Honolulu City Council Policy Resolutions

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89-394

NAMING THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING THE

WALTER MURRAY GIBSON BUILDING

    WHEREAS, Ordinance 89-95 establishes procedures for naming City facilities for an individual; and

    WHEREAS, Walter Murray Gibson (January 16, 1822 - January 21, 1888) was a famous lecturer, journalist, legislative leader, and Prime Minister for King Kalakaua, Minister of Finance and Minister of Interior; and

    WHEREAS, he was instrumental in the construction of Hawaii's significant landmarks such as Iolani Palace, Statue of Kamehameha the Great, and Kapiolani Park; and

    WHEREAS, he encouraged the preservation of Hawaiian culture, language, the monarchy, and the health of the Hawaiian people; and

    WHEREAS, as a gifted communicator in both written and oral English and Hawaiian, Gibson distinguished himself as publisher of the bilingual Ka Nuhou Hawaii, publisher and correspondent of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, and contributor to Island publications such as the Friend, the Polynesian, and the Hawaiian Gazette; and

    WHEREAS, despite his many contributions to Hawaii, Gibson was exiled from the Islands because of his controversial actions and his stinging attack against westernization; and

    WHEREAS, the Government Office Building, formerly known as the Old District Court Building at 842 Bethel Street, is a prominent, historic building worthy of being named the Walter Murray Gibson Building; now, therefore,

    BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City and County of Honolulu that the Government Office Building be named the Walter Murray Gibson Building; and

    BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the City Clerk is authorized to transmit copies of the Resolution to interested persons and agencies.

                        INTRODUCED BY:

                        Arnold Morgado, Jr. (BR)

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                                 Councilmembers

DATE OF INTRODUCTION:

August 8, 1989
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Honolulu, Hawaii

ADOPTED this 11th day of October , 1989.

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