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1906 born in Russia.
left Russia during Russian revolution; educated at University of Washington, Harvard University, and University of Munich, Germany.
Professor of English, University of Idaho.

1937 Forester, Hawaii National Park; reporter, Hilo Tribune-Herald.
1938 March Reporter, Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
1940 Reporter, Honolulu bureau, Associated Press
1941 Dec. 7 became Chief, Honolulu bureau, AP.
1942-1944 War correspondent accredited with U.S. Navy.
1944 Oct. returned to San Francisco; wrote books and newspaper and magazine articles.
1958 July Killed during native rebellion in Baghdad, Iraq.

The Employees’ Retirement System was established under the provisions of Act 55 of the Laws of 1925 of the Territory of Hawaii. The Reorganization Act of 1959 placed the Employees’ Retirement System under the administrative powers of the Department of Budget and Finance.

1898--born Mary Elizabeth Pruitt, May 30, Tokyo, Japan, to Robert Lee and Josie Baugh Pruitt, American missionaries to Japan from Nashville, Tennessee.
1918--graduated from University of Wisconsin in journalism.
1920--married Joseph Rider Farrington, May 17; children: Beverly (Mrs. Hugh F. Robinson), and John.
1943--active in Republican Party affairs.
1945--president, 78th Club--wives of new members of Congress.
1946-1948--president, League of Republican Women in Washington, D.C.
1949--president, National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs, January 1 to January 1, 1953.
1954--elected in special election to complete unexpired term of her husband as delegate to congress, 83rd Congress, July 31.
--November 2, reelected for two year term, 84th Congress, as Hawaii's ninth delegate to congress.
1954-1956--responsible for such legislation as statehood bills, Hawaii Geophysics Institute, Territorial legislature reapportionment, City of Refuge National Historical Park.
--cited by Speaker of the U.S. House for achieving record of most bills passed in 84th Congress.
1984-Died in Honolulu, July 21.
Sources: Men and women of Hawaii, 1966. Hawaii State Archives, Name Index. Various items in collection.

1806 born in Greenfield, Massachusetts
1850 arrived as U.S. Consul to Hawaiian Islands
1853-09-05 / 1857-08-31 Minister of Finance, Hawaiian Kingdom
1854 – 1856 House of Nobles
1855-07-01 Board of Education, director
1856 envoy to U.S. to negotiate reciprocity treaty
1857-06-04 / 1877-02-01 Chief Justice, Supreme Court
1864 envoy to U.S. to negotiate reciprocity treaty
1864-08-20 Chancellor of the Kingdom
1869 envoy to U.S. to negotiate reciprocity treaty.
1874 Hawaiian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to U.S.
1875 exchanged ratification of reciprocity treaty
1875-06-04 Vice President, Queens Hospital, Trustee
n.d. Registrar of Conveyances, Oahu
1883-01-01 died at diplomatic reception at the White House

Collected and collated information, coordinated activities, stimulated research, prevented duplication of effort and determined priorities relating to economic development. In 1960, functions transferred in part to the Department of Economic Development and in part to the Department of Planning and Research.

Established by Act 001, Section 21, Session Laws of Hawaii, Passed by the First State Legislature, Second Special Session, 1959. An Act Providing for the Reorganization of the Executive Administrative Offices, Departments, and Instrumentalities of the State Government.

Created under the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, after statehood the word "territorial" in it's name was changed to "state" and it was briefly under the new Department of Agriculture and Conservation in 1960. It was placed under the Department of Land and Natural Resources later the same year.

The Division of State Parks was renamed the Division of State Parks, Outdoor Recreation and Historic Sites effective June 30, 1969.

The 1847 Act organizing the Judiciary Department designated the district and police courts as the island courts not of record. District and police court determinations were subject to appeal in the circuit courts on their respective island. District and police justices had jurisdiction to determine all civil and criminal cases. Police justices were assigned to the ports of Honolulu and Lahaina and had jurisdiction over both minor civil and criminal as well as maritime cases. Police justices also had jurisdiction over foreigners over the entire island or circuit in which his district was situated.

In 1892, the Judiciary reorganized. The islands of Kauai and Niihau were designated the Fifth Circuit. The jurisdiction of the Fourth Circuit encompassed the districts of Hamakua, Hilo and Puna on the island of Hawaii. In 1943 the Fourth Circuit was abolished and the entire island of Hawaii was again designated the Third Circuit.

The 1892 Judiciary reorganization designated all police justices as district magistrates, holding powers formerly exercised by police justices.

The district courts' jurisdiction remained the same when Hawaii became a territory of the United States in 1900. The exception was maritime cases which were not heard in the district courts after 1900.

Traffic violations, previously handled by the county police departments, were criminalized and heard in the district courts after 1960.

The 1847 Act organizing the Judiciary Department designated the district and police courts as the island courts not of record. District and police court determinations were subject to appeal in the circuit courts on their respective island. District and police justices had jurisdiction to determine all civil and criminal cases. Police justices were assigned to the ports of Honolulu and Lahaina and had jurisdiction over both minor civil and criminal as well as maritime cases. Police justices also had jurisdiction over foreigners over the entire island or circuit in which his district was situated.

The 1892 Judiciary reorganization designated all police justices as district magistrates, holding powers formerly exercised by police justices.

The district courts' jurisdiction remained the same when Hawaii became a territory of the United States in 1900. The exception was maritime cases which were not heard in the district courts after 1900.

Traffic violations, previously handled by the county police departments, were criminalized and heard in the district courts after 1960.

The 1847 Act organizing the Judiciary Department designated the district and police courts as the island courts not of record. District and police court determinations were subject to appeal in the circuit courts on their respective island. District and police justices had jurisdiction to determine all civil and criminal cases. Police justices were assigned to the ports of Honolulu and Lahaina and had jurisdiction over both minor civil and criminal as well as maritime cases. Police justices also had jurisdiction over foreigners over the entire island or circuit in which his district was situated.

In 1892, the Judiciary reorganized. The islands of Kauai and Niihau were designated the Fifth Circuit. The jurisdiction of the Fourth Circuit encompassed the districts of Hamakua, Hilo and Puna on the island of Hawaii. In 1943 the Fourth Circuit was abolished and the entire island of Hawaii was again designated the Third Circuit.

The 1892 Judiciary reorganization designated all police justices as district magistrates, holding powers formerly exercised by police justices.

The district courts' jurisdiction remained the same when Hawaii became a territory of the United States in 1900. The exception was maritime cases which were not heard in the district courts after 1900.