Kauai-Honolulu County HI Archives Biographies.....Achi, William Charles Jr. July 1, 1889 - 
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

 Achi, William Charles, Jr.: Jurist and Lawyer.

     Born July 1, 1889, Honolulu, son of William Charles and Maria (Alapai)
Achi; married Rebecca K. Robinson, Kainaliu, North Kona, Island of Hawaii, June
7, 1910; children, William Charles III, Richard Kelii, Mary Ann Arbor, Lincoln
Leleiwi, Stanley Alapai, Rebecca Kaohuleilani and Stanford Hokulani; member
Hawaiian Civic Club: Shriner, 32° Mason; Kauai Lodge 589 F. & A. M.; Ann Arbor
(Michigan) Lodge No. 44 K. P.; Zal Gaz Grotto No. 34, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Order
of Kamehameha. Hawaii Chapter No. 1; Hale o na Alii. Halau o Kapiolani No. 3;
The Native Sons and Daughters of Hawaii, Kauai Council No. 9; Kauai Chamber of
Commerce; Kauai County Y. M. C. A.; Kauai Athletic Club; Kauai Rowing Club;
Kauai Fish and Game Club; Kalanianaole Society; Hawaiian Historical Society;
Kauai Historical Society; National Geographic Society; American Society of
International Law; American Bar Association; Bar Association of Hawaii.

      Receiving his early education at St. Louis and Oahu colleges, Honolulu,
graduating from the former in 1904 and the latter in 1908, Judge Achi attended
Stanford University, 1909-1911; Yale University 1911-1912, and the University of
Chicago the following year. In 1914 he received his B. A. degree from the
University of Michigan, and his B. L. from the law school of the same university
in 1917.

      Returning to Hawaii in 1917, Judge Achi practiced law with his father; was
admitted to the bar of Hawaii on Nov. 6, 1917. United States District Court for
the District of Hawaii, April 29, 1919, and the Supreme Court of the United
States of America, June 2, 1924. In November, 1919, President Wilson appointed
him Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court, Kauai, and he was reappointed by President
Coolidge in 1924 and I928.

      During his college days Judge Achi won distinction as the author of the
stirring "Sons of the Stanford Red", "Sons of Eli", and "Fight, Men of
Michigan", all three of which songs are still sung at intercollegiate games.
During his year at Chicago University he wrote the comic opera, "The Pranks of
Paprika," which was presented by the well known Black Friars Club.

      Judge Achi was a member of Company L, National Guard, Palo Alto, Cal., in
1909; Legal Advisory Board Selective Service System, 1919; Honolulu Civil
Service Commission. 1919; was alternate to Republican national convention at
Cleveland in 1924. In recent years Judge Achi has been a leader in the promotion
of rowing and boxing on Kauai.


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