Bertha Kawakami's Biography
Deceased
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Full Name:
Bertha C. Kawakami
Gender:
Female
Family:
Widowed; 2 Children: Lyndall, Wendall
Birth Date:
07/28/1931
Birth Place:
Honolulu, HI
Home City:
Hanapepe, HI
Religion:
Christian
University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1965
MA, Education, New York University, 1962
BA, Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1953
Assistant Majority Floor Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives
Campaign Committee, Richard Kawakami for House
Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 1987-2006
Appointed, Experience, Hawaii State House of Representatives, March 1987
No caucus information on file.
Vice President/Board of Directors, Commercial Properties, Incorporated
Co-Owner, Flowers West Incorporated
Co-Owner, Lihue Industrial Development Company
Deputy District Superintendent, Department of Education, Kauai District Office, 1987
Educational Specialist, Kauai District Office, 1980-1987
Principal, Elementary-Intermediate, Eleele and Kekaha Schools, 1965-1979
Language Arts District Team, 1962-1965
Elementary/Secondary/Resource Teacher, Eleele, Pearl Harbor Inter., Nanaikapono, 1954-1961
Director/2nd Vice President/Board of Directors, HS Kawakami, Stores Limited & Commerical Properties Incoporated, 1998-present
Board of Trustees, Blood Bank of Hawaii, 1992-present
Quality Assurance Committee, Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital, 1991-present
Community Health Nursing Division Advisory Committee, 1991-present
Waimea United Churches of Christ, 1989-present
Board of Directors/Vice President, Commercial Properties Incorporated, 1988-present
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Xi Chapter, 1985-present
Experience, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Honorary Chair, Japanese American National Museum, Kauai County