Name in the News http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews RSS Feed for Name in the News en-us Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:30:00 GMT Randy Iwase http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20121221_Randy_Iwase.html Randy Iwase, veteran of the state Senate and one-time gubernatorial candidate, has left politics but hasn’t strayed that far. He chairs the state Tax Review Commission, a panel assembled periodically to recommend tax-code changes to help the state cover its bills. Peter Ho http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20111111_peter_ho.html The past week — the past two years, really — the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, more officially called Leaders' Week, has consumed Peter Ho's attention, given his post as chairman of the APEC Host Committee. J.N. Musto http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20110729__JN_Musto.html The Hawaiian stone altar in the courtyard of Bachman Hall was built during a protest that had nothing to do with faculty contracts. Still, it was a reminder that sacrifices were made by the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly in 2009 to strike its six-year accord with UH administrators whose offices are right upstairs. Carl Bonham http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20110722_Carl_Bonham.html Carl Bonham had a choice to make after receiving his doctorate in economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989: Accept an assistant professorship at the University of Hawaii at Manoa or go with one of the offers from mainland universities. Roger McKeague http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20110715_Roger_McKeague.html The Charter School Administrative Office looks pretty big on paper, when you count up all the people who work in the schools it oversees. So don't be deceived by its tiny physical presence, said Roger McKeague, 44, its new executive director. Dwight Kealoha http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20110708_Dwight_Kealoha.html Dwight Kealoha is a man who has had a close-up view of a lot of trouble spots. First there were the two tours in Vietnam and three decades in the Air Force, retiring after 29 years as a brigadier general and putting in 2 1/2 more in the National Guard. Terry Ware http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20110701_Terry_Ware.html It's more than a little ironic that Terry Ware, a man who has spent the last few years helping Honolulu devise redevelopments centered around a new rail system that promises to make commuting easier, must himself commute between Hawaii and Denver in order to spend time each month with his wife and family. Mike McCartney http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20110624_Mike_McCartney.html Mike McCartney admits he likes to talk a lot, but that isn't surprising since his job as executive director of the Hawaii Tourism Authority is to promote the state as a premier visitor destination. Blair Collis http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20110617_Blair_Collis.html At 39, Blair Collis is younger than most anything in the Bishop Museum’s myriad collections on Hawaiian culture and natural history. Jessica Lani Rich http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/nameinthenews/20110610_Jessica_Lani_Rich.html As news director at KUMU, Jessica Lani Rich functioned as the dispassionate chronicler of events, good and bad, but that's certainly not how she ended up.