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, 2016 | Dr. Kathryn Waddell Takara, “Being a Black Faculty Member at UH Mānoa” |
| October 4, 2016 | Dr. Neal Milner, “Hawaiʻi Issues in the 2016 Election” |
| November 15, 2016 | Dr. Carole Mandryk, “Interdisciplinary Explorations: From the First Peopling of the New World to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute” |
| December 13, 2016 | James Rumford, “Exploring the World of James Rumford” |
| January 8, 2017 | Dr. R. Brent Tully, “What’s Up in the Universe” |
| February 14, 2017 | Richard Borreca, “Hawaiʻi Political Update (Before the Fun Starts)” |
| March 14, 2017 | Dr. Shana Brown, “An Intellectual History of Women in 19th Century China” |
| April 11, 2017 | Dr. Margaret Perkinson, on Aging |
| May 9, 2017 | Dan Boylan, “Legislative Politics in an Odd-Numbered Year” |
