Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 3, 1 March 1992 — Rea Cross names humanitarian [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Rea Cross names humanitarian

The American Red Cross, Hawai'i state chapter, will honor Monsignor Charles A. Kekumano as Humanitarian of the Year for 1992 at a benefit dinner on March 30 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom.

Monsignor Kekumano's background includes 35 years as a minister, during whieh he was pastor of three churches and chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu from 19541968; serving on the Hawaii Commission on Children and Youth, 1956-1963; the University of Hawaii Board of Regents, 19631971; the Honolulu Poliee Commission, 1971-1973; the Maui County Charter

Commission, 1964-1976; and serving as president of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and the Duke Kahanamoku Foundation. He is currently serving the community as president of the 200 Club; the Coalition for a Drug Free Hawai'i; and the USO - Hawai'i Chapter. He also is a member of the Cancer Research Center Advisory Board and the Friends of Iolani Palaee Board. He was born in Napoopoo, Kona, Hawai'i in 1919. He graduated from St. Louis High School, seminaries in California, and received his doctorate in Canon Law in 1954 from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. All but $50 of the $200 donation for the fundraiser is tax deductible. Reservations may be made by calling the Hawai'i Red Cross at 734-2101.