Chaminade’s Hogan Entrepreneurs Will Honor Restaurateur Richard E. Tanaka with Lifetime Achievement Award

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Chaminade’s Hogan Entrepreneurs Will Honor Restaurateur Richard E. Tanaka with Lifetime Achievement Award
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Date: Wednesday - 4/22/2015
Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m
Location:
Mystical Rose Oratory
(the Chapel)
Chaminade University
3140 Waialae Ave
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
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Chaminade's Hogan Entrepreneurs Will Honor Restaurateur Richard E. Tanaka with Lifetime Achievement Award on April 22

Chaminade University announced that its Hogan Entrepreneurs program will honor Richard E. Tanaka with a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of its annual induction ceremony on Wednesday, April 22, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at the Mystical Rose Oratory, at Chaminade University.

Tanaka is a successful business and community leader who serves as Chairman, CEO, and sole shareholder of Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd. Ranked among the top 250 companies in Hawaii, there are three restaurants in the islands employing over 170 people.

Self-supporting from an early age, Tanaka has worked as a gas station attendant, dishwasher, busboy, server, cook, road crew foreman, tractor & truck driver, and day laborer prior to and while attending NYU and the University of Western Ontario on academic scholarships. He graduated with an Honors B.A. (U.S. equivalent M.A.) and has served as a member of Chaminade's Hogan Entrepreneurs Advisory Board for close to 14 years as well as on Chaminade's senior advisory body, the Board of Governors, for over nine years and currently also serves as a member of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Regents.

Tanaka is involved with various non-profits, has studied martial arts (judo, aikido, Tokyu & Shotokan Karate) since an early age, and holds a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is also an avid golfer.

Chaminade's Hogan Entrepreneurs Program Director, John Webster, Ph.D., said, "We are pleased to honor Rick for his achievements as well as for his service to the program. Rick's success in the business world can be attributed, in no small way, to his meticulous attention to customer satisfaction and creating a unique dining experience. This year, we are particularly pleased as Rick's daughter is one of our new students being inducted into the program."

Open to all majors and undergraduates as well as graduate students (not just business majors), Chaminade University's Hogan Entrepreneurs program recognizes that any graduate has the potential to start something new. The program's motto is: "Doing social things that make business sense and business things that make social sense."

The event is free and open to the public. Please contact Eloisa Rising at eloisa.rising@chaminade.edu or (808) 440-4280 to RSVP and for event information.

Members of the media are welcome to attend. Media may contact Kapono Ryan at kryan@chaminade.edu or (808) 735-4797 or cell 429-2972.

As the only higher educational institution in the state with a four-year graduation guarantee, Chaminade educates some 3,000 students from Hawaii and abroad. Through its graduate, undergraduate and online programs, Chaminade provides a high quality values based education. For more information, visit the Chaminade Web site at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.

About Chaminade University Hogan Entrepreneurs Program

This program is designed to equip students to hit the ground running when they leave Chaminade, with new skills, extensive connections, and the mind set to start new things wherever their careers may lead them.

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Programs objective and Requirements

Open to all majors and undergraduates as well as graduate students, (not just business majors,) we recognize that any graduate has the potential to start something new. New ideas that contribute to society and the well-being of communities benefit everyone, but also can make for successful, thriving businesses. This is the variety of entrepreneurial spirit we cultivate in our program. Our motto is "Doing business things that make social sense. Doing social things that make business sense."

Learning the Life and Culture of the Entrepreneur

In this program, students learn first-hand from experienced Hawai'i business leaders and entrepreneurs about the business of getting a new idea up and running. This involves:

Academic coursework
Carefully chosen mentorships and internships with seasoned business leaders
Attendance at our weekly lecture series
Broadening horizons by study trips to other locales, such as our trips to China
Broadening perspectives, contributing to the community and honing people skills through community service
An opportunity to participate in planning an actual venture with our non-profit business plan competition

Certificate Program

The Hogan Program is a 1 year or 2 year certificate program.

Director's Note

"Funded by generous contributions from The Hogan Family Foundation, this is a practical program that provides in-depth learning through contact with Hawaii's entrepreneurs. The small class size is designed to provide careful nurturing. We aim to prepare students to start and do new things--wherever their careers may lead them." -- Dr. John Webster

The Hogan Family Foundation

The Hogan Entrepreneurial Program is funded by generous contributions from the Hogan Family Foundation (website), located in California. The chair and co-chair are Ed and Lynn Hogan (pictured here with Governor Linda Lingle.)

The mission of the Hogan Family Foundation is to promote the entrepreneurial spirit through the creation and operation of educational, civic-minded and humanitarian programs designed to encourage a more productive and contributory society..

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