U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka: 1924 – 2018


























STAR-ADVERTISER / MAY 2012
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka spoke during the Hawaii State Democratic Convention at the Sheraton Waikiki's Hawaii Ballroom.STAR-ADVERTISER / JUNE 1976
U.S. Rep. Daniel Akaka at an "Open House" in Waipahu.STAR-ADVERTISER / AUG. 1985
U.S. Rep. Daniel Akaka, sat next to U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye.STAR-ADVERTISER / JULY 1990
U.S. Representative Daniel Akaka attended a UH Rainbow baseball game where he sang the National Anthem.STAR-ADVERTISER / 1979
Then-U.S. Rep. Daniel Akaka. Akaka and U.S. Rep. Phil Burton of California heard testimony from Hawaiian organizations calling for a Hawaiian study commission.ASSOCIATED PRESS / OCT. 2009
President Barack Obama signed the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, third from right, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., second from left, and others, looked on.STAR-ADVERTISER / JAN 2009
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka shared his excitement over the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama while attending the Hawaii for Obama Ball at the Hay-Adams hotel in Washington, D.C., across from the White House.STAR-ADVERTISER / APRIL 2012
The Hawaii State Legislature recognized U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka as the recipient of the Harry S. Truman Award from the National Guard Association of the United States.ASSOCIATED PRESS / JULY 2005
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Washington Nationals' game against the Houston Astros at RFK Stadium in Washington.STAR-ADVERTISER / NOV. 2006
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka and his supporters at the senator's headquarters at Dole Cannery. U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye gave the "victory" sign as he met with Akaka.STAR-ADVERTISER / NOV. 2006
Sen. Daniel Akaka was greeted by Jewel Paguyo, 13, at the Hawaiian Vote Rally & Free Concert.STAR-ADVERTISER / JULY 2017
Former U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility during the change of command ceremony in front of the Shipyard’s Administration Building. Akaka gave the Invocation and Benediction during the ceremony.STAR-ADVERTISER / OCT. 2011
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka spoke during a field hearing entitled "Safeguarding Hawaii's Ecosystem and Agriculture Against Invasive Species" at the Hawaii Department of Agriculture in Honolulu.