Comments on: Notable Alumni from Hawaii’s Punahou School

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:31:34 +0000

You went to school with the creators of Mortal Kombat? Sweeeeeeeeet!! You are the fuckin MAN! I’m so glad you added that.

That totally trumps those Punahou school graduates.

ME, stay awesome!

By: ;ldmgd

;ldmgd — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:45:50 +0000

you forgot the jpop singer Melody.

By: Joe Schuh

Joe Schuh — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Yeah but you got it wrong, it’s three national presidents, SANFORD B. DOLE, BARACK OBAMA, and you missed SUN YAT SEN, first president of the Republic of China

By: James Clayborn

James Clayborn — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:07:00 +0000

Punahou must be the only American high school which can claim two national Presidents two governors, and two US Senators.

Barack Obama is President of the United Sates and a graduate of Punahou. Incidentally, his classmate was Quentin Kawananakoa who is the theoretical King of Hawaii and who’s great Uncle Prince Jonah Kuhio was reining heir to the Hawaiian throne when the monarcy was overthrown.

Sanford B. Dole, also a Punahou graduate, was President of the Hawaii Republic for four years between overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and annexation by the United States, whereupon, he became territorial Governor of Hawaii.

Hiram Bingham, Punahou graduate, Yale anthropologist, and discoverer of Macchu Pichu was Governor of Connecticut and a US Senator from Connecticut.

So Presidents, Obama and Dole
Governors Dole and Bingham
US Senators Obama and Bingham
and Kuhio was a congressional delegate representing the Territory of Hawaii

By: Jaime Soares

Jaime Soares — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:24:00 +0000

Nancy Cordes, CBS’s Congressional correspondent and Punahou Alumna introduced the Punahou Marching Band at Obama’s inauguration

By: Jaime Soares

Jaime Soares — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:21:00 +0000

Nancy Cordes who is CBS’s Congressional correspondent introduced the Punahou Marching Band at Barack Obama’s inauguration

By: Gary Chong

Gary Chong — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:28:00 +0000

Sun Yat-Sen also attended (and is claimed by) two other church affiliated high schools in Hawai’i: Iolani High School (Anglican/Episcopal), and St. Louis High School (Roman Catholic). Punahou was founded by Congregationalists in 1841.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:24:00 +0000

Jan Berenstain.

By: Alec

Alec — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:36:00 +0000

I’m still in high school, but fifteen years ago, Jeremy Delle, who would be immortalized later by the Pearl Jam song “Jeremy”, committed suicide in his 2nd-period class. And also Bill Engvall and Anne Rice. They didn’t kill themselves, but they did attend my school.

By: Deanna Lyn Ferguson

Deanna Lyn Ferguson — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:31:05 +0000

Garnett “Rick” Nunes (Punahou class of 65) who performed for 25 years as “Hawaii’s Own Tribute to Elvis” is now a Minister in Tempe,AZ.