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The Governor’s Agriculture Coordinator’s Office was created unofficially by executive action in 1971, and lacking statutory authority, did not have clearly defined responsibilities. The Agriculture Coordinator functioned as the Chairman of the Governor’s Agriculture Coordinating Committee, formerly headed by Governor Burns’ Administrative Assistants William Norwood and Myron Thompson. The Coordinator served as the Governor’s special assistant for agriculture policy and planning matters and was responsible for implementing the State Agricultural Development Plan [Opportunities for Hawaiian Agriculture]. The Agriculture Coordinator reported directly to the Governor.

The Agriculture Coordinator consulted with members of the Governor’s Agriculture Coordinating Committee, coordinated the research efforts of the College of Tropical Agriculture with the needs of private industry, analyzed research proposals, and participated in various committees and task forces such as the Punaluu Project, Kauai Task Force and the Kohala Task Force.

The Governor’s Agriculture Coordinator’s Office was staffed by the Agriculture Coordinator, a Research Analyst and a secretary. Toshio Serizawa was appointed to the position of Agriculture Coordinator. Malcolm MacLeod and Jane Terry were the Research Analyst and secretary respectively.

The Governor’s Agriculture Coordinator’s Office terminated on August 15, 1974 following the resignation of Toshio Serizawa in June 1974.

The Governor's Coordinating Committee for the 1985 Japanese 100th Anniversary Celebration existed from 1984 to 1986. It performed its coordination function by acting as a clearinghouse to review, approve and schedule activities conducted in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 1885 arrival of the first Japanese "Kanyaku Imin," or government contract laborers, in Hawaii. The bulk of the records deal with project proposals reviewed by the committee. Information about the committee is detailed in the minutes of their meetings, and summarized in the Final Report.

Established: By Governor George R. Ariyoshi in March, 1984. A memo in the records dated March 13, 1984 lists the objectives of the committee as well as its membership, by name and/or affiliation. Prospective members were invited to join the committee by letters from the Governor dated March 19, 1984. The initial meeting of the committee was held on March 27, 1984.

On May 1, 1949, the I.L.W.U. went on strike for higher wages and waterfront activities came to a standstill. Fearful of a food shortage, Governor Ingram M. Stainback issued an executive order on May 25, creating the Emergency Food Committee and appointed Judge Gerald R. Corbett, chairman. Initially, the duties of the committee were to investigate reports of shortages in food supplies and essential conmodities and to find means of meeting the needs of the civilian population and making such recommendations thereon
to the Governor. On June 10, Governor Stainback further defined its authority with another executive order. The committee was given the duty of designating those commodities which would be essential to meet the emergency needs of the civilian population and to allocate the tonnage between all known importers of that commodity. Some of the major tasks undertaken by the group included: 1) a study of necessary food supplies on hand during the early part of the emergency period and estimates of monthly requirements of those essential cornmoditiesJ 2) arranging for shipping space on Armed Forces and commercial vessels; 3) designating commodities and importers; and 4) participating in arrangements which culminated in the designation of the Matson vessel, the HAWAIIAN REFINER, as a relief ship. The supplementary duties of the committee were suspended on August 17, 1949, when the Territorial Government took control of the ports through special legislation and proclamation by the Governor. The committee's duties came to consist
only of recommending action on certain conmodities and no longer entailed designating emergency goods and allocating shipping space and consignees. Thus their activities had dwindled considerably by the time the strike officially ended on October 23, 1949 (177 days).