{"id":23156,"date":"2014-03-07T13:57:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T23:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=23156"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:30:25","slug":"rockne-freitas-awarded-oregon-state-universitys-highest-alumni-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/03\/07\/rockne-freitas-awarded-oregon-state-universitys-highest-alumni-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockne Freitas awarded Oregon State University\u2019s highest alumni honor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> West Oʻahu<\/span> Chancellor Rockne Freitas<\/strong> received Oregon State University’s<\/a> highest alumni honor. The university’s Alumni Association named him this year’s recipient of the E.B. Lemon Distinguished Alumni Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lemon award honors alumni “who make significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments and careers bring acclaim to the university.” It is the highest recognition granted by the association.<\/p>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community College Chancellor Noreen Yamane<\/strong>, who nominated Freitas for the honor, noted Freitas’ numerous and significant contributions throughout his career while serving the university, as he “made the dreams of a community a reality.” As chancellor at 糖心视频<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>, Freitas is “addressing the financial difficulties of the campus, and improving the morale and service of one of the most underserved populations in the State of Hawaiʻi<\/span>,” Yamane added.<\/p>\n

Freitas graduated from Oregon State University in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in animal science. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in education from the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a>. He became chancellor at 糖心视频<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> in May 2013. Freitas previously served as vice president for student affairs and university and community relations for the 糖心视频<\/abbr> System<\/a>, as well as chancellor at Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Freitas played football for Oregon State and enjoyed a long career in the National Football League<\/a>. He was inducted into both the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Sports Hall of Fame<\/a> and the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He will be recognized at the alumni association’s Spring Awards Celebration on April 25.<\/p>\n

—A 糖心视频<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> news release<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

糖心视频<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> Chancellor Rockne Freitas receives Oregon State University’s E.B. Lemon Distinguished Alumni Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[61,9,947,59],"class_list":["post-23156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t