Alumni Class News
Seeking Young Life Alumni Were you, or someone you know, involved in Young Life while in high school at Kamehameha? Young Life Hawai’i is putting together an alumni database and they want to include you. Please contact Adele Chong at adelechong@msn.com, or at 373-2890 (home).
Norman Tong ’55 celebrated a family reunion last summer at the wedding of niece Joby K. Tong ’89, daughter of Randy Tong ’69 and Blossom Hatori Tong ’69. Other family members attending the happy occasion were Mary Charlotte Tong Larson ’60 and Samuel A. Tong ’72. The cruising class of 1957 completed its third cruise in September. The class visited Canada and New England and witnessed the fall foliage and changing colors of the leaves. A total of 54 people made the voyage, including spouses, families and friends of classmates. Members of the class making the trip were: Lorraine Aina Cano, Kuulei Apo Reyes, Iwalani Carpenter Sowa, Lyle DuPont, Stella Hing Carter, Agnes Kaaialii Pililaau, Chester Kahapea, Cecilia Kahue Ellertsen, Frances Kang Wong, Lynette Kaopuiki Paglinawan, Terry Kau Rogers, Lorna Kim Ah Yat, Gordon Machado, Jeremiah Pahukula, Momi Perry Suzuki, Ransom Piltz, Patti Shibuya Igawa, Melvin Spencer, Ellen Jane Thomas White, John Uu, Wanda Wahineokai, Melsa Wong Takamatsu, Samuel Yong, and Elizabeth Young Rodrigues. Other alumni making the cruise were Bonnie Apo Naluai ’60, Douglas Bell ’61 and Deeneen
Akeo ’77. Next port of call is Australia and New Zealand in 2006. (Submitted by Melsa Wong Takamatsu).
1960s The first Kamehameha class of the 1960s is off to a running start in planning its 45th reunion in June 2005. KS ’60 meets for breakfast at 9 a.m. on the second Sunday of each month at Sizzler’s Restaurant in Pearlridge. All classmates are invited to “break bread” and “chew the fat” at these gatherings… Peter and Jinny Park now call San Diego home and join other 1960 classmates living there: Sandra Ing Peterman, Patricia Okada Summers, June McGuire Miyashiro and Edwina Ebinger Johnson… Classmates on the island of Hawai‘i gathered recently at the Hilo Seaside Hotel to discuss 45th reunion plans: Antoinette Yates, Pearl Kiilau Kailimai, Sharon Simeona, Nani Keli‘ikoa Langridge, Constance Cera Aldaya, Violet Ai Kalai, William “Billy” Lyman, Jackie Yates, and Gerry Vinta Johansen. “Like Father, Like Son…” Micah Kohono Mossman ’00 graduated from the United States Air Force Academy this past June. He received a degree in aeronautical engineering and was commis-
Above – Tong family graduates: from left, Norman Tong ’55. Mary Charlotte Tong Larson ’60, Randy Tong ’69 and Samuel Tong ’72. Right – KS ’57 cruising classmates aboard the Grand Princess Cruise Ship headed for Canada and New England.
42
sioned a second lieutenant with his first assignment to Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Kohono is the son of retired judge Boyd P. Mossman ’61, himself a 1965 graduate of the Air Force Academy. This is the first fatherson combination of Kamehameha graduates at the academy and possibly the first father-son combination ever for Hawai‘i at any military academy. Since military academy graduates receive worldwide assignments, their children usually graduate from many different high schools, and it’s unusual for a son to graduate from the same high school as the parent. In this case, Boyd Mossman was unable to fly and opted to resign after serving his minimum time in the Air Force. He returned home to Hawai‘i and raised his family of seven children with his wife Maile; four children graduated from Kamehameha and three from Maui High. Retired Col. Alexander Olsen ’59 of Colorado Springs, Colo., a graduate of West Point, presided at Kohono’s commissioning ceremonies. Attending a reception for Kohono at Col. Olsen’s home were Richard Peters ’75, Anthony Kahalekulu ’60, Andrew Lau ’58, Col. Francis Chun ’79 and Kohono’s sisters Shaleigh Mossman Damuni ’86,