Arlene Leong Luster

Background

Luster, Arlene Leong was born on January 11, 1936 in Honolulu. Daughter of Henry Hung Yun and Sadie Mee Yee (Chun) Leong.

Education

Bachelor, Texas Woman's University, 1957. Master of Library Science, Western Reserve University, 1958. Doctor of Education, University Southern California, 1977.

Career

Hospital medical librarian Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, 1958-1959. Assistant order librarian University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1961-1963. Base librarian Fuchu (Japan) Air Station, 1959-1961, Hickam (Hawaii) Air Force Base, 1963-1968, Wheeler (Hawaii) Air Force Base, 1968-1973.

Lecturer Leeward Community College, Honolulu, 1973-1975. Naval regional librarian NAVEDTRASUP Detroit, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1973-1979. Library director, command librarian Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, since 1979.

Chairman library advisory committee Leeward Community College, 1975-1983. Proprietor Innovative Management, Honolulu, since 1978.

Achievements

• Arlene Leong Luster has been listed as a noteworthy library director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Hawaii Governor's Conference on Libraries, Honolulu, 1978-1979, Lieutenant Governor Council on Literacy, Honolulu, since 1985. Member American Library Association (John Cotton Dana Public Relations awards 1970-1973, Armed Forces Librarians Citation 1980), Hawaii Library Association (Distinguished Librarian award 1985), Federally Employed Women, Federal Librarians Round Table (president since 1989), Fuzhou Library Society, Hawaii Chinese History Center, Delta Kappa Gamma.

Interests

• Tai chi chuan, hiking, photography, music, dance.

Connections

Married Gilbert Norman, March 15,1960 (divorced July 1980). Children: Eugene Norman, Deanna Mee Yee.

Father:

Henry Hung Yun Leong

Mother:

Sadie Mee Yee (Chun) Leong

Spouse:

Gilbert Norman

child:

Eugene Norman Luster

child:

Deanna Mee Yee Luster