Retired UH dean of engineering helped develop first PEACESAT stations

By Marcie Kagawa / mkagawa@staradvertiser.com

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

~~<p>Paul C. Yuen, a retired dean at the University of Hawaii College of Engineering who promoted telecommunications and high technology in the Pacific, died Nov. 8 in Honolulu. He was 84.</p>
<p>From 1961 to his retirement in 1999, Yuen spent 38 years at the University of Hawaii in various positions, including College of Engineering dean for 18 years, UH-Manoa vice president for academic affairs, and even acting UH president after Albert J. Simone stepped down from the job in 1992.</p>
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Paul C. Yuen, a retired dean at the University of Hawaii College of Engineering who promoted telecommunications and high technology in the Pacific, died Nov. 8 in Honolulu. He was 84.

From 1961 to his retirement in 1999, Yuen spent 38 years at the University of Hawaii in various positions, including College of Engineering dean for 18 years, UH-Manoa vice president for academic affairs, and even acting UH president after Albert J. Simone stepped down from the job in 1992. Login for more...