The Living Treasures of Hawaiʻi program was created by the Buddhist temple Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai'i to honor residents of Hawaii. The criteria for selection are, "First, the designee must demonstrate continuous growth in his or her field; second, the potential Living Treasure must have made significant contributions toward a more humane and fraternal society (and this perhaps is the most important criteria); and finally, he or she must have shown an on-going striving for excellence and a high level of accomplishment."[1] Honorees are nominated by members of the general public by August 1 of each year, and chosen by a committee designated by the temple.
These are the people who have been so honored.
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Charles Kenn[2]
Wright Elemakule Bowman, Sr.
Jean Charlot
Johanna Drew Cluney
Samuel Hoyt Elbert
Kenneth Pike Emory
Iolani Luahine
Rosalie Lokalia Lovell Montgomery
Mary Kawena Pukui
Theodore Kelsey
Abraham Kahikina Akaka
Emma Kalani-kau'i-ka'alaneo-kilioulaninui-amamao-ho'opi'i-wahine-keakaleihilinaka de Fries
John Dominis Holt, IV
Edward Leilani Kamae
Edith Kekuhikuhi-i-pu'uone'ona'ali'i-o-kohala Kenao Kanaka'ole
Clorinda Low Lucas
Aldyth Vernon Morris
Alice Ku'ulei-aloha-poina'ole Namakelua
Philip Kunia Gabby Pahinui
Gabriel I
Maxine Hong Kingston
Donald Kilolani Mitchell
Pilahi Paki
Alfred Pries
Solomon Kekipi Bright, Sr.
Oswald Bushnell
Leo Chai
Leon J. Edel William H. Meinecke
Isamu Noguchi
Juliet Rice Wichman
Juliette May Fraser
Annie Lehua Asam Kanahele
Richard Lyman, Jr.
Silver Kiniohi Iliwai
James Ka'upena Wong, Jr.
Homer Ahu'ula Hayes
Rubellite Kawena Kinney Johnson
Zaneta Ho'oululahui Cambra Richards
Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona
Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister
Satoru Abe
Bumpei Akaji
Irmgard Farden Aluli
Francis Haar
Herb Kawainui Kane
Tadashi Sato
Emma Kapi'olani Farden Sharpe
Gladys Kamakakuokalani Ainoa Brandt[3]
May Moir
Sarah M. Wood Nalua'i
Katashi Nose
Soichi Sakamoto
Allan Frederic Saunders
Claude F. Du Teil
Kahu Edward L. Kealanahele
Milton M. Howell
Margaret Machado
Agnes C. Conrad
Agnes Kalaniho'okaha Cope
Edmund M. K. Enomoto
Joe Harper
Claude Horan
David Kuraoka
John Keolamaka'ainanakalahuiokalani Lake
Kahauanu Lake
Toshiko Takaezu
Kenneth F. Brown
David Kauweloa Kaupu
Murray Turnbull
Reiko Mochinaga Brandon
Healani Onohiaulani Chilton Doane
Yehan Numata
Reuben Tam
Tseng Yuho (Betty Tseng Ecke)
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell
Edmond Lee Browning
Frances Damon Holt
Kyo Kawabata
Daniel G. Chun
Dwight Pauahi Kauahikaua
Moses Kapalekilahao Keale, Sr.
Puanani Kanemura Van Dorpe
Helen Hoakalei Kamau'u
David Kaohelaulii
Marie Emilia Leilehua McDonald
Harry Seisho Nakasone
Matsuno Yasui
David Nu'uhiwa Enoka Kaohelauli'i
Elaine Arita
Yoshiko Matsuda
Stewart Valentine Medeiros, Sr.
Edith Hanae Tanaka
Shige Yamada
Todd Toshiaki Akita
Daniel J. Dever
Yoshiaki Fujitani
Roy T. Fukumura
Deborah Kepola Kekalia
Yukio Ozaki
Marion Grace Saunders
Donald Tai Loy Ho
Sally Fletcher Murchison
Leone Kamana Okamura
Wallace F. Froiseth
Hiroki Morinoue
Shinchi Suzuki
Robert Aitken
Henry A. Auwae
Martha Kaumakaokalani Aoe Poepoe Hohu
Ralph Chikato Honda
Iwao Mizuta
Hubert Victor Everly
George Sanford Kanahele
Beatrice Kapua'okalani Hilmer Krauss
Jerry Okimoto
Vladimir Ossipoff
Ruth Tabrah
Earl E. Bakken
Samuel S. A. Cooke
Shimeji Ryusaki Kanazawa
Yutaka Kimura
Abraham St. Chad Pi'ianai'a
Adam A. "Bud" Smyser
Glenna Fusae Kimura Ewing
James K. Fujikawa
Ah Quon McElrath
Rose Nakamura
Charles Nainoa Thompson
Ronald E. Bright[4]
Sean Kekamakupa'a Lee Loy Browne
Rocky Ka'iouliokahihikolo 'Ehu Jensen
Bob Krauss
Jesee "Takamiyama" Kuhaulua Azumazeki Oyakata
Clarence K. M. Lee
Alfred Bloom[4]
Takeshi Fujita
Takashi Nonaka
Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone Sensei
Yoshihiko Sinoto
Myron "Pinky" Thompson
Beatrice "Beebe" Freitas[4]
Mary Lou Kekuewa
Dr. Albert H. Miyasato
Dr. Margaret Y. Oda
Ted T. Tsukiyama
Masaru "Pundy" Yokouchi
The Rev. Mitsuo Aoki[5]
Genoa Keawe
Pat Namaka Bacon
Fujio Matsuda
Edith Kawelohea McKinzie
Tau Moe
Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott[6]
Gabriel "Gabe" Baltazar Jr.
Momi Cazimero
Dr. Thomas Klobe
Sione Tui'one Pulotu
Dr. Benjamin B.C. Young
Richard K. Paglinawan[4]
James T. Kunichika
Carol Kouchi Yotsuda
Edward T. Kaʻanana "Uncle Eddie"
Walter H. K. Paulo "Uncle Walter"
Dr. Terry Shintani
Malia Craver[7]
George Na'ope
Dr. Terence Rogers
Norman Sakata
Barbara Smith
Dorothy "Aunty Dottie" Thompson
Wally Yonamine
Edwin Mahiai Beamer[8]
Dr. Charles P.K.M. Burrows
Rev. Sam Cox
Benjamin Kodama
Elsie T. Tanaka
Amy Agbayani[9]
Puanani Sonoda Burgess
Sister Joan Chatfield
Bert N. Nishimura
Nalani Olds
S. Stanley Okamoto[10]
Elizabeth Kawohiokalani Ellis Jenkins
Paul Weissich
Reverend Toshihide Numata
Patti Lyons
Josephine Kaukali Fergerstrom
Dr. Claire Ku’uleilani Hughes
Masaru Oshiro
Dr. Jack H. Scaff Jr.,
Dr. Livingston M.F. Wong, MD, FACS