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Kenneth F. Brown<br />
Chairman of the Board<br />
ver the past few years I have pondered deeply and<br />
discussed at length our values as a hospital and as a growing<br />
health system. Values are the soul of any organization because<br />
they tell us and the world what we stand for. Let no one underestimate<br />
the importance to our success of having a set of clearly<br />
shared values.<br />
In our efforts to identify and clarify our values, I decided to see<br />
what our Founders said about their values and ideals regarding<br />
our mission and vision. I initiated a search among their writings,<br />
such as letters, speeches, journals, and essays, for phrases or sentences<br />
that spoke to our present and future needs and challenges.<br />
With the assistance of Hawaiian scholar George Kanahele, who<br />
is presently writing a biography of Queen Emma, we found<br />
about 40 specific utterances related to values by the King and<br />
Queen. I was impressed, excited and moved.<br />
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