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Ma¯ lamalama 1 CONTENTS

FEATURES

A Tsunami is Coming ...... 8 UH scientists work to improve predictions about killer waves

Behind the Scenes...... 10 Kennedy Theatre prepares to stage the unstageable

Scientists Labor to Prevent Preterm Birth...... 14 UH researchers investigate what causes babies to be born prematurely

Astronomy is the Answer ...... 16 The Institute for Astronomy director’s world revolves around the stars

A Plan for Mauna Kea ...... 17 UH Hilo assumes management of an important cultural, natural and scientific resource

The Last Best Gift...... 18 Participants in the willed body program teach young doctors about healing

DEPARTMENTS

Front Page ...... 3 Nu¯ hou/news, Launa palapala/correspondence, Po‘e/people, Mo‘o lono/reports

Alumni News ...... 20 Class notes, Profiles

On the cover: From scale model to actual theatrical sets, students receive hands-on educa- tion at UH Ma¯ noa’s Kennedy Theatre. Stephen Crowell, left, discusses staging for the recent production of La Bête with Professor Joseph D. Dodd. Crowell is working on a master of fine arts in design. Story on page 10.

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NEWS

What would Confucius say? Graduating online hinese language and philosophy ith an overflow crowd expected, UH Ma¯noa’s Cexperts at UH Ma¯noa will team Wspring commencement was the first to be made with computer programmers to make available live via streaming video on the World Wide core classical Chinese texts available Web. If you missed the ceremony or want to order a copy on the Internet. The project, one of of the video, visit www.hawaii.edu/dl/commencement. five nationally funded by the federal Digital Libraries Initiative, will compile Tom Conlon, of the School of Ocean and Earth and digitize 10 Chinese language works, Science and Technology’s Engineering Support Facility, peers through the including sayings of Confucius and Illustration by Billie Ikeda end plate of a drift chamber he Mencius, Daoist writings, folk songs and built in conjunction with physi- poetry, chronicles of 8th–5th century B.C. Chinese sover- cists from UH and Beijing’s eigns and ritual practice and political commentary texts. Institute of High Energy Physics and an O‘ahu engi- A click of the mouse will take users to the dictionary for neering and fabrication meaning and grammar of the terms and to interpretive firm. He also built the literature for an explanation of their philosophical computer-controlled drill press needed to place import, according to project directors and philosophy 24,590 holes in each end- professors Roger Ames and Mary Tiles. plate within a tolerance of .002 inch, about a third Students learn to manage workplace the width of a human conflict hair. In Beijing, the 3,000- pound cylinder will be ommunication strategies for managing on-the-job strung with high-voltage Cconflicts and confrontational situations were the wires, mounted with UH-built focus of a fall course offered by UH’s Spark M. amplifiers, filled with gas and used in a particle collider to gather Matsunaga Institute for Peace. “Violence is more com- data on the fourth quark. Studies of the mon as the stresses of workers and managers interact in subatomic particle may explain why matter pre- both small businesses and large institutions,” notes UHM vailed over antimatter in the early universe. Assistant Professor Bruce Barnes. Hawai‘i is a leader in Honolulu CC one of six Cisco sites establishing mediation practice and workplace dispute resolution systems, and UH is one of only two institutions onolulu CC has been selected as one of only six Cisco in the nation to provide system-wide alternative dispute HTraining Academies in the United States to offer Cisco resolution and mediation services to faculty and staff, he Certified Network Professional training courses. The says. For information on the Matsunaga Institute, visit courses prepare trainees for Cisco career certification to www.hawaii.edu/uhip. meet the growing demand for computer networking experts. Honolulu CC will be responsible for training in A keiki-style atlas the Pacific/Asia region. Cisco Academies in UH ot on the heels of Sonia and Community Colleges train high school teachers in the use HJames Juvik’s popular Atlas and implementation of high technology computer net- of Hawai‘i is a companion vol- working systems. In June, about 75 of their students were ume for children, the Student the first graduates to receive Cisco training in high school. Atlas of Hawai‘i (Bess Press). Thinking globally Edited by the Juviks and fellow UH Hilo geographer Thomas he new Globalization Research Center at Ma¯noa will Paradise (at the urging of Tmap globalization’s impacts, create a related curricu- UHM’s Hawai‘i Geographic lum and study health issues in a global context, says Alliance Coordinator Mary Frances Higuchi), Director Deane Neubauer, professor of political science. the book presents words, pictures, graphs and maps with The center will build a cadre of scholars to conduct re- the help of personable guides ‘Alala¯ the crow and Mo‘o search on topics from strategic, cultural and environ- the gecko. It sells for $8.95, with discounts available for mental issues to human rights, labor and agriculture. classroom sets. Established under a $1 million grant administered by the U.S. Department of Education, the center will take the

Ma¯ lamalama 3 lead on the Asia/Pacific region and collaborate with The real story of the 2000 election George Washington University for Europe and West Asia, Editor’s note: With the final outcome of the presidential UCLA for Africa and the University of South Florida for race still undetermined at press time, UH Hilo Professor of the Caribbean and Latin America. Political Science Robert Watson penned these thoughts on Oh, Shenandoah, here’s one for Regis … the 2000 election. Watson is the author of several books on the presidents and first ladies and founder of the new ame the westernmost battlefield of the American journal, White House Studies. Civil War. The final answer is Pohnahtik Harbor in N ith all the intrigue of good theater, Americans went the Federated States of Micronesia. That’s where an un- to bed on election night not knowing who would derwater archaeology team led by UHM doctoral student W be their next president. Then went to bed the next night Suzanne Finney surveyed wrecks still not knowing. And the next…. The 2000 presidential of three U.S.-registered whalers race was one of the closest in history. The also close and one Hawaiian vessel sunk by Congressional election leaves a razor thin majority for the the Confederate raider Republicans. Coupled with the controversy of the presi- Shenandoah. The April 1865 dential race, such a split could trigger increased partisan action—part of the fighting and national tensions, or it might force both exec- Confederacy’s attempt to limit utive and legislative branches of government to reach Union maritime activity—was the across the aisle. last naval engagement of the But the main story was the Electoral College. It war; Shenandoah’s crew was unaware of General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. appeared the archaic device—produced by Founding Documentation of the wrecks bolsters nomination of Fathers distrustful of the ability of the citizenry to elect a the site to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, president; cautious about balancing the role of the states says UHM Professor of Anthropology Michael W. Graves, and national government; and coping with logistical prob- principal investigator of the project, which is supported lems of counting a large vote in a large, rural country when by the National Park Service American Battlefield voting itself was still novel—might not work. For only the Protection Program and Pohnpei State Office of Historic fourth time, one candidate might win the popular vote, his Preservation and Cultural Affairs and the Marine Option opponent, the Electoral College. How could this happen? Program at Ma¯noa. Your vote helps decide who receives your state’s elec- tors’ votes. Each state has a number of votes equal to the number of its congressional seats. The victorious candi- date in each state gets all that state’s electoral votes (ex- cept in Nebraska and New Hampshire) regardless of the margin of victory. The electors—political insiders typically elected at state party conventions—submit their votes after election day. Only about half the states tie electors’ votes to the popular vote. Confused? Join the club. In focusing on the shortcomings of the Electoral College, the news media educated the public while raising its ire. A shadow of illegitimacy will hang like a cloud over Professor Ryuzo Yanagimachi, above, moved into the this presidential election, suggesting this archaic holdover Institute for Biogenesis Research, a new $4.9 million state- go the way of the poll tax. As a political scientist and a of-the-art research facility adjacent to the Biomedical Sciences building on the UH Ma¯noa campus this fall. voter, I hope that this election will produce more voter- Joining him for the building dedication were University friendly ballots, improved election administration, and state officials and private donors, whose joint efforts increased voter turnout and reform of the Electoral made the new institute possible. In permanent residence at the institute is Cumulina, the world’s first cloned College. Our democratic experiment is robust; I am most mouse, stuffed and mounted after her death from natural struck by the civil and peaceful transfer of power that causes last year. defines American democracy. That is the real story of this election.

4 Ma¯ lamalama Regents’ CORRESPONDENCE Nursing grad seeks fellow alumni Medal I’ve enjoyed the magazine, which I never received until Recipients for 2000 two issues ago. Is it new? Or have I been missing it since I left UH upon completing the two-year nursing program Excellence in Teaching at Ma¯ noa in 1976. I would be interested in hearing from any fellow UH Ma¯noa alums of the 1976 AS degree program. I have ongoing Hazel Beh, assistant professor, contact with a few, who are similarly interested. I have William S. Richardson School the fondest and best memories of my time at UH Ma¯ noa of Law and the instructors and classmates who shared that time. John Casken, assistant profes- Matt A. Lieber, RN sor, School of Nursing Editor’s note: UH is constantly updating addresses for UH Margot Henriksen, associate professor of history, College alumni. To add or correct an address or to reach Matt of Arts and Humanities Lieber, e-mail or write to us using the addresses at the David Johnson, assistant professor of sociology, College of end of this column. For more information about Matt, Social Sciences see Class Notes beginning on page 20. Damon Sakai, assistant professor, John A. Burns School of Medicine Chance meeting spawns friendship I was a 20-year-old travel agent in March 1968 in Niagara Jean Toyama, professor of French, College of Languages, Falls, Canada, when I read an article by Dr. Edward M. Linguistics and Literature Barnet in a trade magazine. He was describing the School UH Community Colleges of Travel Industry Management, which he’d recently Dennis J. Chun, instructor of Hawaiian Studies, Kaua‘i CC founded at UH Ma¯ noa. It intrigued me very much, be- cause I’d experienced a wonderful 16-day visit to Hawai‘i Jacob Darakjian, professor of automotive technology, just over a year earlier and thought I’d like to return to Leeward CC pursue my post-secondary school education. Robert DeLoach, professor and chair, social sciences, I found myself just inside the door at Hawai‘i Hall on Windward CC Labor Day 1968. I was alone, with no place to live and Diane Ferreira, professor of English, Hawai‘i CC generally unsure of what would happen. Providentially, Molli K. Fleming, instructor in language arts, Maui CC Dr. Barnet came along at that very moment, although I did not know who he was. We talked story for a few Kathleen Sullivan, assistant professor of nursing, moments. When he learned I was intending to study TIM, Kapi‘olani CC he told me he was the founder and dean of that pro- John Richard Ziegler, professor of history and American gram. I asked him if he by chance knew of any possible studies, Honolulu CC accommodation that I could rent. His eyes twinkled, and he said he just might. Within UH Hilo moments he’d driven me the short distance to Atherton Terrance Jalbert, assistant professor of finance, School of Road, where he introduced me to his wife and his dog. Business Both liked me (thankfully!), and he said that I was wel- come, for the tidy sum of $50 a month, to what had been Excellence in Research his daughter’s room upstairs in their home. I said “yes” at Ralph Freese, professor of mathematics, College of Natural once, and so began a wonderful friendship that lasted Science, UH Ma¯noa until the Barnets passed on. I was very lucky, and that Francois Roddier, astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, UH chance meeting led to four terrific years at Ma¯ noa. Ma¯noa Jerry Pickard (’72 Ma¯ noa) Editor’s note: Send remembrances, comments and ques- Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished tions to [email protected] or Ma¯lamalama, 1627 Bachman Service to the University Place BA2, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, HI 96822. Donald Bourassa, dean of planning, information and development, Honolulu CC

Ma¯ lamalama 5 PEOPLE REPORTS

HONORED Jay Hartwell, adviser to RANKED Ma¯noa as the top university for Asian UHM’s Ka Leo ‘O Hawai‘i student newspaper Pacific Americans by aMagazine based on student and and KTUH radio station, with the College faculty demographics, student retention, availability of Media Advisers’ honor roll; UHM Art Gallery scholarships and Asian studies and other factors; UH Hilo Director Thomas Klobe with the designa- as third among public liberal arts colleges in the tion of Chevalier (Knight) de l’Ordre des Arts western U.S. by U.S. News & World Report; Ma¯noa at 64th et des Lettres by the Republic of France; Judith Gersting among the nation’s top 100 “best buys” in quality public School of Ocean and Earth Science and higher education by Kiplinger magazine. Technology Associate Dean Lorenz Magaard with the Pacific Congress on ESTABLISHED A School of Communication in the Marine Science and Technology International UHM College of Social Sciences that Award; UHM Emeritus Professor of Botany combines the Departments of Dieter Mueller-Dombois, with the Communication and Journalism; a new Reinhold Tuxen Award; UHM Professor of master of human resource man- Physics and Institute for Astronomy Associate agement degree program in the Curtis Ho Director for Research Support David UHM College of Business Sanders, with the Alexander von Humboldt Administration; the Hawai‘i Center Foundation Award for Senior U.S. Scientists. for Advanced Communications SELECTED UHH Professor of Education in the College of Engineering to Nina Buchanan to edit the March issue of conduct research in broadband Roeper Review; UHH Computer Science Chair and wireless communication, Judith Gersting to a National Science develop next-generation technology and Foundation grant review panel; UHM College promote the communication industry in Hawai‘i. Jane Kadohiro of Education Associate Professor Curtis Ho to help write standards for teacher preparation DISCOVERED A genetic mutation responsible for for the International Society for Technology in causing PXE, an inherited disease that causes skin lesions, Education; UHH Assistant Professor of Biology blindness and premature hardening of the arteries, by William Mautz to serve on the editorial UHM’s Laboratory of Matrix Pathobiology; Evidence that board of the journal Copeia; UHH Associate metals in an Antarctic meteorite were formed by gas- Professor of Political Science Bob Watson to solid condensation in the early solar system, by the UHM serve on the editorial board of a new journal, Institute of Geophysics and Planetology; Findings that Lorenz Magaard International Journal of Politics and Ethics. predictions have over-estimated the amount of car- ELECTED UHM Assistant Professor of bon dioxide released by soil Nursing Jane Kadohiro as first vice presi- at warmer temperatures, Photo by Margaret McFall-Ngai dent of the American Association of Diabetes which suggests the need to Educators; UHH Instructor Hirokuni rethink models about the Masuda to the editorial advisory committee impact of global warming, for the Journal of Pidgin and Creole by scientists from the College Languages. of Tropical Agriculture and APPOINTED UHM School of Nursing Hirokuni Masuda Human Resources and U.S. Dean Rosanne Harrigan, Matsuda Chair in Forest Service; A unique sym- Women’s Health; Andrew G. Hashimoto, biotic relationship in which dean of the College of Tropical Agriculture and bobtailed squid provide a Human Resources; Keith Miser, UHH vice home to a luminescent bacterium in exchange for protec- chancellor for student affairs. tive camouflage, by a graduate student and researchers in the Pacific Biomedical Research Center.

6 Ma¯ lamalama UNVEILED A new sculpture reflecting symbolism BROKEN found in the natural environment by ceramic artist Jun Ground for an Kaneko at the entrance plaza to Waikı¯kı¯ Aquarium. 85,000-square- foot classroom Architect’s rendering of UH Hilo’s next DONATED Million-dollar grants from two California classroom building and office couples—one to establish the Barry and Virginia Weinman building, UH Chair of Entrepreneurship and E-Business in CBA’s new Hilo’s first new major building in 20 years; Ground for Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business and one a $14-million Campus Center to include Windward CC’s to establish a Chair of Entrepreneurship, Marketing first dining area as well as conference, interactive TV, and Information Technology; 20 acres mauka of Maui’s publication and student lounge facilities. Palauea Beach by developer and UH Regent Everett Dowling’s Palauea Investors for a Hawaiian cultural pre- SIGNED Exchange agreements between UH serve to be managed by UHM’s Center for Hawaiian Community Colleges and Yunnan Provincial Tourism Studies and Department of Anthropology and Maui CC. School and Yunnan Institute of Nationalities; A contract with Blackwell Publishers, of Oxford, for a four-volume PUBLISHED Brainard’s Biographies of American text series on world philosophy written by UHM profes- Musicians profiling 19th-century music and culture by sors, with royalties to support graduate student UHM Associate Professor of Music E. Douglas Bomberger; scholarship and travel. For Beer and the Bible: One Hundred Years at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu and Ships, Furs and RECEIVED A five-year, $4.1-million National Science Sandalwood: A Yankee Trader in Hawai‘i by UHH Professor Foundation grant for of History Sandra Wagner-Wright; Poisonous Plants of Pacific Cooperative Paradise, by University of Hawai‘i Press, with descriptions Studies Unit research on of plants and their uses, poisoning symptoms and first- avian malaria, which has aid advice; Reimagining the Future: Toward Democratic contributed to the extinc- Governance, by UHM Professor of Communication Majid tion of at least 10 bird Tehranian and colleagues. species in Hawai‘i and threatens 22 more, includ- PERFORMED UHM Professor of Music Byron Yasui’s Photo by Jack Jeffrey ing the a‘apane, pictured Lo‘ihi: Birth of an Island for string orchestra during the at right with a mosquito near its eye; Nearly $3 million in Honolulu Symphony’s fall opening concert. federal funding and designation of three National KICKED OFF A grassroots campaign called Friends of Resource Centers in the School of Hawaiian, Asian and Windward to increase public awareness of and private Pacific Studies—the Centers for East Asian Studies, support for Windward CC. Southeast Asian Studies and Pacific Island Studies; RECOGNIZED The Department of Meteorology for 75 $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Education for the years of service as weather observers by its UHM neigh- School of Travel Industry Management research and ser- bors, the National Weather Service; The UHM Golden vice projects addressing sustainable tourism and the Key National Honor Society chapter with the interna- environment; a $285,000 National Science Foundation tional Key Chapter Award for excellence in communica- grant to pilot degree and certificate programs in tropical tion, operation and participation; Students in the UHM forest ecosystem and agroforestry management at Rainbow Advantage Program by the Hawai‘i CC. JCPenney Golden Rule Award pro- ACCREDITED UHM College of Tropical Agriculture gram for mentoring and Human Resources’ new biosystems engineering school children over program by the Accreditation Board for Engineering breakfast at Waikı¯kı¯ and Technology. Community Center.

Ma¯ lamalama 7 Scientists may not be able to say when, but they know one thing for sure— A Tsunami is Coming by Tracy Orillo-Donovan Photo courtesy of Pacific Tsunami Museum The wave flipped me over and carried me toward the threat. Curious onlookers, ignorant of the risk, ran the lava rock wall that rimmed the school. I recall toward the ocean instead of to higher ground. Tsunamis are a constant threat in the Pacific Basin. telling myself, “I’m going to hit head first into that Between 1992 and 1998, 10 tsunamis killed more than rock wall and I’m going to die.” Miraculously, part 4,000 people and caused millions of dollars in damages. of the wave that preceded me smashed into the wall Warning centers—two in the United States and one each in Japan, French Polynesia, Pacific Russia, Chile and and broke it up. So I went flying through the wall— Peru—prevent even higher death tolls. “It’s unlikely that rumbling along, rolling with all the rocks. I was another 1946 can catch us unaware,” says Gerard Fryer, a under tons of water and I was getting hit by all these Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology researcher who has investigated tsunamis for 14 years. rolling rocks and debris, and I couldn’t breathe. I Fryer and colleagues at UH and around the world are was 16 but I guess I knew what mortality meant. building better, more efficient prediction models to cal-

—Masuo Kino, survivor of the 1946 tsunami that hit the Big Island culate the wave height and force of a tsunami approach- ing the Hawaiian Islands and other vulnerable locations. t has been more than two decades since a tsunami They study tsunamis originating in both local and hit the Hawaiian Islands and more than half a cen- distant events. tury since the most destructive tsunami on record. Local tsunamis, usually generated by landslides, can On April Fools’ Day, 1946, an earthquake in hit nearby land in a matter of minutes. Fryer, Hawai‘i IAlaska’s Aleutian Islands generated a tsunami. Waves Undersea Research Lab’s John Smith and Philip Watts of more than 100 feet high raced across the Pacific, killing Applied Fluids Engineering, Inc., used mathematical 159 people and causing more than $23 million in dam- calculations and prediction models to reproduce Hawai‘i’s ages in Hawai‘i. The run-up, or maximum height of the two big local tsunamis, recorded in 1868 and 1975. waves on shore, reached 54 feet on Moloka‘i and 55 feet “We reproduced the run-ups for the 1975 tsunami on the Big Island’s Pololu¯. In some areas, waves pene- very well, so we know our technique works,” says Fryer. trated more than a half mile inland. “Now we are looking at every possible tsunami source Experts speculate that, because the tsunami happened around the Big Island, exploring what would happen and on a day traditionally marked by pranks and jokes, few figuring out how severe the tsunami would be through- took the verbal warnings seriously. With no warning out the Hawaiian Islands.” The worst case scenario? If a system in place, children headed to school, unaware of big event, like the 1975 tsunami, occurred in South

8 Ma¯ lamalama Kona, parts of Kailua-Kona would be flooded within six minutes and Honolulu, in a half hour. “We still have some thinking to do though,” says Fryer. “Our modeling says a 1951 Kona earthquake should have caused a dam- aging tsunami in Honolulu. There was a tsunami, but it was too small to do any damage.” As they map areas that might be inundated, the team shares the information with Civil Defense officials so that sensible guidelines can be developed. Of special concern is Honolulu, where, because there is no record of damag- ing local tsunamis, there is no existing planned response to a large Big Island earthquake. Left: Hilo residents flee an encroaching tsunami on April 1, “We’ll get all this work done within a year,” Fryer 1946. UH research may improve predictions about when says. “Let’s hope that’s soon enough.” and where tsunamis will hit. Above: A popular item on Tsunamis from the margins of the Pacific have caused campus tours, wave tanks help scientists understand the dynamics of waves, including killer tsunamis. the most damage in Hawai‘i. UHM Professor of Civil Engineering Michelle Teng and Professor of Ocean and and Atmospheric Research. A large wave tank provides Resources Engineering Kwok Fai Cheung are developing laboratory data on wave run-up. a software package to predict tsunami run-up and inun- A new survey of the effects of the 1946 distant dation patterns under different distant earthquake/ tsunami in the Marquesas Islands produced surprises. tsunami scenarios, with funding from the Hawai‘i Sea “The waves were far larger than they had been in Hawai‘i, Grant College Program and Joint Institute for Marine even though the Marquesas are a lot farther away,” Fryer says. “The waves were huge, averaging 20 feet and reach- ing as much as 65 feet in narrow valleys. It looks like a Tsunami facts very narrow beam of extremely high waves was projected What does “tsunami” mean? across the Pacific. The largest waves must have just missed The Japanese word for “harbor wave” refers to a Hawai‘i but hit the Marquesas dead center.” series of waves traveling across the ocean with Just as researchers think they are solving the tsunami extremely long wavelengths (up to hundreds of puzzle, new information raises new questions. They do miles between wave crests in the deep ocean). agree on one fact—there will be another tsunami. Tsunamis have no connection with the weather nor with tides. The whole road, everything was covered with debris. What causes a tsunami? There was a house in the middle of the road. It looked They usually result from a sudden rise or fall of a section of the earth’s crust under or near the like someone had taken all the furniture out of the ocean. Volcanic activity and landslides above or house and put it underneath the house and sat the below water can also generate tsunamis. house down on top of it. I wanted to go see it, and they How fast do tsunamis travel? A tsunami wave in the open ocean can reach said, “No, no. Don’t go over there.” I went anyway, speeds greater than 500 miles an hour. Locally-gen- and there was an arm in the debris. … It was furni- erated tsunamis can reach coastlines in minutes. ture and sticks and rocks and huge boulders and How many waves are in a tsunami? A tsunami generally consists of a series of waves, kitchen stuff and people and everything. It was the often referred to as the tsunami wave train. The most amazing destruction I’ve ever seen. amount of time between successive waves, known —Jeanne Branch Johnston describing the aftermath as the wave period, varies from only a few minutes of the April 1, 1946, tsunami in Hilo to more than an hour. Tracy Orillo-Donovan (BA ’85, MEd ’96 Ma¯noa) is a public information officer What should I do? in University and Community Relations Review evacuation zones and other information in For information on tsunami research at UH, visit the front pages of the telephone book now. If you www.soest.hawaii.edu/tsunami. are at the beach and feel an earthquake or observe Personal accounts excerpted here are from Tsunamis a rapid withdrawal of the sea, head for higher Remembered: Oral Histories of Survivors and Observers in ground immediately. When a tsunami warning is Hawai‘i, a recently completed project of the UHM Center issued, keep telephone lines clear and stay away for Oral History. Other Center for Oral History projects doc- from low-lying areas. ument communities, ethnic groups, historical events, occu- Information courtesy of the Pacific Tsunami Museum, pations and individual lives. To learn more, log on to www.tsunami.org www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/oral_hist or call 808 956-6259.

Ma¯ lamalama 9 Behind the Scenes A backstage tour of Kennedy Theatre reveals complex preparations as a program famed for its Asian presentations tackles a devilish Western drama

by Jennifer Crites

tanding on the stage at screen), which can be lowered I cross the stage through a war- Kennedy Theatre at UH during a performance like a giant ren of tiny backstage offices to meet Ma¯noa, I am torn between guillotine blade severing audience with Dennis Carroll, director of two roles. The amateur and actors from backstage flotsam theater graduate studies. Carroll is actor within me looks out and jetsam. tackling one of the most challenging Sat the empty auditorium and imag- Behind the cyclorama, three rows projects the theater world has to ines a packed house on opening of black spotlights hang upside offer—directing a staged production night. When I turn around, I’m a down along the back wall like giant, of the entire Faust, Johann theater patron gazing at a maze of sleeping bats; and off to the side, Wolfgang von Goethe’s epic poem curved plywood ramps that rises, curtains—called “legs” in theater in which the old and scholarly roller-coaster-like, from the stage parlance—hide warehouse-size doors Doctor Faust sells his soul to the floor as the complicated set for a leading to the set-construction shop. devil in return for infinite knowl- musical fairy tale. A conical steel staircase winds up to edge, power, youth and worldly The stage is cavernous, stretch- the fly gallery, where ropes, steel pleasure. Seldom will a director ing 80 feet deep and looming 70 cables, pulleys, counterweights and stage both parts of Faust because the feet high. Hanging from a grid of technicians on a catwalk control the powerful drama, which includes an metal bars at the ceiling is a cyclo- movement of curtains, lights and eclectic collection of monsters, sea rama (curved canvas projection dangling props. creatures, spirits, witches, angels,

10 Ma¯ lamalama Greek gods, grave-digging zombies Czechoslovakia and the 1967 film covering with an arbor sprouting out and scenes that whisk the players to Bedazzled. Carroll has dreamed of of its top. both heaven and hell, strains the staging the original for many years. Elaborate head pieces are only resources of a theater to the limit. Now, he says, the time is right be- one of Finney’s many challenges. In Part II, widely considered cause theater resources are available. Large casts are another. She and her unstageable and rarely attempted, students and staff must create wine- the story hinges on magical transfor- taging any theatrical pro- colored jumpsuits and other outfits mations and surreal scenes in which duction is a complicated for Faust’s ensemble of nearly 50 Faust visits the mythical worlds of process involving the col- actors, most of whom will play at the past, the dead and the future; lective efforts of dozens of least eight different roles. “I’d like to falls in love with a reincarnated people, from actors and get my work week down to six Helen of Troy; drains the ocean as Sdirectors to costume and set design- days,” she says with a laugh. part of a land-reclamation project; ers and their crews. On the day of Upstairs, Professor of Theater and helps sire a test tube offspring. my visit, Sandra Finney, Kennedy Joseph Dodd is concluding one of To stage the unstageable, Carroll Theatre’s costume designer and di- his scene design classes. “A set is plans to keep the Faust costumes rector of undergraduate studies in something three dimensional that and sets simple. Stainless-steel cages the UHM Department of Theatre actors can move through and around will represent worldly prisons in and Dance, is working on No One and on, an environment for the which characters are trapped, re- Will Marry a Princess with a Tree action to take place in,” he explains. leased and confined again. Wagons Growing Out of her Head. “It’s an “It must support the playwright’s (platforms on industrial casters) will apple tree,” she points out, nodding and the director’s vision.” It may move the action around a gutted in the direction of a nearby head create a visual analogy, such as a stage. “The audience will be able to see the theater’s chipped back walls, the door to the set-construction shop, the fly-line system, everything. It will all be part of the scenery,” says Carroll. His presentation emphasizes the conflict between demonic and celes- tial forces as well as Faust’s internal struggles. “The work is a statement about the need for constant striving, change, evolution, the inevitability of dissatisfaction, never settling for an easy score,” he explains, “These are all things that Goethe’s life ex- emplifies. He was never satisfied to sit back, savor and relax, never con- tent with what he had achieved.” The same could be said Carroll, who previously directed the complex and equally challenging Greek tragedy, Oresteia, at Kennedy Theatre in 1989. Faust’s themes of compromising integrity for pleasure or material benefit appear in many spinoffs, Professor Dennis Carroll, left, directs UHM undergraduates Allison R. Jucutan including Baclav Havel’s modern (Gretchen) and Scot Davis (Faust III) in the rarely staged two-part epic drama retelling of Faust set in about a deal with the devil.

Ma¯ lamalama 11 Professor Sandra Finney, left, involves students such as theater major Sadie Yi in turning a director’s concept into wearable costumes.

giant compass for a play about a value, mood (the dramatic Faust UH President’s Diversity and Equity journey to the four winds. Before against the Mollière-inspired com- Initiative. Grants and community actual sets are built, designers make edy La Bête, for example) and size to support are critical to making Asian scale models out of paper, card- stretch theater resources.” theater possible as well. board, strips of wood or veneer, The community helps. Part of In the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, glue, acrylic paint and “pretty much the $35,000 cost of staging Faust where student experimental work is anything they can buy or scrounge.” came from outside donations, and showcased, budgets are definitely Productions also rely on such The African Tragedian, a one-man shoestring. Primetime programs, the key backstage players as a lighting tour de force honoring African- academic showcase for students designer, sound designer/musician American Shakespearean actor Ira working on a master of fine arts de- (for Faust, an original computer- Aldridge, was cosponsored by the gree, are allotted roughly $600 for generated score has been composed by New York/Hawai‘i–based musician Tony Bergamo), a stage Also at Kennedy Theatre manager and a house manager, among others. Indonesian theater performances Feb. 2–11. Kennedy Theatre, which has You can have this dance ennedy Theatre may earned an international reputa- Alumni Fest features choreogra- be best known for tion for its staging of Japanese phy by UHM alumni from across lavish Asian produc- kabuki and Beijing opera, intro- the country, including Caren tions, but each season duces the unique West Sumatran Cariño, Darryl Thomas and Chris reflects the wide range theatrical form of randai, rarely D. C. Ramos, Mar. 9–11. Doug Kof its academic program, including performed outside of Indonesia. Varone and Dancers highlights Asian, Western, children’s and dance Umbuik Mudo and the Magic one of New York’s hottest, dare- works. “Fitting everything into the Flute combines martial arts, music, devil modern dance troupes, calendar is always a challenge,” says dance, acting and storytelling in a Mar. 16–17. Spring Footholds; Lurana O’Malley, theater historian tragic love story complete with showcases the work of master of and associate professor of theater, robbers and dangerous quests. fine arts candidate Catherine “but we try to balance educational Tickets go on sale Jan. 22 for Zahrn, May 2–6.

12 Ma¯ lamalama costumes and construction and de- pend on volunteers for labor. Late Night projects, productions chosen by a student board that commence A playgoer’s after the finale of the main-stage guide to show, receive a $100 stipend. Goethe tudents are the heart and onsidered one of the soul of everything, greatest thinkers of the modern world—not only for his lit- O’Malley emphasizes. “We Cerary accomplishments, but also for his achievements in try to work the curriculum science, history and sociology—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe together with what’s hap- (1749–1832) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The son of pening on stage because theater can’t S a lawyer, Goethe practiced law and held a number of government be just theoretical, it has to be prac-

positions in the court of Duke Karl August of Weimar, including Drawing by Valentino Valdez tical, too,” she adds. “Often we’ll war commissioner, director of roads and services, manager of have classes that offer specific train- ing. In conjunction with this year’s financial affairs, general supervisor for arts and sciences and Asian theater presentation, Umbuik director of the court theaters. He delved into the occult, philoso- Mudo and the Magic Flute, guest phy, astrology, alchemy and religious mysticism as well as chem- artists from Indonesia are teaching istry, anatomy, mineralogy and geology. His interest in osteology classes in circular breathing, the silat led to his discovery of the human intermaxillary bone. During a martial art form and how to play two-year sabbatical to Italy, he immersed himself in the art, archi- specialized drums, flutes and tecture and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. talempong (bronze kettles).” Goethe spent 60 years writing Faust—which emphasizes the The department has cosponsored right and power of the individual to inquire into affairs both specialized summer courses, includ- human and divine and to work out his own destiny. The epic poem ing staged combat, which teaches is based on Christopher Marlowe’s retelling of a legend about a students to duel with swords and disillusioned scholar who makes a pact with Satan. The real Faust, quarterstaffs, parry and thrust using sword and shield, throw fake who died in 1540, was reported to have been a disreputable man punches and other techniques. Last who alluded to the devil as his crony and claimed to be an summer, a master artist from Italy astrologer, magician and alchemist. A collection of exploits attrib- presented a two-week workshop on uted to this Faust first appeared in Faustbuch, published in 1587. the Renaissance Comedia dell‘Arte Kennedy Theatre’s production of Faust runs April 19–29, with form, which relies on masks to rep- Parts I and II on separate days or together in a one-day cycle. resent exaggerated character traits. “It is the root of works by the Marx Brothers, Chaplain—all the slapstick physical-comedy stuff,” explains unique course because it’s team- Carroll. Perhaps, for the audience O’Malley. taught by specialists in both Western on opening night, it will be the key Productions and specialty classes and Asian theater. Mainland univer- to understanding and enjoying this provide experience and diversified sities don’t offer that cross-cultural literary masterpiece. comparison.” skills, but the cornerstone of a UH For more information on Kennedy theater degree is a four-semester Such dualism, in one of its many Theatre, call 808 956-7655 v/t or visit undergraduate course called World guises, is echoed throughout the www.hawaii.edu/theatre. Theatre Sequence. “It’s very intense, Faust epic. “Two souls within me Performances at Kennedy and other and the students may think it’s a wrestle for possession, and neither UH theaters appear in the calendar on course conjured up by the devil, but will surrender to his brother,” de- the back cover of this publication. it gives them an incredible back- clares Faust in Part I. “That, for me, Jennifer Crites (’90 Windward CC, ’92 UHWO) is ground,” says O’Mally. “It’s a is the key to the staging,” says a freelance writer and photographer in Honolulu

Ma¯ lamalama 13 Physician Lynnae Millar, left, and researcher Gillian Bryant-Greenwood in Neonatal Intensive Care at Kapi‘olani Medical Center Scientists labor to prevent preterm birth by Paula Gillingham Bender hey form a sisterhood of Research Center (PBRC). Her lab suspect in preterm birth. Relaxin, scientists, 13 researchers, examines samples of fetal membranes one of many hormones involved in Tclinicians, technicians, stu- from women who give birth prema- childbirth, relaxes the pelvic liga- dents and nurses. Whether signing turely at Kapi‘olani Medical Center ments and causes cervical dilation, on for a single semester or a career, for Women and Children. essential events as a woman’s body they collectively focus creative ener- Thirty years ago, such research prepares for birth. Because it is gies and painstaking efforts, was unheard of. “We believed that if expressed in the cellular lining of the determined to understand a health we understood what goes on in ani- fetal membrane, relaxin can cause problem of particular interest to mals, we would understand what is the extremely thin layers of the women—preterm birth. happening in humans,” Bryant- lining to rupture, sometimes weeks Solving this riddle (and this team Greenwood says. “We now know too soon for a fetus. has made significant that it’s very, very When that happens before 26 headway) is no small Preterm birth occurs in different.” For weeks gestation, surviving infants matter. Insurance one thing, no spend more than four months in companies and health one out of 10 pregnan- animals neonatal intensive care units at an management organi- cies, and the rate is adequately mimic average cost of $250,000, according zations could realize human gestation. to an article in the New England millions of dollars in rising in the U.S. Also, spontaneous Journal of Medicine last August. The savings. Fewer chil- preterm birth is article, “Extremely Preterm Birth— dren born prior to 37 weeks gestation unusual, even unknown, in non- Defining the Limits of Hope” would mean fewer children suffering human species. The reasons are un- describes a study that tracked more long-term health problems and fewer clear—it could be because of our than 300 such babies born in the families enduring the psycho-social upright posture, which imposes a United Kingdom and Ireland. Nearly hardships that accompany raising great mechanical challenge on the half of the babies suffered some type such children. embryonic sac—but the reality is of disability by the time they were Presiding over this effort is that preterm birth occurs in 11 per- toddlers, and hyperactivity, learning Gillian Bryant-Greenwood. The cent of all pregnancies, and the rate disabilities and motor difficulties British-trained molecular endocri- is rising in the United States in spite sometimes don’t surface until age 5. nologist is a professor of cell and of the emphasis on making prenatal The disabilities shown by 23 percent molecular biology and director of care available to more women. of the toddlers included general slow- one of the 10 programs operating Bryant-Greenwood’s group has ness in mental growth, seizures and under Ma¯noa’s Pacific Biomedical determined that relaxin is a prime difficulty walking or sitting. Other

14 Ma¯ lamalama problems included impaired sight, Bryant-Greenwood has found an ing groups who can afford to pay for hearing, communication and motor ally in another woman—Lynnae medication and that the still male- skills. A quarter of the children in the Millar, associate professor in the UH dominated world of research is slow study suffered severe disabilities such medical school’s Department of to respond to what is perceived as as paralysis and blindness. Obstetrics and Gynecology and the women’s health issues. “More public The risk of preterm delivery is department’s director of research. awareness would help,” says Millar. higher in unmarried women in low- Seven years ago, Millar joined “There is a paucity of well-trained income and poor-education Bryant-Greenwood in investigating investigators active in this type of stratums. These are women most preterm birth. research.” likely to experience inadequate pre- “She ap- Their research could That could change natal care, poor nutrition, untreated proached me as more young people illnesses and infections. Black because she reduce the cost and gain the kind of educa- women, more than those in any wanted to col- disabilities associated tion and experience that other racial group, are more likely to laborate with a comes from working in suffer premature deliveries. Bryant- clinician,” with preterm birth Bryant-Greenwood’s lab Greenwood says these demographics Millar says. and pursue research make funding a challenge. “She wanted to make her research careers. She sees a key part of her “Women have not lobbied for it, more clinically relevant, in particular role as nurturing young talent, so not the way they have for breast can- working on the etiology of preterm Bryant-Greenwood takes time from cer research,” Bryant-Greenwood birth.” Despite mandates by the conducting and reporting on research explains. “Preterm birth dispropor- National Institutes of Health to pro- to compose grant requests. Grants tionately affects women in lower eco- mote women’s and children’s health pay researchers, undergraduates and nomic groups, not the high-society issues, research efforts still lag in other staff members and cover the ladies who get out there and talk or those areas. Critics suggest that drug $75,000-per-year cost of lab supplies, write letters to their congressmen.” companies focus on problems affect- repairs and maintenance. Some fac- ulty members and technicians are Fetal Development and Prospective Survival funded wholly or in part by the Developmental progress Chance of survival outside womb Minority Access to Research Careers and related difficulties and Research Centers in Minority FIRST TRIMESTER Body segments appear None Institutions programs of the National Primitive external heart beats and Institutes of Health. Bryant- lung buds develop Greenwood has received federal sup- First bone cells develop, body port from the National Institute of features become apparent Some organs function Child Health and Human Lungs begin primitive breathing Development for the past 28 years, motion and she and her colleagues also re- ceive funds from PBRC, Kapi‘olani SECOND TRIMESTER Blood vessels develop, organs Minimal, though improving with medical Health Research Institute and the and structures form advances Clinical Research Center, a joint pro- Hair grows, eyelids blink 1 in 5 infants who do survive suffer serious gram of UH and Kapi‘olani Medical Skins loses transparency disabilities, including blindness, Center for Women and Children. Skeleton forms rapidly deafness or cerebral palsy Eyes form, fetus can swallow 50% survive with intensive care She also encourages members of 1 Fetus reaches 1–1 ⁄2 pounds Disabilities are likely, including neuromotor her team pursue their own grants. “I impairment and blindness want them to become independent of me while contributing to the THIRD TRIMESTER Surfactant forms to prepare lungs group as a whole,” Bryant- for breathing Greenwood says. The more investiga- Fetus reaches 3 pounds, can suck Good with intensive care tors there are pursuing health thumb Infant remains at risk for subnormal or research, the better the chance of Fat deposits are stored in prepara- deficient intelligence and respiratory tion for birth distress syndrome solving important health problems. Digestive track and lungs mature Respiratory difficulties are common Such as the riddle of preterm Body begins to grow plump Respiratory difficulties at birth but birth. Brain grows rapidly generally good long-term outcomes Paula Gillingham Bender (’91 Kapi‘olani CC, ’94 Lungs mature, mother’s antibodies Excellent UHM) is a freelance writer in Honolulu. are transferred Full term

Illustration by Kip S. Aoki

Ma¯ lamalama 15 Mauna Kea and Haleakala¯, the best sites in the world for astronomy and excellently equipped. To fully realize that potential, we need a certain amount of resources, both manpower and budget. We will hire in the areas where we need to improve or add critical mass.” Under Kudritzki, IfA’s focus will be For research director built on two pillars—experimental Rolf-Peter Kudritzki astrophysics, which will include devel- opment of new telescope technolo- gies, and pure research in cosmology, Astronomy evolution of galaxies, solar physics and formation of stars and planets. The institute is developing a number is the Answer of ambitious projects, applying inno- vative design to both the telescopes themselves and the research done on he late 1960s was a period of theories about what makes the sun so them. Part of the director’s job is to intense student activism in bright, he says. Virtually every modern pursue donor support for initiatives TGermany. One particularly pas- technology is, to some extent, an “in the tradition of the U.S. Mainland, sionate member of the movement at outgrowth of astronomical research. where private funding helped build Berlin University had managed to During the past 10 years alone, leading programs at Caltech and the offend every faculty member who astronomers have detected planetary University of California.” could sponsor his diploma thesis in systems orbiting other suns, observed Educational and economic bene- theoretical physics. So young Rolf- giant molecular clouds to study star fits follow, Kudritzki points out. “We Peter Kudritzki turned to his depart- and planet formation and peered to are a research institute, but we are ment’s newest professor, a man of the outermost region of our universe also a university institute. We have an liberal leanings and expertise for a glimpse at how galaxies formed. enormous responsibility to provide in astronomy. And that, says Kudritzki, is just the excellent teaching, both at the gradu- beginning. “After centuries of ate and undergraduate level and All modern technology is, to research, what we see is just the tip of through outreach to the public. Give some extent, an outgrowth of the universe. Only 10 percent of mat- kids a telescope and they become astronomical research ter is visible. Ninety percent is dark excited about science,” he says. matter—it causes gravitational action, Expanding UH’s already enormous “I quickly became very inter- which proves that it’s there, but we reputation for developing ested,” recalls Kudritzki, who joined don’t know what it is. That means instruments for use with telescopes UH’s Institute for Astronomy (IFA) as there is still 90 percent to explore. It is will build Hawai‘i’s reputation as a director in October. “Astronomy of- very exciting and fundamental.” technology center and provide exper- fers both emotional depths and intel- Kudritzki, who left his position as tise in electronic and information lectual depths. Physics is very abstract; director of the Munich University technologies. “Ultimately, Hawai‘i’s with astronomy, although you cannot Observatory and post as chair of the most important resource is the brains touch the stars, you can still see them committee that directs German astro- of its people. There is enormous to a large extent.” nomical institutes to accept the UH economic spin-off.” Still passionate, Kudritzki extols job, is determined to make the In other words, astronomy is astronomy’s place in history and its Institute for Astronomy the leader in the answer. potential for the future. What is com- future explorations. “We’re almost —by Cheryl Ernst, creative services director in mon knowledge today—recognition there, we just need a little more con- University and Community Relations that Earth is neither flat nor the cen- centration and focus. A large number For more information about ter of our solar system, for example— of the faculty have worldwide recog- the Institute for Astronomy, is the result of astronomers trying to nition in their area. The institute has visit www.ifa.hawaii.edu. explain our universe. Nuclear energy enormous scientific potential because developed out of once revolutionary we have the unfair advantage of

16 Ma¯ lamalama guided by a Kahu Ku¯puna Council of Hawaiian cultural resource people and by the board’s mission: “Achieve harmony, balance and trust in the sustainable management and stew- ardship of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve through community involve- ment and programs that protect, preserve and enhance the natural, cultural and recreational resources of Community input guides Mauna Kea while providing a world- class center dedicated to education, research and astronomy.” A Plan for —by Arnold Hiura, communication officer for the UH Hilo Office of Mauna Kea Management

Mauna Kea Mauna Kea miscellany he adoption of the Mauna Kea Institute for Astronomy. “It is a very Mauna Kea is a volcano that Science Master Plan by the UH well balanced compromise between last erupted 4,500 years ago; Board of Regents last June science on the one hand and also the its dome reaches nearly 14,000 T feet and is 30 miles across marked a critical milestone in the tradition, culture and ecology of management of the sacred mountain. Mauna Kea. Elements such as restric- Above the ma¯mane forests that provided habitat for Meetings and public hearings span- tion on placement and color of tele- Hawaiian birds, an alpine ning a period of nearly two years scope facilities are OK because there ecosystem supports small went into the formulation of the is reason to do this.” plants, lichens, moss, ferns document. The master plan will guide UH Hilo is responsible for over- and insects activities on Mauna Kea over the next seeing day-to-day management of Three pu‘u cinder cones are 20 years, both on the 525-acre state land leased by UH from the named for Poli‘ahu, Lı¯lı¯noe astronomy precinct, which is widely state Department of Land and and Waiau, sister goddesses representing water in the form accepted to be the premiere astro- Natural Resources. Seven Big Island of snow, mist and lake, nomical viewing site in the northern residents serve as an advisory board. respectively hemisphere, and on 10,760 surround- Arthur Hoke, president of Hawaiian Sub-ice lava flows from the ing acres designated as a natural/ Civic Clubs and a member of ‘Ahahui Pleistocene epoch formed cultural preservation area. Ku Mauna, a group that was an inte- dense rock prized by ancient gral part of the Mauna Kea Master Hawaiians for adzes Mauna Kea kuahiwi ku ha‘o i Plan process, was elected chair. 93 archaeological sites have ka ma¯ lie. Robert Pacheco, president of Hawai‘i been identified—including Mauna Kea is the astonishing Forest and Trails and Mauna Kea shrines, adz workshops and at least one burial site mountain that stands in the Activities Association, is vice chair; and Barry Taniguchi, president of During 1998, about 560 four- calm. —from ‘O¯ lelo No‘eau wheel-drive vehicles visited KTA Superstores, is second vice chair. the summit each week; more The planning process elicited Also serving are Heather Cole, of the than a third were operated by emotional discussions, reflecting the Nature Conservancy; James Kennedy, commercial tours, tourists or community’s deeply rooted concerns associate director of Gemini local visitors over use of Mauna Kea. Issues Observatory; Barbara Robertson, Recreation includes hiking, included Hawaiian cultural and principal of the Kamehameha snow play, sightseeing, spiritual beliefs, protection of envi- Schools Hawai‘i Campus; and Harry stargazing and hunting ronmentally sensitive habitat and Yada, district land agent with the Astronomy-related activities recreational use of the mountain. state Department of Land and produce an estimated $142 million annual impact on the “It is a good step to have this Natural Resources. state economy plan,” comments Rolf-Peter In deliberating the future of the source: Mauna Kea Science Reserve Kudritzki, the new director of UH’s mountain, the advisory board will be Master Plan

Ma¯ lamalama 17 The last best gift

Willed body participants help students become doctors

by Jenny Tom

obert Wilson was a robust man. The Irish immigrant had deep-set blue eyes, brown hair and stood six- Rfeet-one. He had a fifth-grade educa- tion and supported his family first by working on a farm and later as a door-to-door salesman. One month before his 100th birthday, Wilson died of cancer. Too old to donate his organs, he had found another way to make a life-saving gift. By making a lasting impression on several medical students, he reasoned with quiet satisfaction, his death would save far more eyes, more hearts and more livers. Robert Wilson willed his body for medical education. A decade later and thousands of miles away, grandson Andy Wilson views his grandfather’s act from two perspectives. As a family member, he is proud of his grandfather’s generos- ity. As a UH medical student, he

Illustration by Christine Joy Pratt feels a deep sense of gratitude toward people whose selfless gift helps stu- ful,” says Lozanoff. It is the students, dents learn to be doctors. working with the medical school’s Anatomy forms the basis of med- Department of Anatomy, who ical education, says Assistant arrange the ceremony honoring indi- Professor Julie Rosenheimer, whose viduals like Walter Chotzen and their popular instruction in the structure Robert Wilson, pictured with his prize families. They choose music, share of the human body earned her a UH roses, willed his body to medicine to poetry and read testimonials in a Regents’ Medal for Excellence in train future doctors. As a medical stu- moving memorial ceremony at the dent in UH’s John A. Burn’s School of Teaching. Every student in the John Medicine, grandson Andy deeply medical school. Donors’ families A. Burns School of Medicine has the appreciates the value of such gifts. decide how the remains are opportunity to complete several handled—ashes are either returned units of anatomy. First-year students understand the lay of the land. to the families who request them or work in groups of five to study a “There is no replacement for using scattered at sea by the medical stu- body that has been prepared to re- real bodies in anatomy,” Franco says. dents with the assistance of volun- veal muscles and organs. Later in Yet the UH medical school re- teers from local canoe clubs. their curriculum, they can dissect ceives far fewer body donations com- Students return to their studies cadavers themselves. Willed bodies pared to the number willed to with a new perspective on the gift of are also used for practicing surgery Mainland medical schools. Ensuring life. Andy Wilson, who describes and in research. that there are enough willed bodies healing as his calling in life, hopes to “The Willed Body Program is for anatomy classes is a challenge, specialize in emergency medicine and incredibly important to us,” says Rosenheimer says. The department work in Kona. Franco, who was born Scott Lozanoff, professor and chair works with clergy from various eth- in Guam and attached to an Army of anatomy. Dissection of the human nic and religious groups to assure medical services unit in Saudi Arabia, body enables students to examine people that willing one’s body is an is considering family practice. structures in ways that cannot be acceptable alternative. “No words can really express the matched by books or CD-ROM, he There is usually no charge to impact, and there are no words that explains. Variation in individuals, the families, and mortuaries take care of can express the gratitude that we effects of injuries and disease, even arrangements. Once the willed body have for the donors,” says third-year the signs of past surgeries help stu- has been fully utilized, the medical student Janette Javier. Like the oth- dents develop an intimate knowledge school covers the cost of cremation ers, she is simply grateful to people of the human body. Some donors and will handle disposition of the who she never met but who she calls write letters describing their personal ashes. Still, most donors cite charita- some of her best teachers. ble rather than economic motives or medical histories to give students —Jenny Tom (BA ’96 Ma¯noa) is a public informa- a fuller picture of their lives. behind their decisions. Walter and tion officer in University and Community Carla Chotzen of Portlock willed Relations and UHM master’s degree candidate in communication Books, lectures and their bodies to UH after their daugh- ter, who was a UH medical student computer simula- at the time, told them of the short- Interested in becoming tions cannot match age of bodies to study in human a donor? anatomy class. Contact the UH Willed Body firsthand knowledge “We just felt that it would be a Program by calling 808 956- of anatomy beneficial way to go and have our 5467 or e-mailing parts be used for UH students,” says [email protected]. Or write “People can talk about anatomy Carla Chotzen about their decision. to—Department of Anatomy and look at a computer, but until She had no second thoughts when and Reproductive Biology, you see the variations, you don’t re- Walter died of pneumonia in 1998. John A. Burns School of ally understand,” says medical stu- “Why should you be rotting in the Medicine, 1960 East-West Rd. dent Nelson Franco (BS ’86 Ma¯noa). ground when you can be useful to T-311, Honolulu, HI 96822 Consider the difference between somebody else?” she asks. Cash donations are also ac- “Students realize this is a noble, scrutinizing a topographical map and cepted to offset costs related altruistic act. They are really respect- exploring an area on foot to really to the program.

Ma¯ lamalama 19 ALUMNI

2000s Jamaica. He was an intelligence specialist for the Joint named a director of Intelligence Center Pacific and a liquor control Christopher Jacoby (MLIS ’00 Ma¯noa; BA the International investigator for the Honolulu Liquor ’99 West O‘ahu) is an information technology Marine Minerals Commission. specialist for IBM in San Jose, Calif. Society and serves on Sara F. Muraoka the program commit- (BBA ’92 Ma¯noa) is 1990s tee for the Offshore marketing manager for Keith Amemiya (JD ’91 Ma¯noa) is execu- Technology Hawaiian Host. She is tive director of the Hawai‘i High School Conference. a member of Sales and Athletic Association. He negotiated a three- Dean Kawamura (BBA ’91 Ma¯noa; AA ’89 Marketing Executives year exclusive television and Internet broadcast Leeward CC) is a of Hawai‘i. rights agreement with Hawai‘i Sports Network. regional marketing Halifu Osumare Joey Ancog (BA ’98 Ma¯noa) is a community coordinator at (PhD ’99 Ma¯noa) relations coordinator with the UHM School of Wimberly Allison Tong received an honorable mention in the Ralph Travel Industry Management. and Goo, Architects, Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize national com- Designers and David Behling (JD ’95 Ma¯noa) has been petition for graduate students in American Consultants. admitted to the UH medical school. studies for her dissertation “African Kimberly Kaya Aesthetics, American Culture: Hip Hop in the Kelvin Chun (MEd ’95, PD ’83, BBA ’82 (BBA ’95 Ma¯noa) is a Global Era.” Ma¯noa; AS ’86, AS ’85 Leeward CC); a teacher kindergarten teacher at Playa del Rey School in at Nu‘uanu Elementary was named by USA Julia Pearson (JD ’96 Ma¯noa) joined the Qi Culver City, Calif. Today as one of 24 outstanding teachers in the Lin International Law Offices in Taipei. nation. Chun received $2,500 for his school. Bong Gyung Kim (PhD ’99 Ma¯noa) is the Brad Sakamoto (MBA ’97 Ma¯noa) is direc- Pacific regional sustainable aquaculture/fish- Riki Fujitani (JD ’96 tor of recruiting and human resources for Viata eries extension agent in Majuro, Republic of Ma¯noa) is vice presi- Online, an Internet company that is working to the Marshall Islands. dent of the information increase tourism and jobs in Hawai‘i. technology division for Jen Kunishima (JD ’99 Ma¯noa) is the Dean Sato (MD ’90, MS ’86, BS ’83 Ma¯noa) Island Insurance. He is owner of Hawai‘i Doggie Bakery and Gift is a vascular surgeon at Straub Hospital. He a director for the Shop in McCully. was part of the Eastern Virginia Medical surgi- William S. Richardson Yvette La Fontaine (BA ’91 Ma¯noa; AS cal team that performed more than two dozen School of Law Alumni ’90 Kapi‘olani CC; AS ’77 Honolulu CC) is the endovascular repairs to gain FDA approval in Association. owner of The Costume Closet. She designed 1999. Sato brought this pioneering procedure Robert K. Fujikawa (BS ’95 Ma¯noa) is costumes for several productions at Windward to Hawai‘i when he joined Straub. RME, president and CC and Chaminade University. She has also James Scullary (BA ’92 Ma¯noa) has been chief executive officer created costumes for the State Library system, named the new executive producer at KGPE of Fujikawa Associates, Mid-Pacific School of Arts, Diamond Head television in Fresno, Calif. He previously doing business as Theatre Productions and other Hawai‘i the- worked in Spokane, Wash. aters. Continental Mechanical John Teneza (AS ’91 Maui CC) is the owner of the Pacific, a Jennifer MacDonald (JD ’99 Ma¯noa) is a of The Teneza Group, a graphic design and plumbing, mechanical staff lawyer with the National Asian Pacific computer consulting firm. and fire protection American Legal Consortium. Melissa Valek (BA ’94 Ma¯noa) is director of contractor. Sean McCann (PhD ’90, MA ’86 Ma¯noa) is corporation and foundation relations at St. Edward B. Garcia (PD ’92, BA ’91 Ma¯noa) head psychologist for the U.S. Olympic teams. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas. is a counselor at Lihikai Elementary on Maui Brennon Morioka (PhD ’99 Ma¯noa) is one Barbara Wetzel (BA ’92 Ma¯noa) is a regis- and owns Eddings Etc., a party decoration of five delegates representing the U.S. at the tered nurse at Quincy United Methodist Home business. International Young Geotechnical Engineers in Quincy, Penn. Bradley Haida (BA ’98 Ma¯noa) is a ware- Conference. He is a senior geotechnical engi- house worker at Altres Staffing in Honolulu. neer for URS Corp., an engineering consulting 1980s A. S. Hikam (PhD ’95, MA ’87, MA ’94 company. Morioka also serves as chair of the Ma¯noa) was named a member of the Geotechnical Committee for the Hawai‘i chap- Alan Araki (BBA ’87 Ma¯noa) is a director for Indonesian cabinet and is minister of research ter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Prudential Real Estate Investors, which buys and technology. He is also a research associate Kim Murakawa and sells commercial real estate as investments at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. (BA ’94 Ma¯noa) was for public and private pension funds, in Los Angeles. Married for 10 years, he resides in (MD ’95, BA ’89 Ma¯noa) is a appointed press secre- Bradley Hope Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., and enjoys travel family practice attending physician and assis- tary in the Office of the and golf. tant clinical professor at Wahiawa¯ General Governor in Hawai‘i. Hospital and Medical Arts Clinic. He has pub- She previously worked Melissa H. J. Chang (BA ’88 Ma¯noa) is the lished on Hawaiian herbal medicine and asth- as a reporter with marketing director for Coldwell Banker Pacific ma epidemiology in Hawai‘i. KHON Channel 2 Properties. She serves as president for the News, Maui News, the Public Relations Society of America–Hawai‘i Anthony Jones (PhD ’93 Ma¯noa) is a Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Chapter and on the Board of Directors for senior oceanographer with oceanUS Advertiser. Central YMCA. Chang previously was an Consulting of San Francisco. Jones returned account supervisor at ProComm Public from a two-year posting with the UN Clifford Muraoka (AS ’95 Honolulu CC; Relations. International Seabed Authority in Kingston, MA ’88, BA ’85 Ma¯noa; AA ’81 Leeward CC) is

20 Ma¯ lamalama Leo Fermin (EMBA ’83 Ma¯noa) is the direc- Michael Reveal (JD ’89 Ma¯noa) is based in 1970s tor of International Services for San Francisco the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, where Gene L. Awakuni (BA ’76 Ma¯noa) is vice International Airport and chief financial officer he and his wife are co-directors of SP/F Reveal president of student services at Columbia of the airport’s for-profit affiliate, SFO International, a company providing interna- University in New York. He was formerly the Enterprises. He recently won a 20-year conces- tional legal and business advice to Faroese vice president for student affairs at California sion contract for SFO Enterprises to manage businesses. His Web site is www.reveal.fo. State Polytechnic University in Pomona, Calif. and develop four international airports in Brenda Salgado (BA ’88 Ma¯noa) is the Jerry Chang (BA ’78 Hilo) is a representative Honduras. Previously, Fermin worked on airport assignment editor at KGMB 9 News. projects in Australia, Chile, Uruguay and Peru. in the Hawai‘i House of Representatives. Kathleen M. Salii (BA ’87 Ma¯noa) has Shari Chang (BA ’72 Ma¯noa) is a senior vice Poppy Helgren (BA been appointed an associate justice of the president of sales and ’84 Ma¯noa) is a nurs- Palau Supreme Court. She was selected from marketing for Aloha ing supervisor and 154 local and foreign candidates and is the Airlines. Travel Agent teaches clinical nursing first Palauan woman to serve in that position. Magazine named her for the Community Salii earned her law degree from University of annually to its “Top College of Southern Denver. She previously served as acting attor- 100 Most Powerful Nevada. ney general. Jim Hochberg, Jr. Women in the David E. Shaner (PhD ’80, MA ’77 Ma¯noa) Industry” list since (JD ’84, BA ’80 holds the Gordon Poteat Chair in Asian Ma¯noa), an attorney, is a member of the Bar 1996. She is an active Studies at Furman University. A recognized community and travel industry executive who of the United States Supreme Court and an scholar, editor and author, he lived in a officer of that court. volunteers her time to numerous trade associ- monastery for a year. Shaner was named a ation committees. Elmer Ka‘ai (BS ’83 Ma¯noa) is a legislative Crown Prince Akihito Scholar and is a former Sheila Chuang (BBA ’76 Ma¯noa) is Asia analyst/program manager for the Department member of the Olympic Valley Ski U.S.A. Pacific treasurer for Exxon Mobile Corporation of Hawaiian Home Lands. team. He has delivered invited presentations in Singapore. Robert Kagawa (MD ’87 Ma¯noa) is team through the United States, Japan and India. Michael M. S. Chun (BFA ’72 Ma¯noa) is doctor for the Rainbow Wahine basketball, Ted Stepp (MA ’89 Ma¯noa) is a faculty vice chairman of volleyball and softball teams. He also main- member in the English developmental studies Wimberly Allison Tong tains a private medical practice in Kapahulu. program at the College of the Marshall Islands and Goo. Chun is a Angela Kelly-Shelby (MS ’84 Ma¯noa) is a in Majuro. member of the registered nurse practitioner at the West Janice Stinson (MS ’85, BS ’74 Ma¯noa) is American Institute of Florida Regional Medical Center. an adjunct assistant professor in the Architects, the Clark Lee (PhD ’89 Ma¯noa) is a research bio- Department of Family Health Care Nursing at International Society of chemist for Grain Processing Corporation. He the University of California. Hospitality Consultants served as a lecturer for biochemistry at UHM. Brian Takahashi (MFA ’83, BA ’77 Ma¯noa) and La Asociacion Janis Morita (BA ’86 Ma¯noa) is an adminis- is a partner and co- Mexicana de Arquitectos en Tourismo y trative officer for the UH Sea Grant College founder of AM Recreacion. Program. Partners. He is most Adriane de Savorgnani (MPH ’74 Shawn Nakamoto (BA ’85 Ma¯noa) has proud of the architec- Ma¯noa) is a captain/commanding officer with joined UH as director ture firm’s recently the U.S. Naval Medical Clinics, U.K. completed design of of public relations in (MBA ’79 Ma¯noa) is director the East Hawai‘i cam- Phil Kinnicutt the University and of college relations at the UHM College of pus of Kamehameha Community Relations Business Administration. office. She is a director Schools, now under Limin Kung, Jr. (MS and past president of construction in Kea’au on the Big Island. ’78 , BS ’76 Ma¯noa) the Public Relations Damrong Thandee (PhD ’85, Ma¯noa) is a received the 1999 Society of America’s professor in the Department of Sociology and Pioneer Hi-bred Forage Hawai‘i chapter and Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, award at the American received the organization’s Koa Hammer Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok, Dairy Science Award. She is a founding member of the UHM Thailand. Association meeting. College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Mary B. Vail (BS ’82 Ma¯noa) was invested He is a professor in the Association. as a Dame of Grace in Department of Animal Carla M. Nishimoto (JD ’81 Ma¯noa) is a the Order of St. and Food Science at the University of general counsel for George for her on- Delaware. Praxis Corporation, a going support of Charles Lau (BFA ’77 Ma¯noa) this year cele- subsidiary of numerous charities and brates the 15-year DataHouse. Nishimoto foundations in the anniversary of his is a member of the country and abroad. architecture company, Hawai‘i State Bar Vail also received the AM Partners, which he Association, American Humanitarian Award founded to help a Bar Association, from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce for friend with a project in Hawai‘i Women work on behalf of charities and nonprofit China. Now the third Lawyers, William S. Richardson School of Law groups. Vail operates her own publicity com- largest firm in Hawai‘i, Alumni Association and the USC General pany, Mary Vail Publicity, Las Vegas, Nev. AM Partners continues Alumni Association.

Ma¯ lamalama 21 to work in Hawai‘i and in China and has John Tomoso (MSW ’77 Ma¯noa) was Entrepreneur of the Year award. expanded to the U.S. Mainland, particularly named administrator of the Maui County Glenn Miyataki (BA ’65 Ma¯noa) is an Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Office on Aging in November. He is a past associate dean in the College of Business Roberta Wong Leung (BS ’70 Ma¯noa) is president of the UH Alumni Association–Maui Administration at UHM and president of a hotel manager at the Lodge at Ko¯‘ele. chapter. JAIMS. Matt A. Lieber (’76 AS Ma¯noa) is a regis- William E. Zepp Bill Olds (BA ’63 Ma¯noa) is general manager tered nurse and president of Med-Legal, a Los (MA ’74 Ma¯noa) joined of Rancho Mirage Country Club in California. the Oregon Dental Angeles medical litigation support consulting Andrew Rosenau (MS ’69, BS ’68 Ma¯noa) Association as execu- firm. He has worked in the medical-legal field is a supervisory biologist for the U.S. Army tive director. since 1980. He is a dedicated sailor (he Corps of Engineers in Albuquerque, N.M. He crossed the Atlantic on a 31-foot sailboat in and his wife Toshiko Rosenau (MS ’73, BS 1981) and the father of twin 8-year-old boys. 1960s ’70 Ma¯noa), have two children, Naomi and Terry Z. Martin (PhD ’75 Ma¯noa), the first Tom Bean (BA ’69 Ma¯noa) is a professor of Robin. PhD recipient in astronomy at Ma¯noa, con- reading/literacy at the University of Nevada at Ronald Watanabe (BEd ’63 Ma¯noa) is ducts research on the Mars atmosphere at the Las Vegas. He received the Distinguished president of Ron Watanabe and Associates. Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Researcher Award in 1999. He has two children, Brian (BBA ’97 Ma¯noa) Paulette Miller (MLS ’74 Ma¯noa) is head Daphne Roberts Bell (MSW ’63 Ma¯noa) and Lynn. librarian at West Potomac High School in has worked as a social worker and community Estelle Wong ( MEd ’68, BEd ’66 Ma¯noa) Alexandria, Va. development adviser and in funding adminis- received the 1999 Milken Family Foundation Amy Monk (BA ’76 Ma¯noa) is a foreign ser- tration. She edited Ethnic New Zealand: National Educator Award and is a principal at vice officer for the Department of State in Towards Cultural Understanding and wrote Olomana School. Washington D.C. The Grantseeker’s Guide to Successful Charles J. Wyse (BFA ’69 Ma¯noa) is an Steven Lee Montgomery (MS ’72 Funding Applications. Bell attended UH as an associate in Wimberly Ma¯noa) is the western Pacific regional director East-West Center grantee from New Zealand. Allison Tong & Goo for the National Wildlife Federation. He is also Melvin Chiogioji (MBA ’69 Ma¯noa) is Architects, Designers active with the Conservation Council for president and chief executive officer of Mele and Consultants. Since Hawai‘i. Associates. joining the firm in Phyllis Nakasuji (BS ’70 Ma¯noa) received Lawrence Y. Fu (MA ’66 Ma¯noa) has been 1990, Wyse served as the 1999 Milken Family Foundation National promoted to professor of economics and busi- project manager for Educator Award and is a teacher at Kalani ness administration at Illinois College. Fu The Palace of the Lost High School. received his PhD from University of Rochester City in South Africa, Belle Bay Casino in the Philippines, Enchanted Sharon Narimatsu (MA ’75, BA ’67 and joined the Illinois College faculty in 1989. Oasis in Saudi Arabia and The Grand Mansion Ma¯noa) has been named deputy director of James R. Halm (BA ’68 Ma¯noa) is president at MGM in Las Vegas. the state Department of Business, Economic of GGSS Foundation in Corte Madera, Calif. Development and Tourism in Hawai‘i. Active Tim Hudak (’69 Ma¯noa) has written two in civic affairs, she was a UH faculty member books exploring the local history of Cleveland, 1950s and administrator for 20 years, including a where he works in the retail industry. Kane Fernandez (BBA ’58 Ma¯noa) is presi- stint as provost of Leeward CC, and served as Wildcats! A History of the St. Ignatius High dent of Fernandez Entertainment. city information director during the adminis- School Football Team is about a Cleveland Satoru Izutsu (BA ’50 Ma¯noa) retired as tration of Honolulu Mayor Eileen Anderson. high school that has won eight state and associate dean of the UHM School of Richard Rucci (BA ’70 Ma¯noa) is a sec- three national football championships since Medicine and professor of psychology. ondary school/coordinating principal at St. 1988. He is now working on a history of Maur International School in Yokohama, Cleveland high school football from 1890. 1940s Japan. Gary Kai (BA ’69 Ma¯noa) is president and David Hyun (BS ’40 Patrick “Packy” Ryan (BA ’77 Ma¯noa) is a chief executive officer of HomeStreet Bank. Ma¯noa), a UH manager for the International HR Group and Richard G. Luthy (MS ’69 Ma¯noa) was Distinguished associate senior economist in the Economic inducted into the National Academy of Alumnus, played the Research Institute Corporate Strategies Depart- Engineering. He is the Thomas Lord Professor leading role of the ment for Marubeni Corporation in Tokyo. of Environmental Engineering at Carnegie transient in the film Wesley Segawa (MSW ’75 Ma¯noa) was Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Shoes. Hyun is also a elected to a third term as chair of the state Susan Matsushima (BEd ’63 Ma¯noa) is published writer and Housing and Community Development chair-elect of the Western Sustainable photographer. Corporation of Hawai‘i. Agriculture Research and Education program, Floyd Takeuchi (MA ’77 Ma¯noa) was a research and training grants program named Journalist of the Year for 2000 by the administered by the U.S. Department of U.S. Small Business Administration. He is edi- Agriculture. Matsushima owns Alluvion Inc., Send Class Notes information to tor and publisher of Hawai‘i Business and an O‘ahu nursery that markets 500 plant vari- [email protected] or Ma¯ lamalama, Discover Magazine, publisher of the Hawai‘i eties to retailers and individual customers BA 2, 2444 Dole St., Honolulu HI Golf Guide, group editor and publisher of worldwide, and works with school programs 96822. Please include the cam- Pacific Magazine, and vice president of Pacific to teach children about agriculture techniques Basin Communications. Takeuchi serves on that are both sustainable and profitable— pus(es) you attended and year(s) the boards of the Pacific and Asian Affairs activities that earned her a nomination for the you graduated. Council and Mid-Pacific Institute. National Small Business Administration’s

22 Ma¯ lamalama motivates the participants to keep up with their training to reach their marathon goal.” Team in Training is the society’s most successful fundraising project. Last year, the Hawai‘i team raised $125,000 while training for the Honolulu Marathon. Lyau coaches more than 40 athletes through Team in Training. Margie Smith (’74 Ma¯noa), a former UH li- Jonathan Lyau brarian, joined Team in Training in 1997 with her hus- band. The Smiths lost their daughter, Patty, to non- A sole purpose Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer related to leukemia. “People feel so powerless and helpless when loved ones are afflicted. By joining Team in Training they feel they are really doing something to help,” she said. Before training with Lyau, Smith didn’t consider herself a real runner; she just wanted to finish a marathon. The 61-year-old continues to enjoy running. Her husband, Kit, also trained under Lyau’s guidance. He recently ran a marathon in a little over three and a half hours. Lyau recently started another training group, Personal Best Training, a smaller group of runners with more spe- cific goals in mind. “It’s a more detailed running pro- Nothing is better gram tailored to each per- son’s individual goals,” he than seeing says. Participants call him others improve an inspiration. “Jonathan is very supportive of my running goals. He has a wealth of knowledge that he’s willing to share,” says Scot Kuwaye (BA ’92 Ma¯noa). Kuwaye, a claims repre- sentative for Progressive Insurance Company, met Lyau in 1994. He had run marathons before, but Personal Best Training helped him slash nearly an hour off his marathon time. e may be the most consistent runner in Hawai‘i— Lyau’s immediate goal is to continue coaching and winner of the 1994 Great Aloha Run and con- competing. He hopes to someday run a marathon in Htender for an unprecedented eighth win of the under 2 hours and 30 minutes. His personal best is 2:32. Honolulu Marathon’s Kama‘a¯ina Award for the first local- Winning is nice, he says, but nothing is better than see- born finisher living in Hawai‘i. Still, Jonathan Lyau’s ing others improve. “It doesn’t mean they have to run passion for his sport goes beyond his own performance. fast. Seeing someone reach his or her goal is a good feel- Now 36 and vice president of A. C. Lyau Company, a ing. To see people become more confident about them- candy wholesale distributor, Lyau began running and selves by getting more physically fit and adopting a racing while he was a business management major at UH healthier lifestyle inspires me.”

Ma¯noa. He runs an average of 60 miles a week in the off- For information about the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s season, logging as much as 90 miles a week when train- Team in Training program, visit www.lsa-teamintraining.org ing for a marathon. or call 808 534-1222. For Personal Best Training, go to In addition, Lyau is a trainer for the Leukemia www.bestplacesonline.com/personalbest or call 808 and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training pro- 537-2074. gram. The program matches participants with —by Stacy Yuen Hernandez, a Honolulu freelance patients. “We train people to finish a writer marathon, and in return, they raise money for the society,” says Lyau. “Seeing what some of these patients have to go through on a daily basis really

Ma¯ lamalama 23 exhibit her work. After graduating in 1947 with a double major in art and education, she taught art in Dallas and exhibited her work at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. She taught classes at the museum, passing her knowledge and love of art on to others, and completed a masters degree in de- Frances Pickens sign and art history. She also met and later married a fellow graduate student who remains her best critic and Artist and arts advocate design consultant. An art education professor at the UH College of Education for over 25 years, Alexander Pickens serves as special assistant to the dean for develop- ment and alumni affairs. Like his wife of 45 years, he is a strong advocate for the arts in Hawai‘i. “Alex encourages my development as an artist. He has always believed in me,” Pickens says. Also influential was a Dallas metalsmith, who introduced Pickens to working with metals, primarily silver. She responded to the tech- nical challenges and was excited by the possibilities of metalwork. In Honolulu, Pickens taught at the Honolulu Academy of Art and Kamehameha Schools, where she headed the art department for 20 years. During holidays and summers, she worked on her craft, discovering that the only limit to jewelry-making was imagination. She decided to fine-tune her skills and pursue one or two juried exhibitions a year. Kamehameha Schools assisted in her development. “I took two sabbaticals to go back to school, where I concentrated on various forms of metal- smithing,” she says. Pickens attended UH Ma¯noa intermittently, studying and writing about how to teach metalworking. She re- ceived her masters in education with a concentration in n the workbench sits a piece of metalwork that arts instruction in 1976. Nine years later, she retired early resembles an early Hawaiian artifact, its elegance from Kamehameha Schools to spend more time creating Ogiving off an age-defying luster. There is a cer- jewelry and metal- tain ambiguity. It is contemporary and yet primitive. Is it work. She also de- Pickens captures a modern piece or an antiquity frozen for eternity in voted time to images from nature precious metal? Hawai‘i Craftsmen, It takes an interesting person to make interesting art. an arts organization and cultural motifs in Frances Pickens (MEd ’76 Ma¯noa) fits that bill. She has she had helped cre- precious metal. A studied with noted artists, competed in international ate in 1968 to de- exhibitions, received awards and had work showcased in velop a formal retrospective of her prominent museums, including the Renwick Gallery at showcase for artists. work opens this the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. “Back then, gal- Beyond the artistry, she’s a resolute advocate for the metal leries usually only month at Honolulu arts in Hawai‘i. exhibited visual arts Academy of Arts. Pickens first created art at college, originally working such as paintings in plastics. Her early works were mostly utilitarian de- and sculpture. There was no formal exhibition for fine signs, like salt and pepper shakers, boxes and bowls. Two crafts like jewelry, metalwork, ceramics and glass that you professors at North Texas State Teachers College (now see today. It was important that we raise public awareness the University of North Texas School of Visual Arts) of art forms that didn’t have a venue before,” Pickens challenged Pickens to improve her artistic abilities and says. Among the visiting artists Hawai‘i Craftsmen has

24 Ma¯ lamalama brought to the islands are Korean-born artist and profes- sor Komelia Hongja Okim and Northwest glass artist Dale Chihuly. Pickens’ heart is clearly in sharing her passion for art. Join UHAA today! She reflects images from nature and presents vital cultural motifs transformed and integrated in subtle and sophisti- Name (last, first, middle) cated ways. Inspired by the drapery of maile in a kukuna M / F o ka la¯ (rays of the sun) lei, for example, she created an Social Security number (serves as UHAA ID number) Circle intricate piece of metal art in sterling silver and gold Name of spouse plate. Her work evokes innate beginnings, ceremony and M / F primitive beauty preserved forever in precious metal. Social Security number Circle On January 31, Pickens will open a retrospective exhibit at the Honolulu Academy of Arts entitled Metal Mailing address Arts, Transforming the Ordinary. It will feature selected

Pickens pieces from exhibitions over the last 40 years. City State Zip Country —by Anne McAtee Bocci, a marketing assistant in University and Community Relations Company Position

Telephone: Home Work Fax Pickens on art E-mail avorite metal artist: “Albert Paley—the

top metalsmith probably in the world and UH degree(s) Year(s) graduated Major(s) Fmy professor one summer at the School of American Craftsmen Campus(es) attended at Rochester Institute of Optional: Chapter membership (first free, $15 for each additional) Technology in ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP (check one) New York.” $50 Single, O‘ahu

Source of ideas: $60 Couple, O‘ahu “Natural forms in nature, $25 Single, Mainland/Neighbor Island/International like sea shells, trees and $35 Couple, Mainland/International textures, and the ancient designs of early $45 Couple, Neighbor Island Polynesian artifacts and body ornaments. Also, Check one: New member Renewal the nature of the metal itself, and how it can be LIFE MEMBERSHIP (check one) manipulated in form.” $750 Single Influences: “Graphic designs of Hawaiian and $1,000 Couple Pacific cultures, including early geometric pat- $175 1949 graduate or prior/age 70 or over terns from tapas, bamboo stamps, gourds and METHOD OF PAYMENT (check one) tattoos. As an artist, I’m translating those early Check or money order enclosed made payable to perishable designs to metal so that they will UHF/UHAA last longer.” VISA MasterCard Diners Club Carte Blanche Current project: “A neck piece inspired from

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Philosophy: “I like small-scale work with the Signature focus on detail. It’s the lure of exploring the prop- erties of the materials. I enjoy intensive explo- To join, return this form with payment to UHF/UHAA, 2440 Campus Road, Box 307 ration of the various elements within the design Honolulu, HI 96822-2270 framework of my jewelry and metal work.” or fax to (808) 956-3287 (include charge card information)

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26 Ma¯ lamalama Rainbow Wahine.) On the other hand, items bearing the For his part, Hirasaki credits Osaki’s knowledge and new logo sold briskly during the months following its experience with surmounting and smoothing out potential release and logo apparel was prominent among the problems. “Most of the challenges we encountered were crowds at sporting events. typical to any project that involves a redo of an existing Osaki sees all the comments as positive. “It’s good to identity—a lot of research, interviews, layouts, making know that we’re making an impact,” he says. “People are design decisions. It’s an evolutionary process,” he says. talking about the logo, and that’s what we want, to gen- “I really thought it should represent Hawai‘i,” Osaki erate discussion.” His Berkeley, Calif., based company, says. “I live in Berkeley, and Cal [the University of Osaki Design, has created logos and uniforms for profes- California, Berkeley] represents just Berkeley. UH repre- sional teams across the nation, so he knows how attached sents the state, and we should be proud of that.” sports fans get to specific designs. The new athletic logo isn’t Osaki’s only tie to his for- Even Hirasaki, who continues to live where mer home. In 1999, he organized a Hawai‘i Chamber of comments on the logo were most heated, is upbeat. “The Commerce in Northern California (HCCNC) tailgate overall reaction was very party that brought about 3,000 UH fans to the football positive,” he concludes, After seeing it in game against San Jose State. The nonprofit HCCNC citing feedback calling encourages networking among Northern California busi- the design bold, strong application, people nesspeople with Hawai‘i ties. Osaki is vice president. and memorable. “Most of began to see the Wherever he goes, Osaki finds people are intrigued the UH sports fans were with his island background. “Other people want to be like excited about the change. strength and us. They want to be laid-back. They want to wear aloha There were some who beauty of the mark shirts. I’m sitting in the NFL offices. They know I’m from admitted they were not and logotype Hawai‘i. I say ‘Aloha!’ and people love that.” ‘totally sold on the logo,’ Hawai‘i is truly special, he says. “Even when you [leave but after seeing it in ap- —Craig Hirasaki and] come back, people will always be there for you. plication, they began see Nowhere else do you get that kind of support. I hope we the strength and beauty of the mark and logotype.” can educate future generations and pass that on.” Both designers received a bachelor of fine arts from —by Heidi Sakuma, a UHM journalism major who works in Sports Media Ma¯noa in 1989. They’ve stayed in touch over the years, Relations and interned in University and Community Relations collaborating on a variety of projects. Being UH alumni added interest—and importance—to this project. “Because this is our alma mater, and we love our UH Olympians are winners University of Hawai‘i teams, you put a little more pressure wo UH alumni won silver medals at the on yourself to do a great job,” says Hirasaki, a Honolulu Summer Olympics in Sydney—Maureen O’Toole native and president of Hirasaki Nakagawa Design. T(‘81–‘85 Ma¯noa) as a member of the U.S.A. Osaki grew up on Kaua‘i and graduated from Kapa‘a women’s water polo team and Brooke Wilkins High School. After UH, he studied at the Art Center (‘93–‘95 Ma¯noa) as part of Australia’s softball team. College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., earning a degree in Nine other alumni were among the athletes com- graphic design and packaging. He’s left his mark. Osaki’s peting in the games. Representing the United States National Football League clients include the San were Robyn Ah Mow (‘93–‘96 Ma¯noa) and Heather Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Bown (‘98–‘99 Ma¯noa) placing 4th in women’s volley- Ravens and the New York Jets. He also designed the logos ball, and John Myrdall (‘89–‘94 Ma¯noa) finishing 12th and uniforms for the National Hockey League All-Star in sailing. Competing for other countries were games in Vancouver, Tampa Bay and Toronto and been involved with logo development for the NFL Pro-Bowl. Canadians Marie-Luc Arpin (‘98 Ma¯noa) on the 5th- Osaki says one of his UH professors, Clem place women’s water polo team and Kristy Odamura Lagundimao, gave him confidence. “Before I left for (‘96–‘99 Ma¯noa) on the 8th-place softball squad; California, I went to his office. I sat there, and he looked Austria’s Nikolas Berger (‘94–‘95), who made it to the at me and said, ‘I know what you’re thinking. You’re 16th round in men’s beach volleyball; and New scared. You think you’re not going to be able to compete. Zealander Tania Brunton (‘94–‘96 Ma¯noa) on the Just go,’” Osaki recalls. “It made me feel good. He expe- 11th-place women’s basketball team. rienced the same thing. We think we’re so isolated in Also competing were current UH swimmers Hawai‘i, but we can compete with anyone. There are a Renate DuPlessis, Nick Folker and Simon Thirsk for lot of talented people here.” South Africa and Matt Kwock for Hong Kong.

Ma¯ lamalama 27 duce the burden of state regulation on businesses, the general public and on the state itself. “Starting from page one, rule one would not have been efficient,” Chun says. “Instead we put our focus on priority areas and those that presented problems for the public, Legislature and state departments.” Thanks to SWAT, the Public Utilities Commission Maria Chun started a Web site and encourages inquiries via e-mail to improve public access. The Department of Land and A force for good Natural Resources’ Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation has reduced 200 pages of administrative rules to 50. At UH, Board of Regents staff determined that 10 chapters of rules could be repealed or amended. Chun helped Department of Commerce and Consumer The first Affairs Licensing Administrator Noe Noe Tom and her staff graduate in identify decades-old real estate community rules that were obsolete or could be deregulated. psychology “My working group had a is slicing red lot of questions regarding pol- icy,” Tom says. “Maria brought tape very clear implementation and direction to us. When we needed feedback from her of- fice, she came to see us. She was very responsive and sup- portive. Through her, we now have SWAT bills designed to help with deregulation and make licensing more rea- sonable.” By the time the Cayetano administration ends on Dec. 2, 2002, Chun will have worked her way through all of Hawai‘i’s administrative rules and out of a job. That’s the nature of the position—and the nature of Chun. For her, job security is less important than the opportunity to be a behind-the-scenes dynamic force for ince she received her doctorate in psychology in good. Her past positions include budget analyst for the 1996, Maria Chun has looked for things that trou- Senate Committee on Ways and Means and senior re- Sble society and ways to fix them. “Anytime you search analyst for State Auditor Marion Higa. have to deal with people, organizations and systems, com- Recalls UHM Professor of Psychology Anthony J. munity psychology training is a major asset,” she says. Marsella, Chun’s dissertation supervisor, “I was taken Chun was the first PhD recipient to complete the with the purity and focus of Maria’s dissertation work on community and culture concentration, one of 10 areas of multiculturalism in Hawai‘i schools.” He says it was clear specialization offered by the UHM Department of that she would end up in a public service capacity where Psychology. Being first created some initial discomfort. “I she could make a difference and speak out on behalf of used to feel guilty for calling myself a psychologist, Hawai‘i’s people. thinking people would accuse me of not practicing. Now “Maria is confident without being I know that I am practicing psychology every day I am cocky, committed without being zeal- on the job.” ous and determined without being Her outlook made her an ideal candidate to run Lt. offensive,” Marsella says. “She is the Gov. Mazie Hirono’s “Slice Waste and Tape,” or SWAT, consummate civil servant and I am program. For the past year, Chun and her staff have glad she is on our side.” worked with each of the state’s 20 agencies to go over Paula Gillingham Bender (’91 Kapi‘olani CC, every regulation with a fine-tooth comb. Their goal: re- ’94 UHM) is a freelance writer in Honolulu

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arts etc. Exhibition Feb 21–25 Pharaoh’s Daughters (UHM Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, Through Transformations: Korean Masks from the 808 956-7655 v/t or [email protected]) Feb 27 Ryun Namkoong Collection (John Young Feb 24 St. Petersburg String Quartet (UHM Outreach College and Museum, Krauss Hall, 808 956-8866 or Department of Music, Orvis Auditorium, 808 956-8246 or www.outreach.hawaii.edu/JYMuseum) www.outreach.hawaii.edu) Lectures and Symposia Mar 3 Keola Beamer in Concert (Kaua‘i CC Performing Arts Jan 8 The Name of the Rose: Convergence of Center, 808 245-8270) Indigenous Knowledge Systems with Western Taxonomy, Mar 10 San Francisco Opera Singers (Kaua‘i CC and the Kaua‘i by Paul Cox (UHM Department of Botany, 808 956-7858) Concert Association, Performing Arts Center, Jan 19 Free Your Creative Spirit, insights by Robert Dvorak (UHM 808 245-8270) Outreach College, 808 956-3836 or Mar 9–11 Annual Dance Concert (UHM Kennedy Theatre, www.outreach.hawaii.edu) 808 956-7655 v/t or [email protected]) Feb 9 Deep Sea Exploration, by author and oceanographer Mar 16–17 Doug Varone and Dancers (UHM Theatre and Dance and Robert Ballard (UHM Distinguished Lecture Series, Outreach College, Kennedy Theatre, 808 956-7655 v/t or 808 956-9405 or www.hawaii.edu/dls) [email protected]) Apr 4 Geographical Knowledges and Global Governance, by Mar 23 Kaua‘i Concert Association presents Cincinnati Precussion Johns Hopkins University geographer David Harvey (UHM Group (Kaua‘i CC Performing Arts Center, 808 245-SING) Distinguished Lecture Series and Department of Urban and Mar 31 Bailes de Jose in an evening of Filipino music and dance Regional Planning, 808 956-9405 or www.hawaii.edu/dls) (Kaua‘i CC Performing Arts Center, 808 245-8270) Apr 5–7 Technology, Innovation and Entrepeneurial Design Apr 19–27 Faust I and II, Goethe’s huge dramatic poem (UHM Practice: New Paradigms for a Changing Global Economy, Kennedy Theatre, 808 956-7655 v/t or Fourth International Symposium on Asia Pacific [email protected]) Architecture, (UHM School of Architecture, 808 956-7084 Apr 20 New York Chamber Soloists with Melvin Kaplan on oboe or http://web1.arch.hawaii.edu) (UHM Outreach College and Department of Music, Performances 808 956-8246 or www.outreach.hawaii.edu) Jan 11 The Baltimore Consort, traditional ballads and dance Apr 27 Kaua`i Concert Association presents Robert Nakea, pianist tunes (UHM Outreach (Kaua‘i CC Performing Arts Center, 808 College, 808 956-6878 or 245-SING) www.outreach.hawaii.edu) May 2 Natalie MacMaster, fiddler (Outreach Jan 12 The Baltimore Consort College, UHM Andrews Outdoor (Kaua‘i CC Performing Arts Theatre, 808 956-6878 or Center, 808 245-SING) www.outreach.hawaii.edu) Jan 13–14 Jim Gamble and his Puppets (UHM Earle Ernst Lab May 2–6 Spring Footholds (UHM Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, 808 956-7655 v/t or [email protected]) Theatre, 808 956-7655 v/t or Jan 22 Kaua‘i CC Chamber Players Concert (Performing Arts [email protected]) Center, 808 245-8270) May 4 Kaua‘i CC Orchestra Spring Concert Jan 20 American Indian Dance Theatre (Leeward CC Theatre, (Performing Arts Center, 808 245-6624) 808 455-0385 or http://LCCTheatre.hawaii.edu) May 11 Kaua‘i CC Band Spring Concert (Performing Arts Center, Jan 27 Smuin Ballets SF, directed by Tony and Emmy Award win- 808 245-6624) ning choreographer Michael Smuin (Leeward CC Theatre, May 19 Kaua‘i Chorale Spring Concert (Kaua‘i CC Performing Arts 808 455-0385 or http://LCCTheatre.hawaii.edu) Center, 808 332-8890) Feb 1 Juilliard String Quartet (UHM Outreach College and June 17 Hawai‘i Guitar Festival featuring Gene Bertoncini, Department of Music, Orvis Auditorium, 808 956-8246 or Antigoni Goni and Lyle Ritz (Outreach College, Kaua‘i CC www.outreach.hawaii.edu) Performing Arts Center, 808 245-8270) Feb 2–11 Umbuik Mudo and the Magic Flute (UHM Kennedy Misc Theatre, 808 956-7655 v/t or [email protected]) Feb 18 Kaua‘i CC Annual Booksale (Performing Arts Center, 808 Feb 19 Hawai‘i Youth Symphony (Kaua‘i Performing Arts Center, 245-8270) 808 245-8270) ✁

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