Public's unease magnified by big UH salaries

In a tight economy, escalating pay and benefits for top leaders draw critics

By Craig Gima

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 15, 2012

~~<p>J.N. Musto, executive director of the University of Hawaii faculty union, looks at the hiring of former UH President Evan Dobelle in 2001 as the point when Hawaii joined the rest of the nation in granting high salaries and benefits to top public university executives.</p>
<p>Dobelle made $442,000 a year compared with his predecessor Kenneth Mortimer's $167,000 salary, and Mortimer was both UH system president and UH-Manoa chancellor.</p>
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J.N. Musto, executive director of the University of Hawaii faculty union, looks at the hiring of former UH President Evan Dobelle in 2001 as the point when Hawaii joined the rest of the nation in granting high salaries and benefits to top public university executives.

Dobelle made $442,000 a year compared with his predecessor Kenneth Mortimer's $167,000 salary, and Mortimer was both UH system president and UH-Manoa chancellor. Login for more...