Derek Kawakami for Kaua‘i County Council » Laureta http://derekkawakami.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:42:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Judge Alfred Laureta on Derek http://derekkawakami.com/2008/08/judge-alfred-laureta-on-derek/ http://derekkawakami.com/2008/08/judge-alfred-laureta-on-derek/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:24:18 +0000 derek http://derekkawakami.com/?p=65 Read the Rest...]]> “While serving with Derek as a former Director of KIUC, I sensed in him a dedication and desire to do that which was expected of him as a director.  His willingness to listen and his forward-looking outlook contributed much to solutions and decisions.  He is motivated by a desire to help build a legacy of Kauai which future generations can be thankful for.” - Alfred Laureta

1st Filipino-American to be appointed U.S. district judge (1969)
1st Filipino-American to be appointed judge of Hawaii’s Circuit Court One (1969)
1st Filipino-American director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations in Hawaii (1963)
Former Administrative Assistant to Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Former KIUC Director
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