Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 6, 1 June 1987 — Archivist Awarded $10,000 Fellowship [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Archivist Awarded $10,000 Fellowship

A Hawaiian staff member of the Hawaii State Archives for over 10 years is the recipient of the 1987-88 Alu Like Native Hawaiian Fellowship for $10,000 whieh will be used for study towards a Master of Library Studies degree at the University of Hawaii Graduate School of Library Studies. Susan Shaner of Manoa, who grew up in Windward Oahu and graduated from St. Ann School in Kaneohe before the high school was phased out, will specialize in computer applications for archives and records management. She is a 1971 UH Manoa graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Pacific Island Studies and was also the recipient of a Phi Beta Kappa Award for outstanding scholarship at Manoa.

Shaner served as a member of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Education/Culture Committee under former Trustee Gard Kealoha's chairmanship and is active with the publications committee of the Hawaiian Historical Society. She also serves on the UH Committee for the Preservation and Study of Hawaiian Language, Culture and Art. She is the daughter of retired Honolulu Poliee Major Paul Shaner Sr. and retired St. Ann teacher Ethel Shaner. Her only brother, PaulShaner Jr., was aformer outstanding football player at St. Louis School. He is currently a Honolulu poliee officer. Shaner is married to David Cox, a University High School and UH Manoa graduate. He is an archaeologist who formerly worked with the U.S. Corps of Engineers and is now with the National Park Service on Hawaii. His hobby and part-time occupation is building and rebuilding canoes. The eouple has a four-year-old daughter, Sara O'iliwai'opua Cox, pre-schooler at Kawaiahao.

Susan Shaner