Fran Friend Alexander and her husband, Kirk Alexander, have endowed a scholarship that will benefit graduate students studying oceanography at UH.
He was the “quintessential big brother” who guided his family and quietly funded students' dreams. Now, the late Dr. Steven Nomura’s estate is making an impact at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Dr. Naoto Ueno and Miwa Ueno have announced an estate gift to the University of Hawai‘i Foundation to establish the Michiko, Miwa, and Naoto Ueno Memorial Fund, an endowed fund that will provide, into the distant future, unrestricted support for the Cancer Center’s greatest needs.
Studying social work at UH Mānoa in the 60s "opened up great vistas” for Paula Cohen. “I was amazed at how much I learned and how much I grew."
“Tom would have admitted the days of working in individual cubicles in front of dimly lit computer screens was a feature of the past, where individual effort was the norm."
“What makes you think you can go to medical school?” asked a neighbor. “People from this town rarely go to college, let alone medical school. And you’re a girl!”
As many times as I have given tours there or simply walked the grounds, sometimes on small trails off the beaten path, I am continually awed by the peaceful feeling I gain just being there.
"You knew who she was right away: outgoing, loyal, and a very good friend."
"Women's Studies is about them—it’s about the issues they’re living through and being challenged by."
Looking back, Kitajima thinks if you would have asked people right after high school if they thought he’d make it to where he is now, they would have said, “No, and I'm not going to invest any resources in helping that person.”
