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Ex-lawmaker Chong
is interim administrator
of St. Joseph HighQuestion: What ever happened to former legislator Anson Chong?
Answer: Chong, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, was named interim administrator of St. Joseph High School on June 13.
On June 4 he received the Peace Corps' Franklin H. Williams Award on June 4, which recognizes outstanding community service by minorities who have served as Peace Corps volunteers.
Chong was a Peace Corps volunteer from 1964 to 1966, serving as an economics professor at the University of Nigeria when it was new and had no textbooks, according to a Peace Corps news release.
The Peace Corps recognized Chong for his legislative work, being active in the designation of bikeways on Oahu public roads and keeping Hawaii a nuclear-free state.
From 1972 to 1974, Chong was a member of the state House of Representatives. He was named Outstanding Legislator of the Year in 1973. And he served as state senator from 1974 to 1980.
From 1982-1985, he served as the director of the Micronesia Economic Development Authority. He moved back to the Big Island, where his family is from, and lived in Tokyo and New York.
Big Island Mayor Harry Kim appointed Chong last year to the county appeals board for Hawaii County's Planning and Public Works Department.
Chong also serves as an adjunct faculty member with the University of Hawaii at Hilo, lecturing in economics and as an assistant faculty adviser to Global Hope, a student organization promoting awareness of global issues.
Chong also volunteers with the Food Bank of Hawaii, making monthly trips to remote areas to provide families with basic needs.
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