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
, President
, Vice President
, Secretary
Bob Campbell, Treasurer
Elected Members-at-Large
Ex-Officio Members and Committee Chairs
Bart Mathias, Webmaster, Newsletter Editor
Ced Cowing, Program
Bob Campbell, Membership
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 9, 2014 | Meda C Lind on the women’s movement |
| October 14, 2014 | Oliver Lee, “The making of a Chinese-American radical” |
| November 11, 2014? | Susan Fallout and Susan Matoba Adler from UH West Oʻahu, on Honoʻuliʻuli (Oahu’s WWII internment and POW camp) |
| December 9, 2014 | John Hall on Kenya |
| January 13, 2015 | Eldon Wegner on Aging |
| February 10, 2015 | Fred. T. MacKenzie on the evolution of the ocean and atmosphere |
| March 10, 2015 | Theodore Rodgers on Turkey and the Middle East |
| April 14, 2015 | Volcanologist Michael Garcia on Hawaiʻi volcanos |
| May 12, 2015 | Ken Kipnis, memoirs |
