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CELEBRATING OVER 50 YEARS AS THE HAWAII COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES CHARTERED JANUARY 1, 1965 AND CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY. ALOHA, JOSEPH K. TING, P.E. HCES HISTORIAN 2014-2015!!!

The following is the listing of the past chairs:

1965 - William V. Van Allen 1966 - Franklin Sunn 1967 - Peter Burk 1968 - Robert P. Hill 1969 - Col. John R. Clifton 1970 - Albert Q.Y. Tom 1971 - Gilbert Minn 1972 - Donald C.W. Kim 1973 - Capt. L.G. Timberlake 1974 - Kazutka Saiki 1975 - Jack C. Lipman 1976 - Walter B.S. Lum 1977 - Dr. Harold Hamada 1978 - Roy Lee 1979 - Brant Sugai 1980 - Harold Miyamoto 1981 - James H. Hutchings 1982 - James H. Hutchings 1983 - Warren Yamamoto 1984 - Warren Yamamoto 1985 - Don Scheulin 1986 - Don Scheulin 1987 - Lester H. Fukuda 1988 – Earl Kanehira 1989 - Gary Rush 1990 - Kiman Wong 1991 - Delwin Ching 1992 - Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace 1993 - Sam Gillie 1994 - Dr. Ken Sprague 1995 - Sam Dannaway 1996 - Edmund W.K. Chang 1997 - Dr. Amarjit Singh 1998 - Steven Heywood 1999 - Juny P. La Putt 2000 - Manny Lanuevo 2001 - Ather Dar 2002 - Ather Dar 2003 - Richard Campbell/ Wayne Kawano 2004 - Tony C.G. Lau 2005 – Dr. Westley K.C. Chun 2006 - Todd Barnes 2007 - Todd Barnes 2008 - Walter Billingsley 2009 – Dr. Song K. Choi 2010 – John C. Ramos 2011 – Joseph K. Ting 2012 – Bryan Zachmeier 2013 – Dawn B. Szewczyk 2014 - Dean S. Borges 2015 - Les Kempers