Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 2, 1 February 1990 — Sproat appointed to PCC [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Sproat appointed to PCC

Herbert Kamakohua Sproat, a native of Kohala, is the new appointee to the Polynesian Cultural Center's board of directors, according to Elder D. H. Oaks, chairman of the board. Sproat succeeds D. Arthur Haycock, who returned to Utah after serving as president of the Hawaii LDS Temple in Laie. Sproat, 60, a materials technologist, is in quality control for Hawaiian Cement Co. He is the son of William K. "Unele Bill" and the late Beatrice A. Sproat of Pololu, Hawaii. Sproat graduated from Makapala Elementary and Kohala High Schooi. He is married to Kapua Kaapu of Punaluu, O'ahu. They are residents of Hauula, O'ahu, and have four children. Sproat is a high councilor in the Laie Stake (diocese) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has served as president of the BYUHawaii second stake and is a former bishop of the Hauula ward. Sproat served as a missionary in Japan in the early 1950s, and speaks fluent Japanese.