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In Memoriam
Ernesto Lucas, PhD Hawai‘i Pacific University College of Business faculty member Ernesto Lucas, PhD, died April 14 at Sullivan Hospice in Ewa Beach. Lucas, 75, joined the university in 1992 and taught economics classes. Reverend Dale Burke, University chaplain and a longtime friend, described him as “much loved by students and faculty alike.”
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His funeral service was held at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral on Fort Street Mall on April 27.
The Hawai’i Pacific University Athletics Department announced its second hall of fame class. Softball coaching legend Howard Okita, men’s tennis standout Mikael Maatta (BSBA International Business ’04, MBA Marketing ’05), champion basketball coach Tony Sellitto, volleyball star Gabriela Artigas (BS Computer Science ’91, MSIS ’92) and outstanding women’s cross country runner Nina Christensen (BSBA Computer Information Systems ’03, MBA ’05) will take their place among HPU’s best athletes.
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The inductions took place on Friday, September 28, 2012, at the S.H.A.R.X (Supporting HPU Athletes to Reach eXcellence) Benefit, held at Pier 10 at Aloha Tower. The organization’s mission is to create and maintain a foundation of support for HPU athletes.
Helen Geracimos Chapin, PhD Hawai‘i Pacific University Vice President Emerita Helen Geracimos Chapin, PhD, died June 9 in Honolulu at 85. Chapin, a former newspaper reporter, was an HPU professor and administrator from 1978 to 1995. She helped establish new academic programs and the satellite campus programs, which became HPU’s Military Campus Programs. She was well regarded in Hawai‘i journalism circles and for her textbook Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawai‘i. Her memorial service was held on June 16 at the King Kamehameha V Judiciary Center. Donations may be made in her name to the HPU Founders Scholarship: www.hpu.edu/onlinegift
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