
| October 9, 2012 | Ms. Bron Solyom, Curator, UH Mānoa, “Discovering Charlot: ‘revelations’ from a collection of artist’s papers” |
| November 13, 2012 | Richard Borreca, his take on the recent elections |
| December 11, 2012 | Terry Hunt, on the statues of Easter Island |
| January 8, 2013 | Robert Buss, “The Story of the Humanities in Hawaiʻi” |
| February 12, 2013 | UH Cancellor Tom Apple, “Challenges and Innovation at UH Mānoa” |
| March 12, 2013 | Gunther Hassinger, Director IfAm “Excellent Astronomy from Hawaiʻi” |
| April 2, 2013 | John F. Morton, “The Cannon Club, KCC, and ‘articulation’ at UH Mānoa” |
| May 14, 2013 | Robert Perkinson, “An Obama Library in Hawaiʻi” |
