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Should Neil Abercrombie, 84, be tapped for the University of Hawaii Board of Regents, it would be quite the full circle for the former governor — and a homecoming.
Abercrombie, whose political life spanned Congress and the City Council as well as the state Capitol, is one of a dozen finalists for three seats on the board. He started his career as a teaching assistant in sociology at UH while in graduate school and as a Leeward Community College lecturer, and still lives near campus in Manoa.