Posted on: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1919-2006
'He lived a very full life' By Treena Shapiro
Advertiser Staff Writer | William Quinn was sworn in as governor by Supreme Court Justice Masaji Marumoto on inauguration day, Sept.
3, 1959. Advertiser library photo |
| | | WILLIAM FRANCIS "BILL" QUINN Born: July 13, 1919, in Rochester, N.Y. Family: Wife Nancy, seven children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Experience: Appointed Hawai'i's last territorial governor and elected Hawai'i's first state governor; president of Dole Pineapple Co. Highlights Graduated from St.
Louis University in 1940 Served in the U.S. Naval Reserve with active duty in the South Pacific from 1942 to 1946 Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1947 and moved to Honolulu to join the Robertson, Castle & Anthony law firm Lost election for a territorial seat against Herbert Lee in 1956, but was appointed to the Statehood
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