This is a brief outline of education and experience
Education
PhD:
Agricultural Economics (Policy), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
MS:
Agriculture (Marketing), Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
BS:
Agriculture (Economics) [first major], Political Science (Public Administration) [second major], Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
Experience
Policy, Economics, Research
Legislative Assistant
Hawaii County Council, Hilo, Hawaii
Researcher
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Policy Analyst
Passenger Transport Board (PTB)
South Australia State Government, Adelaide, South Australia
Research Economist
South Australia Center for Economic Studies (SACES)
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Economist for Policy and Planning
Primary Industries and Resources (PIRSA)
South Australia State Government, Adelaide, South Australia
Teaching, Extension
Part-time / Temporary Teaching in Hawaii
- Hawaii Community College, Hilo
- Chaminade University, Honolulu
- Trans Pacific Hawaii College, Honolulu
- Kamehameha Schools, Kapalama
- Kulani Correctional Center, Hilo
Lecturer
Muresk Institute of Agriculture, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
Extension Agent
Agricultural Extension Service, University of Tennessee, Lewis County Office, Hohenwald, Tennessee
Agricultural Advisor
US Peace Corps, Mindanao, Philippines
Military
Radioman
US Navy, Pacific Fleet
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Below is a draft for the ‘candidate profile’ in the format and length required by the State Elections Office as part of a candidate’s filing papers.
I was born in Kentucky, February 18, 1952, where, with two sisters, one brother, and parents I lived and worked on our family farm.
After high school I enlisted in the Navy. My first permanent duty assignment was the USS Impervious, a minesweeper, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1971. Following two years of sea duty in the Western Pacific, including Vietnam, I went to shore duty on Oahu. In 1974 I was discharged from the Navy and enrolled at Hilo College.
My post-secondary education is a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Agriculture and Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture from Murray State University, and a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tennessee.
Elizabeth and I married in 1976 and were Peace Corps Volunteers in the Philippines 1978 to 1980. Our children Alice, William, and Emmett were born, respectively, in 1981, 1983, and 1986.
During the 1980’s, I farmed in Kentucky and Tennessee, and worked as an Agricultural Extension Agent in Tennessee.
From 1993 to 2001 I worked in Australia.
In 2001 I returned to Hawaii on the research staff of the UH College of Tropical Agriculture.
I have been a full-time faculty at two universities, Curtin University of Technology and Louisiana Tech University, and have taught part-time at Hawaii Community College, Chaminade University, and Kamehameha Schools.
I have five years experience in policy research and preparing legislation, including one year on Hawaii County Council staff.
I reside in Hawaiian Paradise Park, Keaau, Hawaii.
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Upon discharge from the U.S. Navy on Oahu in 1974, I determined to stay in the Hawaiian Islands.
Most of the next year, I camped in Kalapana.
Life – education, family, work, adventure – took me away from Hawaii and to other places. Still, I remained forever aware of and grateful for what Kalapana had done for me.
Twenty-five years later, upon returning to Hawaii Island, sitting at the black sand beach at Punalu`u, I wrote the following.
Aloha O Kalapana
Aloha O Kalapana,
Sweet Paradise by the sea.
Aloha O Kalapana,
You were a friend to me.
I slept beneath your swaying palms;
With you, I read Proverbs and Psalms.
You were my spiritual birthplace.
In your beauty, I saw God’s face.
You showed me life could be much more.
I first knew happiness in my time on your shore.
At your bosom, I learned to live.
The blessings you gave me, to the world I’d like to give.
Far and distant, I wandered ‘way from you;
Far from your breeze so soft and sea so blue.
When I was young, you gave me refuge after war.
When I returned old, your palm trees stood no more.
Evermore I thought you would be there,
And I would return to say I care.
Aloha O Kalapana,
Now ‘neath Pele’s gift you lay.
Aloha O Kalapana,
“I love you”, is what I wanted to say.
Aloha O Kalapana
