Background
Kawakami, Bertha C. was born on July 28, 1931 in Honolulu.
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Bertha C. Kawakami
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Bachelor in Education, University Hawaii, 1953. Master of Arts in Education, New York University, 1962.
Career
Elementary, resource teacher Hawaii Department Education Eleele, Pearl Harbor Intermediate School, Nanaikapono, 1954—1961. Member language arts district team, 1962—1965. Principal, elementary intermediate Eleele and Kekaha Schools, 1965—1979.
Educational specialist Kauai District Office, 1980—1987, deputy district supervisor department education, 1987. Member Hawaiii State House of Representatives, since 1987, assistant majority floor leader, since 1987, member finance, human Superior vena cava syndrome, housing and health committees, vice chair finance committee, since 1993, majority whip, since 2003.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Blood Bank of Hawaii, since 1992. Member advisory committee Community Health Nursing Division, since 1991. Member quality assurance committee Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital, since 1991.
Board directors, vice president Commercial Properties Inc., since 1988. Member Waimea United Church of Christ, since 1989. Member of Japanese American National Museum (honorary chairperson), Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and Arts, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.
Connections
Children: Wendall, Lyndall.
