Background
Sr., Walter Tuck Chang, was born on February 16, 1920 in Honolulu. Son of Awai Abner and Clara Pa'a auao (Fairman) C.
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Walter Tuck Chang, Sr.
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Education
Bachelor in Industrial Arts with honors, Teacher's credential, San Jose State University, 1945. Postgraduate in trade and industry education and administration, University California, Berkeley, 1949—1955. Master of Arts in Education and Administration, San Francisco State University, 1959.
Postgraduate in elementary school administration and supervisor of practice teachers, University Hawaii, 1964. Postgraduate in industrial arts and vocational education, University Maryland, 1968.
Career
Drafting apprenticeship engineering and estimation department Hawaiian Electrical Company, Honolulu, 1937-1939. Journeyman machinist, leadman, national war manpower job instructor Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, California, 1942-1945. Vocational instructor San Jose State University, 1942-1945.
Automotive machinist Garden City Sales and Service Company, San Jose, California, 1945-1946. Journeyman machinist Oliver M. Johnson Machine Shop, 1946. Machinist Food Machine Corporation, 1946.
Machinist, tool maker Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffet Field, 1946-1951. Adult evening vocational instructor Leland Evening High School, San Jose, 1951. Vocational institute, supervisor, driver education, training John Swett Union High School, Crockett, California, 1951-1959.
Journeyman machinist Oliver United Filters Inc., Oakland, 1952-1953. Vocational director, night principal John Swett Union High School, Crockett, 1952-1959. Industrial arts, English, World History instructor McKinley High School, Honolulu, 1959-1962.
Industrial arts metal works instructor Kailua High School, Oahu, 1962. Industrial arts teacher education instructor, supervisor industrial arts student teachers University Hawaii College Education Manoa Campus, Honolulu, 1962-1964. Drafting instructor architectural engineering, electronics and metals technical, auto-cad, supervisor driver education training Kamehameha Schools, 1964-1990.
Built over 1,000 engines for liberty, cargo steam ships, minesweepers during World War II, 1942-1945.
Achievements
Membership
Hawaiian musician entertainer American Red Cross, Veterinary Hospitals San Francisco Bay Area, 1942-1949. Sunday School teacher Hayward (California) Missionary Baptist Church, 1958-1959, Missionary Baptist Churches on Oahu, Hawaii, since 1960. Vice president Parent-Teachers Association of New Keolu Elementary School, 1961-1962, vice president monthly meetings.
Designed and built 3 churches and 2 parsonages, California and Hawaii. Support Missionary Baptist Churches and Missions, United States, Canada, South American, The Philippines, Japan, China, India, Africa, Russia, Jerusalem, since 1958. Member Oahu Industrial Arts Teachers Association (executive board 1959, vice president in charge of monthly workshops 1960, president 1961), Epsilon Pi Tau, Kappa Delta Pi.
Interests
Connections
Married Rita AnaMarie Yee Chang, August 16, 1950 (divorced June 1959). Children: Walter Tuck Junior, Nani. Married Mercedes Arroyo Chang, June 15, 1961 (divorced June 1973).
Married Evelyn Show Chiao Huang, August 25, 1973.
