“O” in Life

The “O” in Life Award honors an individual who exemplifies the ideals of service to Punahou and the community. Created in 1954, the “O” in Life Award is the Punahou Alumni Association’s most prestigious award.

QUALIFICATIONS

Nominee must be an individual who exemplifies the ideals of service to Punahou and the community.
Nominee must be living.
Nominee should have attended Punahou for at least three years and preferably have graduated from Punahou at least 20 years ago.
Nominee should be identified with continuing service to Punahou and to Hawai‘i. The awardee’s service to Punahou will be given more weight.
Nominee may not be a current PAA officer or director.

AWARDEES

Date Awarded	Awardee
2023	Henry “Kapono” Kaaihue ’67
2022	Andrew R. Bunn ’86
2021	Kitty Sullivan ’75 Wo
2020	Thomas Kosasa ’63
2019	Duncan MacNaughton ’62
2018	Ethan D.B. Abbott ’72
2017	Nainoa Thompson ’72
2016	Richard H. Cox ’38
2015	Dennis I. Hirota ’58
2014	Mary Moragne ’54 Cooke
2013	Hastings Judd Kauwela “Pal” Eldredge ’64
2012	Warren K.K. Luke ’62
2011	Robert Y. Akinaka ’59
2010	Judith Sheehan ’57 Dawson
2009	C. Frank Damon ’44
2008	Hattie Eldredge ’66 Phillips
2007	Marilyn Blaisdell ’48 Ane
2006	Randy G. Moore ’57
2005	Claire Olsen ’58 Johnson
2004	Richard R. Kelley ’51
2003	Ellwood “Woody” Fern ’62
2002	J. Douglas Kilpatrick, III ’57
2001	C. Scott May ’56
2000	Meymo Lemon ’61 Rego
1999	Francis “Miki" Bowers, Jr. ’45
1998	Samuel P. King ’33
1997	Mary Stacey ’47 Judd
1996	Venus Gay 1925 Holt
1995	David L. Fairbanks ’58
1994	Julia Sia ’46 Ing
1993	Mary Helen Gay ’45 Styan
1992	Alexander S. Atherton ’30
1991	David P. K. Eldredge III ’49
1990	James C. Wo ’43
1989	Daniel H. Case ’42
1988	James H. Hutchinson ’49
1987	Suyeki Okumura ’29
1986	Dwight H. Lowrey ’33
1985	Molly Webster ’34 Lyman
1984	Henrietta Smith 1909 Mann
1983	Margaret Greenwell ’35 Kidwell
1982	J. Ward Russell ’33
1981	Thurston Twigg-Smith ’38
1980	Charles M. Cooke, III 1926
1979	Lucinda Smith 1927 King
1978	D. Hebden Porteus ’29
1977	Dora Broadbent 1919 Pratt
1976	Robert H. Rath ’32
1975	Marjory Atherton 1924 Wightman
1974	Lawrence T. Robinson 1924
1973	Margaret Smith 1922 Young
1972	William P. Hodgins ’31
1971	Francis A.J. Bowers 1920
1970	Ernest H. Hara ’28
1969	Charles Gordon S. May 1923
1968	Edwin “E.K.” Femandez 1900
1967	William Patterson Alexander 1912
1966	R. Alexander Anderson 1912
1965	Dr. Paul Withington 1905
1964	Ethel M. Damon 1901
1963	Jane L. Winne 1903
1962	C. Dudley Pratt 1918
1961	Charlotte P. Dodge 1902
1960	Clorinda Low 1913 Lucas
1959	Alfred Castle 1902
1958	George Paul Cooke 1895
1957	Frederick Dwight Lowrey 1903
1956	Laura Pratt 1921 Bowers
1955	Walter F. Dillingham 1899
1954	Aileen Gibb 1915 Forrest

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“O” in Life

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