Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 1, 1 January 1988 — Darvill Honored with Coveted Pauahi Award [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Darvill Honored with Coveted Pauahi Award

A. Jack Darvill, who retired Dec. 31 after 25 years of service at Kamehameha Schools, was conferred with the highest honorof theSchools/Bishop Estateat aspeeial all schools staff meeting Dec. 4. The Order of Ke Ali'i Pauahi, whieh is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated longtime support of Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Fstate. was conferred by Bishop Estate Trustees and other schools officials. Over 300 Kamehameha staff members, friends and community representatives paid tribute to Darvill four days later at a retirement dinner Dec. 8 in the Hawaii Ballroom of the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. His career as an educator in Hawaii was candidly recounted by current and former colleagues, including Mrs. Gladys Ainoa Brandt, Dr. James Bushong, Dr. Jack Helfrich and Dr. George Hiilani Mills.

Darvill eame to Hawaii in 1962 as assistant to Bu shong and served as the first director of the Schools' fledgling Extension Education efforts before becoming president in 1972.

Before coming to Hawaii, Darvill was a classroom teacher, administrator and administrative assistant to the superintendent of schools in Grosse Pointe, Mieh. Originally from Maine, Darvill is a graduate of Boston University and got his Master of Education degree from Harvard University. He also studied at Michigan State University. Wayne State University and the University of Hawaii. Trustees have retained an experienced national executive search consultant to assist in the process of naming Darvill's successor. Robert Springer, who joined the Kamehameha faculty in 1959 and is currently director of its campus program, has been named interim administrator.

A. Jack Darvill

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