Background
Burgess, Hayden Fern was born on May 5, 1946 in Honolulu. Son of Ned E. and Nora (Lee) Burgess.
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Hayden Fern Burgess, American Lawyer. Bar: Hawaii 1976, United States Tax Court, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit). Trustee Office Hawaiian Affairs, Honolulu, 1982-1986; member Swedish National.Commn. on Museum, 1986; leader Hawaiian Independence Movement; member Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council; Member Law Association Asia and Western Pacific (steering commission on human rights 1988), Union of 3d World Journalists.
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Education
Bachelor in Political Science, U. Hawaii Juris Doctor, U. Hawaii, 1976.
Career
Private practice, Waianae, Hawaii., since 1984;
president, Hawaii Council for 1993 and Beyond, Honolulu, since 1991;
executive director, Waianae Coast Cmty. Mental Health Center, since 1997. Vice president World Council Indigenous Peoples before United Nations, 1984-1990.
Human rights advisory, writer, speaker in field. President Pacific and Asia Council Indigenous Peoples. Consultant on indigenous affairs, 1984.
Indigenous expert to International Labor Organization Convention. Expert United Nations seminar on effects of racism and racial discriminations on social and economics relations between indigenous peoples and states, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Office Hawaiian Affairs, Honolulu, 1982-1986. Member Swedish National.Commn. on Museum, 1986. Leader Hawaiian Independence Movement.
Member Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council. Member Law Association Asia and Western Pacific (steering commission on human rights 1988), Union of 3d World Journalists.
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Connections
Married Puanani Sonoda, August 28, 1968.
