{"id":76137,"date":"2018-03-12T14:37:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T00:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=76137"},"modified":"2018-03-13T08:05:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:05:40","slug":"in-memoriam-eugene-imai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/12\/in-memoriam-eugene-imai\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam: Remembering former Â鶹´«Ã½vice president Eugene Imai"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Eugene Imai (Photo courtesy: Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> administrator and UH<\/abbr> alumnus Eugene Imai<\/strong> died January 28, 2018. He was 72. Imai served as UH<\/abbr> senior vice president for administration from July 1, 1995 until April 30, 2004. In October 2001 his title was changed to vice president for administration and CFO<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

“Eugene dedicated his life to public service through the military, state and University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” said UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/strong>. “He was a kind and gracious executive here at UH<\/abbr>, who looked after the people he worked with and always put the university first.”<\/p>\n

Following a tour in Vietnam, Imai served for 31 years in the U.S. Army Reserve and the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Army National Guard, where he retired as a major general. Imai was commissioned via the Reserve Officer Training Corps at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa before heading to Vietnam. He graduated from UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa in 1968 with a bachelor of arts in political science and earned a master of business administration at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa in 1971.<\/p>\n

Imai also served as an administrator for the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> departments of agriculture, education, budget and finance, and accounting and general services.<\/p>\n

He is survived by wife Gail, daughter Serina Hijirida (David), son Gavin (Flora Xiang), sister Ruth Shigekane, brother Arthur, grandsons and nephews.<\/p>\n

Service to be held at Arcadia Retirement Residence on Friday, March 23. Visitation 8:30 a.m., service 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at 1 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl). No koden or flowers.<\/p>\n

For more on Imai\u2019s military service go to the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> National Guard retirees website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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