Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Finalists named for UH dean post
Interviews with two finalists vying to be dean of the University of Hawaii-Manoa College of Business Administration are scheduled to begin next week.Discussions with other candidates are underway but arrangements for campus visits have not been confirmed yet.
Steven J. DeKrey, from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and V. Vance Roley, from the University of Washington are two of the finalists.
DeKrey is the associate dean and director of the Master of Business Administration and Master of Science programs and founding director of the Kellogg Executive Management Program at Hong Kong University. Previously, DeKrey held administrative and faculty positions at the University of Florida and Northwestern University.
DeKrey will be on the Manoa campus Monday.
Roley is the acting dean and the Hughes M. Blake professor of finance at the University of Washington and has worked on joint MBA programs with business schools in Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Roley has held administrative and teaching positions at Harvard University, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the Council of Economic Advisors.
Roley will be on campus Wednesday.
More information about the candidates and about the search process will be posted at www.hawaii.edu/executivesearch/business.
A&B completes Kakaako land deal
Alexander & Baldwin Inc. said yesterday it has completed the purchase of a vacant 2.7-acre parcel in Kakaako, where the company plans to build its third condominium high-rise in urban Honolulu.A purchase price was not disclosed.
A&B has said it plans to start building a 300-unit structure on the property in late 2005. The project, at the corner of Queen and South streets, will join A&B's Lanikea in Waikiki and Hokua in Kakaako.
A&B bought the land from Kakaako M-P Development, which had planned a high-rise development that fell through.
Hawaiian Air has fullest planes
Hawaiian Airlines had the fullest planes in the nation again in July, with a load factor of 88.3 percent, the sixth time in seven months that the carrier has led the industry.Hawaiian was trailed by JetBlue with a 87.9 percent load factor and Continental Airlines at 86.1 percent, according to Aviation Daily figures released by Hawaiian.
Fargo to join power company board
On the day he retires as commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Jan. 1, 2005, Navy Admiral Thomas B. Fargo will become a director of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. and its subsidiary Hawaii Electric Co.The senior U.S. military commander in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas was elected to the HEI position by the company's 12-member board of directors, and will become its 13th member.
Robert F. Clarke, Hawaiian Electric Industries president and chief executive, said in a statement yesterday that Fargo is "widely respected and admired in both the military and civilian communities in Hawaii, and his leadership and experience will be a great addition to both the HEI and HECO boards."
Government to begin passenger screening
WASHINGTON >> The government announced yesterday it is taking over the task of checking the names of airline passengers against terrorism watch lists, saying it can do a more comprehensive and secure job than carriers.The new system is intended to verify the identity of domestic travelers by amassing information that passengers have given airlines and comparing it with records in government databases. The goal is to better screen travelers by using a larger pool of suspected terrorists than airlines had access to.
The government does not now provide airlines with complete terrorist lists for fear that such information could fall into the hands of U.S. foes, said David Stone, chief of the Transportation Security Administration.
"We will have the database under the umbrella of the government so we can have enhanced security and not have the release of the names into arenas where enemies can access them," Stone told reporters in a conference call.
The new system, Secure Flight, is to begin testing in the next two months. It replaces a proposed screening operation derided by critics for failing to adequately ensure passengers' privacy.
ConAgra recalling Banquet chicken strips
ConAgra Foods is recalling 85,600 pounds of its Banquet frozen chicken breast strips because they may contain pieces of metal, the Agriculture Department of Agriculture said yesterday.The Omaha, Neb.-based company and the USDA have both received consumer complaints but no injury reports.
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NEW JOBS
>> Caron B. Realty has hired two employees. Karla Osmun has been hired as operations director. She will be responsible for marketing, advertising and team recruiting. Pam Sato has been hired as office manager. She will be responsible for streamlining operations and escrow services.>> The Queen's Medical Center has appointed Karen L. Schultz as Behavioral Health Services director. She most recently served 16 years as a Mayo Clinic nurse manager in Rochester, Minn. Queen's also has appointed Sharon Otani as Women's Health Center operations manager. She will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, supporting clinical functions and developing new clinical programs. She most recently practiced as a physician assistant at Straub.
>> ChaneyBrooks has hired Alette Kanakaole as a commercial property manager. She previously served as property manager for the Aiea Medical Building, the Hawaii Theater and Cannery Commercial Properties.
>> PacificBasin Communications has promoted Mandy Lui to assistant traffic manager. She previously served as Honolulu Magazine traffic coordinator.
