According to a Rod Ohira story in the June 24 Honolulu Advertiser, 'Iolani graduate Alvin Onaka, a member of the class of 1965 recently won a presitigious award for his pioneering work in the field of vital statistics.
The Advertiser story recounts, "Onaka, the state registrar of vital statistics and chief of the Department of Health's Office of Health Status Monitoring, was presented the 27th Halbert L. Dunn Award for his international, national and state level demographic and public health contributions in a 40-plus year career."
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