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2023
Fred Keakaokalani Cachola, Jr.
Frederick S. Nonaka
Hiromi Nakai Peterson
Peter T. Young
2022
The honorees for the 47th year event were Kenny Endo, Patrick Kirch, and Keali‘i Reichel. Due to ongoing Covid safety concerns, honorees were recognized in a TV special broadcast on KHNL and KFVE and live-streamed on the Hawaii News Now Facebook page. See the press release for profiles.
2021
Due to COVID, we did not select a new set of honorees for 2021. Instead, the TV special “Treasures of Hawai’i: Life and Light – Wisdom of Hawai’i’s Treasures” brought together the wise sayings and teachings from five Living Treasures of Hawai’i honorees: Robert Cazimero, Puanani Burgess, Lillian Yajima, Rev. Yoshiaki Fujitani, and Nainoa Thompson. See it on YouTube.
2019
John M. Hara
Earl Kawaʻa
Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi
James T. Yagi
2017
Bishop Ryokan Ara
Beatrice Kanahele Dawson
Nobuko Kida
Roy Sakuma
George Yokoyama
2016
Paul Leland Breese
Sooriya Kumar
Puakea M. Nogelmeier
Dennis Masaaki Ogawa
Lillian Noda Yajima
2015
Haunani Apoliona
Blossom Puanani Alama Tom
Laura Ruby
Dr. Bernice Hirai
Paulette Kahalepuna
Barry Taniguchi
2014
Reverend Ida Keliʻiokalani Chun
Dr Samuel ʻOhukaniʻohiʻa Gon III
Robert Mitsuru Hamada
Arthur & Rene Kimura
Reverend Chikai Yosemori
2013
Dennis Kauahi
Nola Nahulu
Michael Nakasone
Oswald Stender
Gary Washburn
2012
Goro Arakawa
Dr. Ben Finney
Barbara Fusako Kawakami
Gordon Mark
Lynette Kahekili Paglinawan
2011
Josephine Kaukali Fergerstrom
Dr. Claire Hughes
Masaru Oshiro
Dr. Jack Scaff
Dr. Livingston Wong
2010
Elizabeth Kawohiokalani Ellis Jenkins
Patti Lyons
Reverend Toshihide Numata
S. Stanley Okamoto
Paul Weissich
2009
Amefil Amy Agbayani
Puanani Burgess
Sister Joan Chatfield
Bert Nishimura
Nalani Olds
2008
Edwin Mahiai “Mahi” Copp Beamer
Dr. Charles Burrows
Reverend Samuel Cox
Benjamin Kodama
Elsie Tanaka
2007
Mary M. “Aunty Malia” Craver
George Lanakilakeikiahialiʻi “Uncle George” Naʻope
Dr. Terence Rogers
Norman Sakata
Dr. Barbara B. Smith
Dorothy “Aunty Dottie” Thompson
Wally K. Yonamine
2006
Edward T. “Uncle Eddie” Kaʻanana
James T. Kunichika
Richard K. Paglinawan
Walter H.K. “Uncle Walter” Paulo
Dr. Terry T. Shintani
Carol Kouchi Yotsuda
2005
Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott
Gabriel “Gabe” Baltazar, Jr.
Momi Cazimero
Dr. Thomas Klobe
Sione Tuiʻone Pulotu
Dr. Benjamin B.C. Young
2004
Reverend Mitsuo Aoki
Patience Namaka Bacon
Genoa Keawe
Dr. Fujio Matsuda
Edith Kawelohea McKinzie
Tau Moe
2003
Beatrice “Beebe” Freitas
Mary Lou Kekuewa
Dr. Albert H. Miyasato
Dr. Margaret Y. Oda
Ted T. Tsukiyama
Masaru “Pundy” Yokouchi
2002
Dr. Alfred Bloom
Takeshi Fujita
Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone
Takashi Nonaka
Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto
Myron Bennett “Pinky” Thompson
2001
Ronald E. Bright
Sean Kekamakupaʻa Lee Loy Browne
Rocky Kaʻiouliokahihikolo ʻEhu Jensen
Bob Krauss
Jesse “Takamiyama” Azumazeki Oyataka Kuhaulua
Clarence K. M. Lee
2000
Glenna Fusae Kimura Ewing
James K. Fujikawa
Ah Quon McElrath
Rose Nakamura
Charles Nainoa Thompson
1999
Earl E. Bakken
Samuel S. A. Cooke
Shimeji Ryusaki Kanazawa
Yutaka Kimura
Abraham St. Chad Pi‘ianai‘a
Adam A. “Bud” Smyser
1998
Hubert Victor Everly
George Sanford Kanahele
Beatrice Kapuaʻokalani Hilmer Krauss
Jerry Okimoto
Vladimir Ossipoff
Ruth Tabrah
1997
Robert Aitken
Henry A. Auwae
Martha Kaumakaokalani Aoe Poepoe Hohu
Ralph Chikato Honda
Iwao Mizuta
1996
Wallace F. Froiseth
Hiroki Morinoue
Shinichi Suzuki
1995
Sally Fletcher Murchison
Donald Tai Loy Ho
Leone Kamana Okamura
1994
Todd Toshiaki Akita
Daniel J. Dever
Reverend Yoshiaki Fujitani
Roy T. Fukumura
Deborah Kepola Kekalia
Yukio Ozaki
Marion Grace Saunders
1993
Elaine Arita
Yoshiko Matsuda
Stewart Valentine Medeiros, Sr.
Edith Hanae Tanaka
Shige Yamada
1992
Helen Hoakalei Kamauʻu
David Nuʻuhiwa Enoka Kaohelauliʻi
Marie Emelia Leilehua Adams McDonald
Harry Seisho Nakasone
Matsuno Yasui
1991
Daniel G. Chun
Dwight Pauahi Kauahikaua
Moses Kapalekilahao Keale, Sr.
Puanani Kanemura Van Dorpe
1990
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell
Edmond Lee Browning
Frances Damon Holt
Kyo Kawabata
1989
Reiko Mochinaga Brandon
Healani Onohiaulani Chilton Doane
Yehan Numata
Reuben Tam
Tseng Yuho (Betty Tseng Ecke)
1988
Kenneth F. Brown
David Kauweloa Kaupu
Murray Turnbull
1987
Agnes C. Conrad
Agnes Kalanihoʻokaha Cope
Edmund M. K. Enomoto
Joe C. Harper
Claude Horan
David Kuraoka
John Keolamaka-‘ainanakalahui-okalani Lake
Kahauanu Lake
Toshiko Takaezu
1986
Claude F. Du Teil
Milton M. Howell
Kahu Edward L. Kealanahele
Margaret Machado
1985
Gladys Kamakakuokalani ʻAinoa Brandt
May Moir
Sarah M. Wood Naluaʻi
Katashi Nose
Soichi Sakamoto
Allan Frederic Saunders
1984
Satoru Abe
Bumpei Akaji
Irmgard Farden Aluli
Francis Haar
Herb Kawainui Kane
Tadashi Sato
Emma Kapiʻolani Farden Sharpe
1983
Homer Ahuʻula Hayes
Rubellite Kawena Kinney Johnson
Zaneta Hoʻoululahui Cambra Richards
Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona
Emily Kauʻi Zuttermeister
1982
Juliette May Fraser
Annie Lehua Asam Kanahele
Richard Lyman, Jr.
Silver Kiniohi Piliwali
James Kaʻupena Wong, Jr.
1981
Solomon Kekipi Bright, Sr.
Oswald Bushnell
Leon J. Edel
William H. Meinecke
Isamu Noguchi
Leo Ohai
Juliet Rice Wichman
1980
Gabriel I
Maxine Hong Kingston
Donald Kilolani Mitchell
Pilahi Paki
Alfred Preis
1979
Abraham Kahikina Akaka
Emma Kalani-kauʻi-kaʻalaneo-kilioulaninui-amamao-hoʻopiʻi-wahine-keakaleihilinaka deFries
John Dominis Holt, IV
Edward Leilani Kamae
Edith Kekuhikuhi-ipuʻuoneʻo-naʻaliʻi-okohala Kenao Kanakaʻole
Clorinda Low Lucas
Aldyth Vernon Morris
Alice Kuʻulei-alohapoinaʻole Namakelua
Philip Kunia “Gabby” Pahinui
1978
Theodore Kelsey
1977
Wright Elemakule Bowman, Sr.
Jean Charlot
Johanna Drew Cluney
Samuel Hoyt Elbert
Kenneth Pike Emory
ʻIolani Luahine
Rosalie Lokalia Lovell Montgomery
Mary Kawena Pūkuʻi
1976
Charles Kenn