Pamela K. Hamamoto ’78 was nominated in 2014 by former President Barack Obama ’79 as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
“While you’re out there taking the world by storm, I have one request, with all that we have been given, do the unexpected.”
In addition to Lynn Kimura ’81 Kunishige’s Academy math teaching position, she also manages the Mālama Bridge Program, and is integral to the senior class.
Introducing President-elect Dr. Michael Latham ’86, currently the vice president for academic affairs and dean of Grinnell College. He will become Punahou’s 17th president on July 1, 2019.
Elila Stone ’91 Levinson will join the School as K – 1 administrative dean.
The Punahou ‘ohana bids farewell to 20 colleagues who retired in the 2017 – 2018 school year.
Far-flung alumni answered the call to pay it forward by participating in the Global Careers Spotlight event in April. The event, held in the Learning Commons in Cooke Library, gave Academy students interested in living and working abroad the chance to meet alumni who have chosen global career paths.
Presented by Punahou middle-school students, the fantastical musical extravaganza of “Seussical JR.” embodied a message of perseverance and loyalty.
“Never forget what you have created and experienced together at the waters of Ka Punahou. No matter where you are and where you go – pay this gift forward.”
Eighty students, 27 adults, six tour coordinators, three large buses – Punahou was big in Japan this Spring Break.