Background
Chock, Alvin Keali'i was born on June 18, 1931 in Honolulu. Son of Hon and Eleanor Kam Hoon (Au) Chock.
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Alvin Keali'i Chock
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Associate of Arts, Hannibal-LaGrange College (Missouri), 1949. Bachelor, U. Hawaii at Manoa, 1951, Master of Science in Botany, 1953. Postgraduate University of Michigan, 1953-1955, United States.Dept.
Agriculture Graduate School, 1959, Pacific Asian Management Institute, 1988, 90, U.Hawaii at Manoa, 1988, 90.
Career
Technology administrative assistant European Exchange Svc., Katterbach bei Ansbach/Manufacturer, Federal Republic Germany, 1958-1959. Plant quarantine inspector Agricultural Research Svc., United States Department of Agriculture, New York City, 1959-1960, Honolulu, 1961-1967, supervisory inspector, Baltimore, 1967-1970. Program specialist Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,1970-1971, supervisory program specialist, 1971-1974, supervisory biologist, 1975.
Agricultural officer (plant quarantine) Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, 1975-1978, also technical secretary Near East Plant Protection Commission and Caribbean Plant Protection Commission, 1976. Supervisory biologist, registration division Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1978-1981. Acting coordinator international programs Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant HealthInspection Svc.
Department Agriculture, Hyattsville, Maryland., 1981-1982, director Region II (Europe, Near East and Africa), 1981-1982, The Hague, Netherlands, 1982-1988. Director region III (Asia and Pacific), Hyattsville, Maryland., 1988-1992;lecturer botany U. Hawaii, Manoa, 1961-1967, 69, 72, 79, 84, 86, 88, 90,93, 95, 96, 97, 98. Adjunct instructor botany U. Hawaii, Manoa, 1993-1995, adjunct colleague, 95.
Assistant botanist B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1961-1965. Botanist Kokee Natural History Museum, Hawaii, 1953-1955. Botanical consultant National Park Svc., 1962-1963.
Member work panels European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation, Paris, 1976-1978. Plant quarantine consultant Council Agriculture Republican China, Taiwan, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member work panels European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation, Paris, 1976-1978. Member governing board National Conference State Socs., Washington, 1972-1975, deputy director general, 1973-1974, 2d vice president, 1974-1975. Served with infantry United States Army, 1955-1957.
Plant species Cyanea chockii named in his honor. Member Hawaiian Academy Science (director junior academic 1963-1964), Lloyd Shaw Foundation, Association Tropical Biology (charter), Hawaiian Bot.Soc. (secretary 1962, director 1963, 65, 94-95, president 1964), International Association Plant Taxonomists, Pacific Science Association, Society Economics Botany, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Association Professional Staff (appeals and procedures committee 1976-1977, standing committee career development 1976-1978), National Capital Area Square Dance Leaders Association (editor newsletter 1980-1981), Mediterranean Area Callers and Teachers Association (founder.
Club: Ramblin' Romans Square Dance (founder), Ewa Gentry Cmty. Association (Vice-President 1993-1995, president 1995-1996, vice president 1997, newsletter editor 1993-1994), Arbors Association Apartment Owners, (board directors 1994, newsletter editor 1994), Roosevelt High School Alumni Association (board directors 1993), Roosevelt Alumni Found (vice president 1994-1996, president 1996). Founding editor Hawaii Botanical Society newsletter, 1962-1963, 66.
Connections
Married Yona Nahenahe Bielefeldt, June 18, 1962. Children: T. Makana, D. 'Alana, D. Malama.
