Honolulu County HI Archives News.....BEN F. DILLINGHAM GIVEN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE KEY January 22, 1948
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UNKNOWN NEWSPAPER January 22, 1948
  Supervisor Ben F. Dillingham II, general manager of the Oahu Railway & Land 
Co., was awarded the distinguished service key for 1947 at the Honolulu Junior 
Chamber of Commerce Founders’ Day banquet Wednesday night.
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  Record of Achievement
  In making the award, Mr. Dickinson outlined Mr. Dillingham’s record of 
achievement.
  At the age of 31, Mr. Dillingham has gone far in business, politics and 
community service.
  In his first attempt to win political elective office, he was elected 
outright to the board of supervisors in the 1946 primary election. He is 
active in the Republican party.
  In the field of business, he carries on his shoulders the heavy 
responsibilities of the general manager of the Oahu Railway & Land Co. and, in 
addition, is president of the Hawaiian Warriors professional football team.
  An active churchman, he is a vestryman at St. Andrew’s cathedral and a 
trustee of Iolani school, which the church supports.
  He also is a trustee of Palama Settlement.
  His other organizations include Honolulu Lodge No. 409, F&AM, Aloha Temple 
Shrine, the Native Sons of Hawaii, the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, and the 
Hawaiian wing, civil air patrol, of which he is wing commander.
Record in World War II
  Mr. Dillingham has a notable war record, having held important 
transportation office assignments in the Pacific area.
   He entered the army December 7, 1941, as a second lieutenant and was 
assigned to the G-5 section of the Hawaiian department.
  On January 1, 1942, he was assigned to the office of cargo and passenger 
control under the military governor as coordinator of rail transportation. In 
July, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant.
  In May, 1943, he was assigned to the army port and service command as acting 
transportation officer and was promoted to the rank of captain two months 
later.
  He took part in the invasion of Saipan in 1944 and was promoted to the rank 
of major on that island in July, 1944.
  Upon his return to Honolulu he was assigned to the transportation office on 
the staff of Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson Jr., commanding army forces in the 
middle Pacific, and served there until the end of the war. 
  He was inactivated in February, 1946, and promoted to the rank of lieutenant 
colonel in the organized reserve corps.
  Born in Honolulu
  Mr. Dillingham was born in Honolulu October 14, 1916, the second son of 
Walter F. and Louise (Gaylord) Dillingham.
  He received his education at Punahou; Le Rosey, Gastaad, Switzerland; St. 
Paul’s school, Concord, Mass.; Fountain Valley school, Colorado Springs, 
Colo., and Harvard university, where he was graduated in 1940.
  At Harvard, he was president of the Hasty Pudding theatrical club and a 
member of the A.D. club.
  He was on the Harvard polo team, and played championship polo in Hawaii in 
inter-island competition.
  He married Miss Frances Andrews, daughter of Vice Adm. and Mrs. Adolphus 
Andrews, in New York on April 26, 1941.
  They have two children, Frances Elizabeth and Benjamin Franklin III.
  Mr. Dillingham, in accepting the award, pledged to continue in his efforts 
to aid the community, and to “strive to do better.”
  Alexander D. Castro, a charter member of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, 
urged the young men of the junior chamber to assume the leadership and 
responsibilities which are being turned over to them by the organization’s 
senior members.
  Entertainment was furnished by Iolani Luahine and her troupe of hula 
dancers, and Jo and her girls.


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