When Paul was 10 years old his parents brought him with them from home in Spokane WA to the big island of Hawaii for a time while his father had a contract for clearing timber. Paul remembered that as a time of exciting and interesting adventures. The "Hawaiian aloha" stayed with him as he happily came back many years later to stay.
Paul earned a degree in civil engineering at Texas A&M and launched into a long career in private industry, and, in World War II, with the "SeaBees," the Navy's corps of civil engineers.
He achieved the rank of Commander and served in Tinian, Guam and Okinawa, primarily in the construction of airstrips, roads and railroads.
After the war he converted to the regular Navy and had assignments in China, Washington, several Central American countries and Caribbean islands. Following his military retirement in 1954 he became civilian manager of the Navy's planning branch west of Hawaii: the Marianas, Philippines, Japan, Okinawa and the Far East. For that work, Paul and Martha moved to Honolulu in 1954, and then to Kailua.
In 1958 Paul resigned from that civil service position to go to Japan as resident engineer for construction of the great Makio dam, about 90 miles from Nagoya. On completion of the dam in 1960, the couple traveled around the world for a year and returned to Kailua in 1961 "for the rest of their lives." But construction of a water tank on Maui needed a project engineer for the somewhat challenging job – and Paul took the challenge. That led to their settling permanently on Maui.
Paul and Martha are buried in the military cemetery on Maui.
Paul earned a degree in civil engineering at Texas A&M and launched into a long career in private industry, and, in World War II, with the "SeaBees," the Navy's corps of civil engineers.
He achieved the rank of Commander and served in Tinian, Guam and Okinawa, primarily in the construction of airstrips, roads and railroads.
After the war he converted to the regular Navy and had assignments in China, Washington, several Central American countries and Caribbean islands. Following his military retirement in 1954 he became civilian manager of the Navy's planning branch west of Hawaii: the Marianas, Philippines, Japan, Okinawa and the Far East. For that work, Paul and Martha moved to Honolulu in 1954, and then to Kailua.
In 1958 Paul resigned from that civil service position to go to Japan as resident engineer for construction of the great Makio dam, about 90 miles from Nagoya. On completion of the dam in 1960, the couple traveled around the world for a year and returned to Kailua in 1961 "for the rest of their lives." But construction of a water tank on Maui needed a project engineer for the somewhat challenging job – and Paul took the challenge. That led to their settling permanently on Maui.
Paul and Martha are buried in the military cemetery on Maui.
When Paul was 10 years old his parents brought him with them from home in Spokane WA to the big island of Hawaii for a time while his father had a contract for clearing timber. Paul remembered that as a time of exciting and interesting adventures. The "Hawaiian aloha" stayed with him as he happily came back many years later to stay.
Paul earned a degree in civil engineering at Texas A&M and launched into a long career in private industry, and, in World War II, with the "SeaBees," the Navy's corps of civil engineers.
He achieved the rank of Commander and served in Tinian, Guam and Okinawa, primarily in the construction of airstrips, roads and railroads.
After the war he converted to the regular Navy and had assignments in China, Washington, several Central American countries and Caribbean islands. Following his military retirement in 1954 he became civilian manager of the Navy's planning branch west of Hawaii: the Marianas, Philippines, Japan, Okinawa and the Far East. For that work, Paul and Martha moved to Honolulu in 1954, and then to Kailua.
In 1958 Paul resigned from that civil service position to go to Japan as resident engineer for construction of the great Makio dam, about 90 miles from Nagoya. On completion of the dam in 1960, the couple traveled around the world for a year and returned to Kailua in 1961 "for the rest of their lives." But construction of a water tank on Maui needed a project engineer for the somewhat challenging job – and Paul took the challenge. That led to their settling permanently on Maui.
Paul and Martha are buried in the military cemetery on Maui.
Paul earned a degree in civil engineering at Texas A&M and launched into a long career in private industry, and, in World War II, with the "SeaBees," the Navy's corps of civil engineers.
He achieved the rank of Commander and served in Tinian, Guam and Okinawa, primarily in the construction of airstrips, roads and railroads.
After the war he converted to the regular Navy and had assignments in China, Washington, several Central American countries and Caribbean islands. Following his military retirement in 1954 he became civilian manager of the Navy's planning branch west of Hawaii: the Marianas, Philippines, Japan, Okinawa and the Far East. For that work, Paul and Martha moved to Honolulu in 1954, and then to Kailua.
In 1958 Paul resigned from that civil service position to go to Japan as resident engineer for construction of the great Makio dam, about 90 miles from Nagoya. On completion of the dam in 1960, the couple traveled around the world for a year and returned to Kailua in 1961 "for the rest of their lives." But construction of a water tank on Maui needed a project engineer for the somewhat challenging job – and Paul took the challenge. That led to their settling permanently on Maui.
Paul and Martha are buried in the military cemetery on Maui.
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