var year1999 = new Array("('Select Name','',true,true)",
	"('Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka, `52, PD `53, MEd `66','1999-0',false,false)",
	"('Fred Shiu Leung Chan, `72, MS `74','1999-1',false,false)",
	"('Doris M. Ching, `63, MEd`71','1999-2',false,false)",
	"('Eddie Flores Jr., `70','1999-3',false,false)",
	"('Mo-Im Kim, MS `67','1999-4',false,false)",
	"('Michael S. Nakamura, `74','1999-5',false,false)",
	"('Terry T. Shintani, JD `79, MD `85','1999-6',false,false)");
	
		
	var bios1999 = new Array(
	"(UH Founders Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award) Akaka has served as U.S. Senator since 1990, when he won a special election to complete the unexpired four-year term of the late Senator Spark M. Matsunaga.  Elected to a six-year term in 1994, he was reelected in November 2000 with over 70% of the popular vote.  Senator Akaka was first elected to Congress in 1976 to represent Hawai'i's Second Congressional District. He won seven consecutive elections by wide margins. Senator Akaka is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is the only Chinese American member of the Senate." ,
	"(UH Distinguished Alumni Award)  Chan is founder, chair, and CEO of ESS Technology, the world's largest PC audio chip and digital video chip supplier and one of America's top 300 research and development companies. Forbes magazine noted Chan's leadership in one of the best small companies in America.  His philanthropic activities include establishing a $250,000 scholarship endowment at the University of Hawai'i, in addition to founding the Everlasting Private Foundation, the Chan Family Fund with the Community Foundation of Santa Clara County, and the China Light Foundation. Chan also started an Asia Pacific Scholars Program at Stanford University.  He received a BS in Electrical Engineering and a MS in Information and Computer Sciences from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 1972 and 1974, respectively.",
	"(UH Distinguished Alumni Award)  Ching was the first woman vice president for student affairs at UH and was the first Asian American to serve as president of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, which is the leading voice for student affairs administration, policy and practice. Her honors include UH Manager of the Year Award, the UHM College of Education Award of Merit and Distinguished Alumna Award, and the YWCA's Leader Luncheon Award for Outstanding Women in the Community and Women in Communications Headliner Award.  Ching received a BEd in 1963, a Fifth-Year Certificate in 1965, and a MEd in 1971 from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.",
	"(UH Distinguished Alumni Award) Flores is known for leading L & L Drive-Inn, which he developed into a chain of 40 restaurants in less than a decade. He is the Chair of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, the Fund-Raising Committee for the Filipino Community Center, and the Small Business Assistance Program for the Filipino Chamber of Commerce.  Flores founded the Filipino Fiesta and Parade and a micro-enterprise training program.  He is the Director of Goodwill Industries of Honolulu, the American Red Cross Hawai'i Chapter, and Aloha United Way.  Throughout the University of Hawai'i system, Flores taught real estate, investments, management, travel, and business appraisal courses. He received multiple awards and honors including the Hawai'i Association of Realtors Highest Rated Instructor and Educator of the Year Award, Hawaii Small Business Administration Business Person of the Year Award, and the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i Entrepreneur and Director of the Year Award.  Flores received a BBA in Business Administration from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 1970.",
	"(UH Distinguished Alumni Award)  Kim became the first woman in the Republic of South Korea to head a government ministry and the first non-physician to head the country's Ministry of Health and Welfare. She won awards for her work in Korea such as the Korean Nurses Association Highest Achievement Award and the Korean government's National Decoration 'Moran' Medal.  Kim is a professor and former dean of both the School of Nursing and Graduate School of Health Sciences and Management at Yonsei University.  The World Health Organization presented her with the Sasakawa Health Prize in 1994.  She is a member of the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars. Her community involvement includes serving as past president of the International Council of Nurses and Planned Parenthood Federation of Korea, vice president of the Korean Red Cross Society, and member of the Korean National Assembly's Committee of Health and Social Affairs. Kim is the first graduate of the UHM School of Public Health's Maternal and Child Health Training Program.  She is also a past recipient of the East-West Center Distinguished Alumni Award.  Kim received a MS in Public Health from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 1967.",
	"(UH Distinguished Alumni Award) Nakamura is a 28-year veteran of the Honolulu Police Department where he served as Chief of Police.  His guidance and support produced successful programs, including Crimes Against Tourists, which helped ensure the safety of Hawai'i's visitors. Nakamura uses his experience to serve the University of Hawai'i in the Honolulu Community College Administration of Justice Program where he serves as a lecturer on government operations, focusing on policy.  He also advises UHM students.  He was recognized by the Law Enforcement and Security Coalition, Hawai'i Chapter of American Society for Public Administration, and the Rotary Club of Ala Moana.  Nakamura is also an honorary member of the Iota Gamma Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences at Chaminade University.  He is a former member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and Western States Information Network Policy Board.  He currently serves on the board of the Blood Bank of Hawai'i and Parents and Children Together.",
	"(UH Distinguished Alumni Award)  Dr. Shintani is known worldwide for his nutrition-based preventive medicine approach to wellness and the Waianae Diet Program targeted at high-risk Native Hawaiians.  He is a member of the clinical faculty of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, the School of Public Health, and the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i.  Dr. Shintani is President of the Hawai'i Health Foundation and director of preventive medicine at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.  He authored seven books and dozens of articles, and his program is featured in numerous publications, including the Encyclopedia Britannica.  He is the recipient of the Food Hero award from Eating Well magazine, the Ka'onohi Award for public service in Hawaiian health from Papa Ola Lokahi, and the highest national award for health promotion in the community from the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.  Dr. Shintani received a JD and MD from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in1979 and 1985, respectively.");