Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 6, 1 June 1999 — KSBE welcomes new acting trustees [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KSBE welcomes new acting trustees

By Paula Durbln

PRESIDENT MICHAEL Chun welcomed the new acting trustees of the Bishop Estate to the

Kamehameha 'ohana at a reli- : gious service May 13. Chun announced to the faculty, staff, students, alumni and well-wishers crowding the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Memorial Chapel that five days with the new board had taught him the meaning of "fullspeed ahead." He then introduced the new KSBE chair Admiral Robert Kihune, a graduate of the Kamehameha School for Boys (1955) and the United States Naval : Academy; the vice chair, Ronald Libkuman, Esq., an attorney in pri-

vate practice who graduated from Detroit College of Law; the secretary-treasurer, Constance Lau, Esq., who has a B.A. from Yale University, J.D. lrom the Hastings College of

Law and an M.B.A. from Stanford and is currently Hawaiian Electric's treasurer; Francis Keala, a University of Hawai'i graduate and former Honolulu chief of poliee; and Rev. David PHOĪO: PAULA DURBIN C°°n> former

headmaster ot 'lolani School. Speaking for the board, Kihune told the gathering, "We are totally eommitted to ensuring that the legacy of Ke Ali'i Pauahi will be carried on forever." This includes, he clarified, maintaining the estate's tax-exempt status as a charitable trust and the preference for children of Hawaiian ancestry. Kihune expressed his confidence in the staff, including the new chief operating officer, Nathan Aipa, formerly KSBE chief counsel, who, Kihune

saia, naa spent the difficult past months with "one foot on a pink slip and the other on a banana." Referring to the new board, Kihune advised See KSBE TRUSTEES on page 4

are tota]ly committedto ensiningthat thelegacyofKe Ali'i Pauahi wili be canied on forever. — Aāmiml Robert Kihune

KSBE TRUSTEES

continued from page 1 the audience, "If the trustees are not doing our job, get rid of us." In eonelusion, he promised, "Every decision we make in the board room will be for the children of Hawai'i." The audience responded with a standing ovation, then joined hands to sing the

Kamehameha Schools alma mater, " Sons ofHawai'i." Among the many who lined up to greet the new trustees personally was KSBE's custodial corps, recognizable because of their uniforms. Eaeh custodian embraced Kihune before returning to work. ■

Bishop Estate's Acting lnterim Trustees Constance Lau, Francis Keala and Ronald Lihkuman are greeted by some of the Kamehameha 'ohana in the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Memorial Chapel. Not pictured are Trustees David Coon and Robert Kihune.

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