Maryland school to be
Matsunaga namesake

Spark Matsunaga had lived in
the state while serving as U.S. senator

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Associated Press

A new school in Germantown, Md., was to be named today in honor of Hawaii's late U.S. Sen. Spark Matsunaga.

The school is located in Montgomery County, where the veteran Democrat and his family lived during the more than two decades he served in Congress.

Hawaii state Sen. Matt Matsunaga was to be a featured speaker at the ceremony to honor the memory and achievements of his father.

"My mother, Helene, and the family are grateful and pleased that the Montgomery County Board of Education chose to honor my father in this manner," Matsunaga said.

"This choice not only honors him, but as the only school to be named for an Asian American in the country, it also acknowledges the diversity that exists there and the contributions of Asian Americans to the country," he said.

Members of Hawaii's congressional delegation were expected to attend the dedication ceremony.