Number of awards won by each class.
Number of wins in each grade and division.
The highest scoring songs since 1990.
Past song directors and their songs.
Past Song Contest judges, by year.
Judges by Name
This a list of past Song Contest judges, sorted by name. Each Song Contest has 5 judges, who are prominent figures in music or Hawaiian language. Since the 1970s, more than 150 people have served as a Song Contest judge.
This list is incomplete, and is a work in progress.
Learn more about song judging →
| Judge |
Contest Years |
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Aaron J. Salā '94
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2019
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Aaron Mahi '71
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1987, 2005, 2016
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Ainsley Halemanu
|
2024
|
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Alden Levi Kaiʻaokamālie '87
|
2015
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Alva Retta Murray
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1961
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Alvina Nye Kaulili
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1961
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Amy Kalili '89
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2010
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Amy Stillman
|
2002
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Andria Tupola (Uale) '98
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2016
|
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Annette Kuʻuipolani Kanahele Wong
|
2014
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Anthony J. Palmer
|
1992
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Anthony K. Ako Conjugacion-Cravalho '79
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2019
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Beebe Freitas
|
1978
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Ben Bollinger
|
1976
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Bernell W. Hales
|
1984
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Beth Piʻilani Parker Uale
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2018
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Bill Kaiwa
|
2002
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Bob Engle
|
1989
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Buddy Fo
|
2005
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Buddy Naluai
|
1991
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Carinthia Harbottle
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1971, 1984, 2010
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Chadd ʻŌnohi Paishon '81
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2015
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Charles Brennan
|
1977
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Charles K. L. Davis
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1968, 1973, 1991
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Collette Akana
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1983
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Dale Nitta
|
2012
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Dale Noble
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2010
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Daniel K. Akaka '42
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1986, 2013
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David Kauahikaua '73
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1983
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David Kaupu
|
2001
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David Kāwika Eyre
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2013
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Debbie Kelsey
|
1993, 2017
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Dee Romines
|
1988
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Dennis Kam
|
1972
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Dennis Kamakahi '71
|
1999
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Donald Johanos
|
1989
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Dora Ah Chan
|
1992
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Dorothy Kahananui
|
1974, 1977
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Dorothy Kahananui Gillett '36
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1978, 1986
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Douglas Engelhardt
|
1990
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Edwin Mahiʻai Beamer '46
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1977, 2007
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Eileen Lum
|
1978
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Emily Hawkins
|
1984
|
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Enoka Kaina
|
1983
|
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Esther Rhinelander
|
1972, 1988, 2001
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E. Tuti Kanahele
|
1991, 2017
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Eunice DeMello
|
1971
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Florence Pualeipoinaʻole Nicholas
|
2008
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Frank P. Kernohan
|
1974
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Glenn Silva
|
1974
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Hailama Farden '89
|
2018, 2022
|
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Harold B. Turney
|
1973
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Haunani Bernardino
|
1976
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Hauoli Akaka
|
2010
|
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Henry Kaalekahi
|
2002
|
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Herbert Mahelona '85
|
2012
|
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Hoʻoulu Cambra
|
1973, 1975
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ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier
|
1989, 2012
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ʻIwalani Kahalewai
|
2005
|
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Jean ʻIleialoha Beniamina '74
|
1988
|
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James Smith
|
1990
|
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Jeremy Kamakāneoaloha Hopkins '91
|
2023
|
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Jimmy Kealohalani Kaina '55
|
1993
|
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John Kameaaloha Almeida
|
1971
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John Keolamakaʻainana Lake
|
1978
|
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John McCreary
|
1971, 1988
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Julian Keikilani Ako '61
|
2019
|
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Justin Kaʻupu '01
|
2018
|
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Kahauanu Lake
|
2006
|
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Kahikina de Silva '95
|
2009
|
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Kainani Kahaunaele
|
2023
|
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Kaina Waiaʻu '70
|
2006
|
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Edward Kaiponohea Hale '68
|
1979, 1990, 2011, 2024
|
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Kalaʻi Stern '92
|
2023
|
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Kalena Silva '71
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1976, 1987, 1992, 2005
|
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Kaleomanuʻiwa Wong
|
2015
|
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Kamanamaikalani Beamer '96
|
2012
|
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Kamoaʻe Walk
|
1993
|
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Katrina-Ann Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Oliveira '92
|
2016
|
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Kauanoe Kamanā '69
|
1979, 1987, 2006
|
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Kealiʻi Reichel
|
2014
|
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Kēhaulani Enos '91
|
2015
|
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Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa
|
2008
|
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Keiko Kiele Gonzalez '98
|
2013
|
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Keith Kalani Akana '75
|
1984
|
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Kenneth Makuakāne '73
|
1999
|
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Keola Donaghy
|
2009
|
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Kīhei de Silva '67
|
2002
|
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Kimo Alama Keaulana '73
|
1999, 2009
|
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Kuʻuipo Kumukahi
|
2006
|
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Laiana Wong
|
2000
|
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Larry Lindsey Kimura
|
1975, 1987, 2016
|
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Lawrence Wong, Jr. '83
|
1992
|
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Lee Kjelson
|
1972
|
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Lehuanani Kalima Heine '84
|
2008
|
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Leilani Violet Kimokeo Hughes '32
|
1995
|
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Lemuel Aweau
|
1976
|
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Leonard F. Keʻala Kwan, Jr.
|
2014, 2022
|
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Les Ceballos
|
2024
|
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Liana K. Iaea Honda '77
|
1993
|
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Lilia Wahinemaikaʻi Hale
|
1991
|
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Lilinoe Kaʻahanui '82
|
1990
|
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Lilinoe Yong '78
|
1995
|
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Lorna Lim
|
2024
|
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Louise P. Tolles
|
1961
|
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Louis "Moon" Kauakahi
|
2009, 2023
|
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Luanna Farden McKenney
|
2011
|
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Lurline Nāone-Salvador '69
|
1988
|
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Lynette Kaopuiki Paglinawan '57
|
2007
|
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Mahela Rosehill
|
2000
|
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Faylene Mahina Paishon Duarte '94
|
2018
|
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Makalapua Kaʻawa
|
1990
|
|
Malcolm Naea Chun
|
1985
|
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Malcolm Tait
|
1975
|
|
Malia Kaʻai-Barrett '85
|
2015
|
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Manu Boyd '80
|
1993
|
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Marlene F. Bourke-Faustina '62
|
1995
|
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Marlene Sai '59
|
2014
|
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Martha Poepoe Hōhū '25
|
1986
|
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Mary "Aunty Malia" Craver
|
2005
|
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Mealii Kalama
|
1972
|
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Melvin Gallagher
|
1961
|
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Mia-Amor Evaimalo Porreca '01
|
2023
|
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Mileka Kanahele
|
1986
|
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Misty Kelaʻi '78
|
2013
|
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M. Kāhealani Naeʻole-Wong '87
|
2012
|
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Moses Kahoʻokele Raphael Crabbe '77
|
1994
|
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Naomi Losch '63
|
1975, 2007
|
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Nina Kealiʻiwahamana
|
2000, 2007, 2017
|
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Noelani Kanoho Mahoe '51
|
1972, 1989, 1995, 2007
|
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Noʻeau Warner '72
|
1992
|
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Nola A. Nahulu '71
|
1983, 1994, 2010, 2022
|
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Norman Rian
|
1961
|
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Olaf M. Frodsham
|
1985
|
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Pakala Fernandes
|
2011
|
|
Peter Medeiros
|
2002
|
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Pikake Wahilani
|
1978
|
|
Puakea Nogelmeier
|
1989
|
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Pualani Kanahele
|
1994
|
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Randie Kamuela Fong '78
|
1994, 2022
|
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Ray Kala Enos
|
1985
|
|
Ricardo Trimillos
|
1973
|
|
Richard Kamanu '75
|
2001
|
|
R. Keawe Lopes
|
2011, 2024
|
|
R. Kekeha Solis
|
2006
|
|
Robert Uluwehi Cazimero '67
|
1996
|
|
Robert Edward Lin Nelson
|
2014
|
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Robert Hines
|
1974
|
|
Robert Holoua Stender
|
2000, 2011, 2016
|
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Robert Lokomaikaʻi Snakenberg
|
1976
|
|
Robert Springer
|
1991
|
|
Roland Cazimero '68
|
1999
|
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Ron Chun
|
1987
|
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Roy Hallman
|
1979
|
|
Rubellite Kawena Johnson
|
1974
|
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Ruth Imperial Pfeiffer
|
1985
|
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Samuel Kaauwai '75
|
2001
|
|
Samuel L. Kaʻahanui
|
1985
|
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Sarah ʻIlialoha Keahi
|
1977, 2017
|
|
Sarah Kekela Ili
|
2001
|
|
Sarah Nakoa
|
1986
|
|
Scott Speck
|
1994
|
|
S. Haunani Apoliona
|
1979, 2000, 2008, 2018
|
|
Shawn Pimental '90
|
2013
|
|
Susan McCreary Duprey
|
2019
|
|
Sybil Kahaunani Schoenstein
|
2008
|
|
Thomas Kaleikaimana Akana '68
|
1983, 2009
|
|
Timothy Kealiʻi Ho '91
|
2022
|
|
Vernon Reed
|
1973
|
|
Violet Cummings Awai '32
|
1995
|
|
Wainani Kanealii Yim
|
2017
|
|
Wanda Gereben
|
1975, 1979, 2019
|
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Westin Noble
|
1984
|
|
William Wilson
|
1977
|
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Zaneta Kēhaulani Tolentino Shintani '89
|
1999
|
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Zillah Young '63
|
1971
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