Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 4, 1 April 2016 — Ailā, Tottori to be honored May 6 [ARTICLE]

Ailā, Tottori to be honored May 6

William Ailā Jr., a Hawaiian eultural practitioner and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Deputy Director, has been honored by his alma mater. The University of Hawai'i-Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resouces has named Ailā the 2016 Outstanding Alumnus for his environmental and cultural leadership at DHHL and the Department of Land and Natural Resources. The Wai'anae resident helped establish the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Ailā will be honored at CTAHR's Annual Awards Banquet on May 6, along with Ernest Tottori, the chairman of HPC foods, whieh produces Taro Brand products. "Both men are invaluable resources to the college and to Hawai'i. Ernest brings the voice of experience, both within the loeal food industry and as a member of the CTAHR Advisory Council. He demonstrates how to pair hard work with entrepreneurship to carry a family business successfully into the fourth generation. Bill Ailā is the voice of advocacy, long active in efforts to preserve Hawai'i's natural and eultural resources," said CTAHR Dean Maria Gallo. ■