POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 29, 2012
~~<p>The Rev. Canon Darrow L. Kanaka­nui Aiona, an elected member of the state Board of Education for 20 years and an Episcopal priest for nearly 50 years, died of heart failure Dec. 20 in Hono­lulu. He was 77.</p>
The Rev. Canon Darrow L. Kanakanui Aiona, an elected member of the state Board of Education for 20 years and an Episcopal priest for nearly 50 years, died of heart failure Dec. 20 in Honolulu. He was 77.
Born in Honolulu in 1935 and raised in Waimanalo, Aiona graduated from the University of Hawaii with a bachelor's and master's in sociology. After receiving his graduate degree, he went to New Zealand on a Fulbright scholarship to research Christian nativistic movements. Login for more...