STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3741

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 251

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 251, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii

G.M. No. 251

MICHAEL A. DAHILIG,

for a term to expire 6-30-2007,

begs leave to report as follows:

Testimony in support of the nomination of Michael A. Dahilig was submitted by forty individuals, including the Chairman and two members of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents; one former and five current officials of the University of Hawaii administration; four faculty members of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology; nine faculty members and students of the William S. Richardson School of Law; the Coordinator of the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program; five student leaders from the Manoa campus and two from other Oahu campuses; one faculty member and four student leaders from the Hilo campus; a Vice Chair of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations; the Principal of Ku`iwalu Consulting; and three other individuals.

Michael A. Dahilig is a graduate of Punahou School and the University of Hawaii, holding a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Geology and Geophysics. He currently sits on the Board of Regents as its student member, and is a Juris Doctor candidate in the William S. Richardson School of Law as well as a Masters Degree candidate in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. He previously served as President of the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. There is ample testimony that Michael A. Dahilig is a person who listens creatively to all sides of an issue and exercises his own independent judgment when all factors and points of view have been rendered.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair