Honolulu-Maui County HI Archives Biographies.....Awana, Edward N. September 18, 1890 - 
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

Awana, Edward N.: Merchant.

     Born Sept. 18, 1890, Sam Chow, Canton. China, son of Tam and Jim Shee
Awana; married Elizabeth Kau, Honolulu, Aug. 8, 1912; children, Edwin Son On.
Richard Sun Jun, and Elizabeth Sun Ann Tam Awana; member, Hawaii Chinese Civic
Association (director 1926}, Chinese Chamber of Commerce (director}, United
Chinese Society, Court Lunalilo, Ancient Order of Foresters; Chinese Y. M. C. A.

     Son of the late Tam Awana, one of the best known Chinese on Maui, Edward N.
Awana, after years of experience in banking, established the present Mid-Pacific
Curio Shoppe, one of the largest establishments of its kind in Honolulu and
operating two branch stores, one at Waikiki.

     Mr. Awana accompanied his parents to Hawaii when he was a boy and his
father established himself on a large scale as a rancher and merchant at
Makawao, Maui. Tam Awana also was instrumental in bringing many Chinese to
Hawaii in the early days and his son to this day frequently assists in arranging
for the return of' some of these elderly men to China. Tam Awana became a
citizen of Hawaii In 1892 and automatically received American citizenship with
the annexation of the Islands.

     Edward N. Awana began his business career as a teller with the First
National Bank of Wailuku, Maui, on Oct. 12, 1909, but resigned after seven years
to become a teller for the Chinese-American Bank of Honolulu. A year later he
established an automobile supply business and In September, 1921, founded his
present business.

     Mr. Awana also is a director of the Hawaii Chinese News, Ltd. He served in
the National Guard of Hawaii at Wailuku from 1915 to 1917. He was educated in
China, the Makawao public schools, Mills Institute, Honolulu, and was graduated
from Lahainaluna School, Maui, in 1909.


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