Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 3, 1 March 1992 — Dr. George Hiʻilani Mills succumbs [ARTICLE]

Dr. George Hiʻilani Mills succumbs

Dr. George Hi'ilani Mills died Feb. 11, at Straub Hospital, Honolulu. He was 70. Mills was president emeritus with lifetime tenure of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and served two terms as president. He also served four years as a state senator. Mills, whose specialty was internal medicine, was a trustee of the Amenean Medical Association. He served as president of the Honolulu County Medical Society and the Hawai'i Medical Association, and was also chairman of the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center. Mills was a piime mover in the development of the Office of Hawaiian Health. In addition to the many Hawai'i honors he garnered, the highest honor that the AMA bestows — the Benjamin Rush Award — was awarded to Mills in 1980 for service to the community and to medicine. Mills was a elinieal professor of family medicine and community health for the University of Hawai'i School of Medicine. He was a member of the Hawai'i Medical Association Hawaiian Health Committee, the board of directors of Khuku Hospital, the Pacific Foundation for Cancer Research, and the advisory board of the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i. He was medical director for Kamehameha Schools from 1953-1988 and served on its board of governors and several advisory committees. Mills was born in Pepeekeo, attended Kamehameha Schools on a football scholarship, graduated from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, and earned his doctorate in medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Freeman Mills, sons George H. Jr., Kilburn M. and

James W.; daughter Elsa "Pua" Kaai; sister Margaret Payne, brother Creighton Mattoon and four grandchildren. Those who wish, may make a donation in his memory to: The George Hi'ilani Mills Medical Scholarship, Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817.