HI SR57

Approves the selection of Daniel Kahikina Akaka to be inducted into the Aloha Order of Merit

Recognizes Akaka's service in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976 to 1990 and the U.S. Senate from 1990 to 2012

Acknowledges Akaka's embodiment of the Aloha Spirit through his work on natural resource preservation, veterans' affairs as Senate Committee Chairman, and promotion of Hawaiian values in national politics

Notes Akaka's prior service as Hawaii Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and his career as an educator in Hawaii public and private schools

Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Office of the Governor and Senator Akaka