Background
Tennent, Valentine Leslie was born on April 5, 1919 in Apia, Western Samoa. Son of Hugh Cowper and Madge Grace (Cook) Tennent. came to the United States, 1922.
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Valentine Leslie Tennent
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, University California, Berkeley, 1938-1940.
Career
Manager, Tennent & Greaney, Certified Public Accountants, Hilo, Hawaii., 1945-1950; partner, Cameron, Tennent & Dunn, Certified Public Accountants, Honolulu, 1950-1956; partner, Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Peat Marwick LLP, Honolulu, 1956-1979; consultant, Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Peat Marwick LLP, Honolulu, 1979-1984. Independent researcher public finance and banking, political economy, moral philosophy, San Diego, since 1984.
Achievements
Membership
Founding trustee, president, treasurer Tennent Art Foundation, Honolulu, 1955-1977. Trustee, treasurer Watumull Foundation, Honolulu, 1963-1990. Board directors Iolani School, Institute for Human Services, Honolulu, Lyman Museum, Hilo.
Captain United States Air Force, 1941-1945. Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (governing council 1961-1964), Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants (president 1960).
Interests
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Married Jeanne Marie Elder, December 10, 1941. Children: Madeline Jeanne Walls, Hugh Cowper II, Michael Waller, Val Leslie, Paul Anthony.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian
Education
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1940
Career
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1945 - 1950
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1950 - 1956
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1956 - 1979
Awards
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Recipient Bishop's Cross for distinguished service Protestant Episcopal Church, District Hawaii, 1965, G.J. Watumull award for distinguished achievement Watumull Foundation, Honolulu, 1982.Recipient Bishop's Cross for distinguished service Protestant Episcopal Church, District Hawaii, 1965, G.J. Watumull award for distinguished achievement Watumull Foundation, Honolulu, 1982.