September 30, 2005
MEDIA CONTACT: Caroline Witherspoon
or Jocelyn Collado
Becker Communications
(808) 533-4165
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BISHOP MUSEUM HONORS COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
HAWAI‘I CORPORATIONS AT THE 7TH ANNUAL ULUPONO AWARDS
HONOLULU — Alexander & Baldwin Foundation, First Hawaiian Bank and Hawaiian Electric Company were among the honorees recognized at Bishop Museum’s 7th Annual Ulupono Awards on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at the Halekulani Hotel. The event recognizes individuals, corporations and foundations that have made significant contributions to the Museum’s programs and helped further the Museum’s mission. Recipients included:
Chairman’s Award
Outstanding leadership with a major fundraiser
Donald G. Horner
Jean Ariyoshi
Rich Bliss
Corporate Partners of the Year
Contributed $10,000 annually for the past five years
Alexander & Baldwin Inc.
Dr. Lawrence K.W. Tseu
Dwayne & Marti Steele Fund (HCF)
- Pacesetter Partners of the Year
- Contributed $25,000 during fiscal year 2005
- Bank of Hawaii
- First Hawaiian Bank
- George P. & Ida Tenney Castle Trust (HCF)
- Grace Pacific Corporation
- Harold K. L. Castle Foundation
- Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
- Helen S. Buffett Trust
- Horizon Lines, LLC
- Janice Parrott
- John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
- Leburta G. Atherton
- Louise Stevenson
- Robert E. Black Memorial Fund (HCF)
- Royal Contracting Co., Ltd.
- Schlinger Foundation
- Strong Foundation
- The Charles Engelhard Foundation
- The Freeman Foundation
- The Honolulu Advertiser
- The Michael E. & Patricia J. O'Neill Charitable Fund
- Victoria S. & Bradley L. Geist Foundation
Heritage Partners of the Year
Made a first-time gift of $10,000 or more
David S. and Sau Kum Wong Chu Fund
Hawaiian TelCom
K. K. Marignoli Trust
Koga Engineering & Construction, Inc.
Catherine Lloyd Moore
Muriel MacFarlane Flanders Fund (HCF)
Richard T. Mamiya Charitable Foundation
Servco Foundation
A treasured resource of Hawaiian history and heritage, Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop as a tribute to his wife Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha dynasty. Located at 1525 Bernice Street, the Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $14.95 for adults; $11.95 for youth 4-12 years, special rates for kama‘āina, seniors and military; children under 4 years and Bishop Museum Members are free. For information, call 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.