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
LaRene Despain, President
, Vice President
, Secretary
Bob Campbell, Treasurer
Elected Members-at-Large
Ex-Officio Members and Committee Chairs
John B. Hall, Immediate Past President
Bart Mathias, Webmaster, Newsletter Editor
Ced Cowing, Program
Bob Campbell, Membership (UH Foundation)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 15, 2015 | Jan Taniguchi, “Recruiting Students for the Mānoa Campus” |
| October 13, 2015 | Cedric Cowing. on the character development of some more recent abbr>US Presidents |
| November 10, 2015 | LaRene Despain, “Teaching School in South Carolinba in the Civil Rights Era” |
| December 8, 2015 | J.N. Musto, “How do you deal with UH?” |
| January 19, 2016 | Roger Whitlock, “Why I’m Here Today: How Watercolor Gave Me a Second Career” |
| February 9, 2016 | Dean Donald B. Young, “Trends and Challenges in Educating Teachers” |
| March 8, 2016 | Dr. Richard Gould, “What happened? A Case Study in Disaster Archaeology” |
| April 12, 2016 | Dan Boylan, “Boylan on Local and National Politics” |
