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dc.contributor.authorNorwood, William Robert-
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-11T03:42:38Z-
dc.date.available2015-03-11T03:42:38Z-
dc.date.issued1966-05-15-
dc.identifier.citation[item identification], William Robert Norwood Papers, MSS800, The Richard Flores Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam. Mangilao, Guam.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11751/84-
dc.descriptionWilliam Robert Norwood was born May 29, 1909 in Seattle Washington. He received his AB degree in journalism from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1932. From 1932 to 1941 he was employed with a private firm in Seattle and then as a reporter on the Honolulu Star Bulletin. In 1941 he joined the Public Relations Department of Castle & Cooke, one of Hawaii’s largest firms. During the war years he served as a civilian employee of the U.S. Army as a military censor and editorial advisor for the bi-lingual Japanese newspapers, Hawaii Times and Hawaii Hochi. In 1949 he became public relations director of Castle & Cooke, handling advertising, community relations and communications for labor negotiations. In December 1962 he was appointed by Governor John A. Burns as Administrative Director for the State of Hawaii. This position included inter-departmental coordination and special assignments for the Governor, such as mediator of major labor disputes. In April of 1966 Mr. Norwood was appointed by Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall to become High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, effective July 1st. He was married to Katherine Forbes Norwood; they have a son, William Forbes Norwood, a daughter, Mrs. Max A. Souza and two grandchildrenen_US
dc.descriptionExtent 2.0 Linear Feeten_US
dc.description.sponsorshipProcessed by Antonio B. Perry, 2015en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherRFT MARC Manuscripts Collectionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMSS 800;-
dc.subjectHawaiian Islands--Hawaii Community Development Authorityen_US
dc.subjectHawaii--Labor and Industrial Appeals Boarden_US
dc.subjectHawaii--Honolulu City Planning Commissionen_US
dc.subjectHigh Commissioner of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islandsen_US
dc.subjectBikini Atoll--Marshall Islands--Atomic tests--United Statesen_US
dc.subjectTrust Territories--Yapen_US
dc.subjectTrust Territories--Truken_US
dc.subjectTrust Territories--Kosraeen_US
dc.subjectTrust Territories--Pohnpeien_US
dc.subjectTrust Territories--Marshall Islandsen_US
dc.subjectTrust Territories--Northern Marianas Islandsen_US
dc.subjectTrust Territories--Ballistic Missile Tests--Kwajaleinen_US
dc.subjectTrust Territories--Rev. Edmund Kalauen_US
dc.subjectGuam--President of the Guam Contractor’s Associationen_US
dc.subjectGuam--Guam Employees Councilen_US
dc.subjectGuam--Board of Directors--Guam Memorial Hospitalen_US
dc.titleWilliam Robert Norwood Papersen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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