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
Bluebell Standal, President
Jim Koshi, 1stVice President
Rohma Bowers, 2nd Vice President
James Burgoyne, Secretary
Minoru Shinoda, Treasurer
Board Members
(to 1994)
Ann Keppel
Roy McArdle
Anastasia Palafox
Joel Trapido
Joyce Wright
(to 1995)
Don Char
Mary Ellen DesJarlais
Sueko Kimura
Agnes Niyekawa
Toshio Yatsushiro
Consultants (Past Presidents)
Wytze Gorter
Sidney Townsley
Wally Mitchell
Ed Chui
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 23, 1993 | ? |
| October 21, 1993 | Kiersten Johnson, EWC Consultant, and Arthur Getz “Citizens’ voice at the 1992 Summit in Rio de Janeiro” |
| November 4, 1993 | “A Conversation with President Kenneth P. Mortimer” |
| January 20, 1994 | Dr. Alison Kay, Zoology. “Uniqueness of and danger to the Hawaiian Fauna/Silver Swords and Singing Snails” |
| February 14, 1994 | Mr. Jared Jossem, Chairman of the Republican Party and Mr. Dennis O’Connor, Chairman of the Democratic Party “Issues we face in the 1994 elections” |
| March 30, 1994 | Tour of Kamehameha School 04/21 Dr. Dolly, Dean of Coll. of Education, on public and private education in Hawaiʻi |
| May 19, 1994 | Annual Meeting and election, Treetops Restaurant |
Important Board Decisions and Discussions
| Date | Decision |
|---|---|
| September 23, 1993 | Since new officers assume their position on July 1, after the May general membership meeting files need to be turned over from old officers to new officers during the interim. Clarified that dues paid by new members in May/June would be accounted to the following year’s membership dues. |
| November 4, 1993 | W. Gorter confirmed that past Board policy was to permit all retirees from all UH campuses to join FRAUHM. “Mānoa” was inserted in the name in case other campuses form retiree groups of their own campus members in the future. |
| January 20, 1994 | On the deaths of members Ed Barnet and Don Johnson, $100 each to be contributed to the Edward & Orpah Barnet Fund and the Donald Johnson Fund for scholarship/award at the UH Foundation and condolence letters to be sent to the widows by our President. |
| April 21, 1994 | With regard to UH Foundation’s $25 annual service fee, it was pointed out that working through the UH Foundation eliminates the need to register as a non-profit organization and the filing of yearly tax returns. |
