Samuel Chapman Armstrong Humanitarian Award

QUALIFICATIONS

• Nominee must have made outstanding contributions in the fields of public service, humanitarian or charitable efforts, arts, letters or sciences, which have gained the awardee significant national or international recognition.
• Nominee must be living.
• Nominee should have attended Punahou for at least three years and preferably have graduated from Punahou.
• Nominee may not be a current PAA officer or director.

BACKGROUND

Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1859) was a “larger-than-life” figure in the nineteenth century, both as an outstanding Union general in the Civil War and thereafter as a crusader for racial equality. He was widely admired for his strong moral principles and for his dedication to improving the lives of those who had been the victims of slavery and oppression.

AWARDEES

Date Awarded	Awardee
2022	Dr. Lina Miyakawa ’04 and Dr. Darragh O’Carroll ’03
2020	Patrick Kirch ’68
2019	Patrick H. Quilter ’64
2018	Kazumi Ogawa ’86
2018	Pamela Hamamoto ’78
2017	Francis G. Duhaylongsod ’78
2016	Ken Richardson ’48
2016	Kaui Hemmings ’94
2014	Dr. Ernest T. Takafuji ’62
2010	Pierre Omidyar ’84
2009	Dr. Calvin C. J. Sia ’45
2008	Samuel Van Culin ’48
2003	Stephen M. Case ’76
2001	Allen B. Richardson ’65
1999	C. Nainoa Thompson ’72
1996	Beatrice H. Krauss ’22
1996	Charlie '65 and Lucy Dangler ’67 Wedemeyer
1993	Elbert Parr Tuttle ’14