SSCR3496

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3496

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: GOV. MSG. NOS. 794, 795, 796

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 794, 795, and 796, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

Hawai'i Historic Places Review Board

G.M. No. 794

WILLIAM CHAPMAN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

G.M. No. 795

THOMAS LIM,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016; and

G.M. No. 796

LORRAINE PALUMBO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds William Chapman, Thomas Lim, and Lorraine Palumbo to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of William Chapman from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Historic Hawaii Foundation, Manoa Heritage Center, and one individual.

William Chapman is a Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, University of Hawaii at Manoa, a position he has held since 1999, after joining the University in 1993. Since 1980, he has also served as an independent consultant in historic preservation with Chapman and Associates, and was formerly a historian with the National Park Service in Pennsylvania. Dr. Chapman holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Anthropology from the University of Oxford, England, and two Master's degrees in Anthropology and Historic Preservation from the University of Oxford and Columbia University, New York. He is active in a wide range of professional and academic organizations and has published extensively on the subjects of vernacular architecture, archaeology, anthropology, and historic preservation, among other topics. Dr. Chapman represents the island of Oahu as a historian on the Board.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Thomas Lim from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Mason Architects, and three individual.

Thomas Lim is Director of the Planning and Management System Office, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he is responsible for the College's facilities and projects on the Manoa campus and twenty-two off-campus research stations on 1,600 acres statewide. He has over thirty years of architectural experience and design and supervision of numerous preservation projects throughout the State, has served as the project manager for the Americans with Disabilities Act public and private sector projects in Hawaii, and is a former Architecture Branch Chief with the State Historic Preservation Division. Mr. Lim is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a Master of Architecture and holds a Bachelor of Arts from New York University. Mr. Lim represents the island of Oahu as an architect on the Board.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Lorraine Palumbo from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Historic Hawaii Foundation, and four individuals.

Lorraine Palumbo is President of Minatoishi Palumbo Architects, Inc., and has served as a historical architect with the Hawaii Heritage Center and the National Park Service since 2009, where she is conducting an analysis of the Honouliuli Japanese Internment Camp's last two remaining buildings, the Administration Building and the Fire House. She is a graduate of Waseda University with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Architectural History and holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon. Dr. Palumbo is a Registered Architect, LEED Accredited Professional, and meets the National Park Service qualification standards for historic architecture and for an architectural historian. She is a Board Member of Historic Hawaii Foundation and President of the Friends of the Honolulu Memorial Park, as well as an author and filmmaker. Dr. Palumbo represents the island of Oahu as an architect on the Board.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair