Number of awards won by each class.
Number of wins in each grade and category.
The highest scoring songs since 1990.
Past song directors and their songs.
Past Song Contest judges, by year.
Judges by Name
This page lists past Song Contest judges with the contests they judged (sorted by name). Each Song Contest has 5 judges, who are prominent figures in music or Hawaiian language. Since the 1970s, more than 175 different people have served as a Song Contest judge.
Our database is a work in progress, so this is not a comprehensive list.
Learn more about song judging →
| Judge |
Contests |
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Aaron J. Salā '94
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2019
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Aaron Mahi '71
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1980, 1987, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2016
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Ainsley Halemanu
|
2024
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Albert Glockzin
|
1957
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Alden Levi Kaiʻaokamālie '87
|
2015
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Alice Kalahui
|
1957
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Alva Retta Murray
|
1961
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Alvin Isaacs
|
1967
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Alvina Nye Kaulili
|
1961
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Amy Kalili '89
|
2010
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Amy Stillman
|
2002
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Andria Tupola '98
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2016
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Annette Kuʻuipolani Kanahele Wong
|
2014
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Anthony J. Palmer
|
1992
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Anthony K. Ako Conjugacion-Cravalho '79
|
2019
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Beebe Freitas
|
1978
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Ben Bollinger
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1976
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Bernell W. Hales
|
1984
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Beth Piʻilani Parker Uale
|
2018
|
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Bill Kaiwa
|
2002
|
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Bob Engle
|
1989
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Buddy Fo
|
2005
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Buddy Naluai
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1991
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Carinthia Harbottle
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1971, 1984, 1998, 2010
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Chadd ʻŌnohi Paishon '81
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2015
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Charles Brennan
|
1977
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Charles K. L. Davis
|
1968, 1973, 1991
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Collette Akana
|
1983
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Dale Nitta
|
2012
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Dale Noble
|
1996, 2010
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Daniel K. Akaka '42
|
1986, 2013
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David Kalama
|
1959
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David Kauahikaua '73
|
1983
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David Kaupu
|
2001
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David Kāwika Eyre
|
2013
|
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Debbie Kelsey
|
1993, 2017
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Dee Romines
|
1988
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Dennis Kam
|
1972
|
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Dennis Kamakahi '71
|
1999
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Donald Johanos
|
1989
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Dora Ah Chan
|
1992
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Dorothy Kahananui
|
1974, 1977
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Dorothy Kahananui Gillett '36
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1978, 1986
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Douglas Engelhardt
|
1990
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E. Tuti Kanahele
|
1991, 2017
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Edward Kaiponohea Hale '68
|
1979, 1990, 2011, 2024
|
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Edwin Mahiʻai Beamer '46
|
1977, 2007
|
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Eileen Lum
|
1978
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Elizabeth Nālani Mersberg Ellis
|
1998
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Emily Hawkins
|
1984
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Enoka Kaina
|
1983
|
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Esther Rhinelander
|
1972, 1988, 2001
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Eunice DeMello
|
1971
|
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Faylene Mahina Paishon Duarte '94
|
2018
|
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Florence Pualeipoinaʻole Nicholas
|
2008
|
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Frank P. Kernohan
|
1974
|
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Glenn Silva
|
1974
|
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Hailama Farden '89
|
2018, 2022
|
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Harold B. Turney
|
1973
|
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Haunani Bernardino
|
1976
|
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Hauoli Akaka
|
2010
|
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Henry Kaalekahi
|
2002
|
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Herbert Mahelona '85
|
2012
|
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Hoʻoulu Cambra
|
1973, 1975
|
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ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier
|
1989, 2012
|
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ʻIwalani Kahalewai
|
2005
|
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Jack DeMello
|
1967
|
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James Smith
|
1980, 1990
|
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Jean ʻIleialoha Beniamina '74
|
1988
|
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Jeremy Kamakāneoaloha Hopkins '91
|
2023
|
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Jimmy Kealohalani Kaina '55
|
1993
|
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John E. Murphy
|
1957
|
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John Kameaaloha Almeida
|
1971
|
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John Keolamakaʻainana Lake
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1978, 1998
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John McCreary
|
1971, 1988
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Julian Keikilani Ako '61
|
2019
|
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Justin Kaʻupu '01
|
2018
|
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Kahauanu Lake
|
2006
|
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Kahikina de Silva '95
|
2009
|
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Kaina Waiaʻu '70
|
2006
|
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Kainani Kahaunaele
|
2023
|
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Kalaʻi Stern '92
|
2023
|
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Kalena Silva '71
|
1976, 1987, 1992, 2005
|
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Kaleomanuʻiwa Wong
|
2015
|
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Kamanamaikalani Beamer '96
|
2012
|
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Kamoaʻe Walk
|
1993
|
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Katrina-Ann Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Oliveira '92
|
2016
|
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Kauanoe Kamanā '69
|
1979, 1987, 2006
|
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Kealiʻi Reichel
|
2014
|
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Kēhaulani Enos '91
|
2015
|
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Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa
|
2008
|
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Keiko Kiele Gonzalez '98
|
2013
|
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Keith Ikaia-Purdy '75
|
1997
|
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Keith Kalani Akana '75
|
1984, 1998
|
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Kenneth Makuakāne '73
|
1999
|
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Kenneth Staton
|
1980
|
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Keola Donaghy
|
2009
|
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Keoni Dupont
|
1980
|
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Kīhei de Silva '67
|
2002
|
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Kimo Alama Keaulana '73
|
1999, 2009
|
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Kuʻuipo Kumukahi
|
2006
|
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Laiana Wong
|
2000
|
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Larry Lindsey Kimura
|
1975, 1987, 2016
|
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Lawrence Wong, Jr. '83
|
1992
|
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Lee Kjelson
|
1972
|
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Lehuanani Kalima Heine '84
|
2008
|
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Leila Hohu Kiaha '44
|
1997
|
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Leilani Violet Kimokeo Hughes '32
|
1995
|
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Lemuel Aweau
|
1976
|
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Leonard F. Keʻala Kwan, Jr.
|
2014, 2022
|
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Les Ceballos
|
2024
|
|
Liana K. Iaea Honda '77
|
1993
|
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Lilia Wahinemaikaʻi Hale
|
1991
|
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Lilinoe Kaʻahanui '82
|
1990
|
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Lilinoe Yong '78
|
1995
|
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Lorna Lim
|
2024
|
|
Louis "Moon" Kauakahi
|
2009, 2023
|
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Louise P. Tolles
|
1961
|
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Luanna Farden McKenney
|
2011
|
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Lurline Nāone-Salvador '69
|
1982, 1988
|
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Lynette Kaopuiki Paglinawan '57
|
2007
|
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M. Kāhealani Naeʻole-Wong '87
|
2012
|
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Madeline K. Lam
|
1967
|
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Mahela Rosehill
|
2000
|
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Makalapua Kaʻawa
|
1990
|
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Malcolm Nāea Chun
|
1985
|
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Malcolm Tait
|
1975
|
|
Malia Kaʻai-Barrett '85
|
2015
|
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Manu Boyd '80
|
1993
|
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Marlene F. Bourke-Faustina '62
|
1995
|
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Marlene Sai '59
|
2014
|
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Martha Poepoe Hōhū '25
|
1986
|
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Mary "Aunty Malia" Craver
|
2005
|
|
Mealii Kalama
|
1972
|
|
Melvin Gallagher
|
1959
|
|
Melvin Gallagher
|
1961
|
|
Mia-Amor Evaimalo Porreca '01
|
2023
|
|
Mildred Minvielle
|
1959
|
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Mileka Kanahele
|
1986
|
|
Misty Kelaʻi '78
|
2013
|
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Moses Kahoʻokele Raphael Crabbe '77
|
1994
|
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Naomi Losch '63
|
1975, 1996, 2007
|
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Nina Kealiʻiwahamana
|
2000, 2007, 2017
|
|
Noelani Kanoho Mahoe '51
|
1972, 1989, 1995, 2007
|
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Noʻeau Warner '72
|
1992
|
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Nola A. Nahulu '71
|
1983, 1994, 2010, 2022
|
|
Norman Rian
|
1956, 1959, 1961
|
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Olaf M. Frodsham
|
1985
|
|
Pakala Fernandes
|
2011
|
|
Paul Koki Williams
|
1980
|
|
Peter Medeiros
|
2002
|
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Pikake Wahilani
|
1978
|
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Puakea Nogelmeier
|
1989
|
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Pualani Kanahele
|
1994
|
|
Puanani Wilhelm '77
|
1997
|
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R. Keawe Lopes
|
2011, 2024
|
|
R. Kekeha Solis
|
2006
|
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Randie Kamuela Fong '78
|
1994, 2022
|
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Ray Kala Enos
|
1985, 1996
|
|
Ray Kinney
|
1967
|
|
Ricardo Trimillos
|
1973
|
|
Richard Kamanu '75
|
2001
|
|
Richard Vine
|
1956, 1959
|
|
Robert Edward Lin Nelson
|
2014
|
|
Robert Hines
|
1974
|
|
Robert Holoua Stender
|
2000, 2011, 2016
|
|
Robert K. Nelson
|
1996
|
|
Robert Lokomaikaʻiokalani Snakenberg
|
1976
|
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Robert Peters
|
1967
|
|
Robert Springer
|
1991
|
|
Robert Uluwehi Cazimero '67
|
1996
|
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Roland Cazimero '68
|
1999
|
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Ron Chun
|
1987
|
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Roy Hallman
|
1979
|
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Rubellite Kawena Johnson
|
1974
|
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Ruth Imperial Pfeiffer
|
1985
|
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S. Haunani Apoliona
|
1979, 2000, 2008, 2018
|
|
Samuel Kaauwai '75
|
2001
|
|
Samuel Keala
|
1956
|
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Samuel L. Kaʻahanui
|
1985
|
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Sarah ʻIlialoha Keahi
|
1977, 1997, 2017
|
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Sarah Kekela Ili
|
2001
|
|
Sarah Nakoa
|
1986
|
|
Scott Speck
|
1994
|
|
Shawn Pimental '90
|
2013
|
|
Susan McCreary Duprey
|
2019
|
|
Sybil Kahaunani Schoenstein
|
2008
|
|
Thomas Kaleikaimana Akana '68
|
1983, 2009
|
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Timothy Kealiʻi Ho '91
|
2022
|
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Vernon Reed
|
1973
|
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Violet Cummings Awai '32
|
1995
|
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Wainani Kanealii Yim
|
2017
|
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Wanda Gereben
|
1975, 1979, 2019
|
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Westin Noble
|
1984
|
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William Wilson
|
1977
|
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Zaneta Kēhaulani Tolentino Shintani '89
|
1999
|
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Zillah Young '63
|
1971
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