Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Achi, Jr., William Charles July 1, 1889 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WILLIAM CHARLES ACHI, JR., Jurist and Lawyer. Thirty miles south of San 
Francisco, at Palo Alto, the students of a great university sing “Sons of the 
Stanford Red” today to arouse enthusiasm at football rallies; in New Haven the 
men of Yale lift their voices in “Sons of Eli,” and at Ann Arbor the 
collegians chant, “Fight, Men of Michigan,” all forgetting perhaps, for 
undergraduate memory is short that the author of those stirring songs of three 
pre-eminent American universities, Judge William C. Achi, Jr., occupies the 
position of judge of the fifth circuit court of Hawaii at Lihue, Kauai.
  Judge Achi’s record is unique in that he is the only man in America who 
wrote songs for three universities of the standing of Stanford, Yale and 
Michigan.
  Born in Honolulu on July 1, 1889, Judge Achi is the son of William C. and 
Maria (Alapai) Achi. His early education was received at St. Louis College, 
and Oahu College, from which he was graduated in 1908. He attended Stanford 
University from 1909 to 1911, writing “Sons of the Stanford Red.”
  He was a student at Yale from 1911 to 1912, when he composed “Sons of Eli.” 
He attended the University of Chicago the next year and obtained his degree of 
B.A., from the University of Michigan in 1914. “Fight, Men of Michigan,” was 
the result of his attendance at the Ann Arbor institution. The law school of 
Michigan University awarded him the degree of B. L. in 1917.
  In addition to the three college songs mentioned, Judge Achi is the author 
of several others and the comic opera, “The Pranks of Paprika,” which was 
presented by the University of Chicago. He was a member of the Stanford 
symphony orchestra and the University of Michigan Glee Club. Judge Achi won 
his block “S” as a member of the Stanford baseball team.
  Returning to Hawaii in 1917, Judge Achi was admitted to practice in the 
Hawaiian courts on November 6 of that year and became a member of the firm of 
Achi & Achi. He retained this partnership until November, 1919, when the then 
President Woodrow Wilson appointed him judge of the fifth circuit court of the 
territory for a term of four years. He was reappointed by President Calvin 
Coolidge.
  Judge Achi’s other public services are numerous. They include membership on 
the Honolulu Civil Service Commission, 1919; associate membership of the legal 
advisory board, 1919; and service in L Co., National Guard, Pal Alto, Cal. He 
is a member of the Hawaiian Civic Club, Fraternity Lodge, No. 262, F. & A.M., 
Ann Arbor, Mich.; Ann Arbor Lodge, No. 44, K. of P.; Lunalilo Lodge, No. 6600, 
A. O. F., Honolulu; Order of Kamehameha, Hawaii Chapter No. 1, Hale o na Alii; 
Ahahui Puuhonua o na Hawaii; Bar Association of Hawaii, Kauai Chamber of 
Commerce, Kauai Athletic Club, Kauai Fish and Game Club, Kauai Historical 
Society, National Geographic Society, Society of International Law and Bar 
Association of Hawaii.
  Judge Achi married Rebecca K. Robinson at Kainaliu, North Kona, Hawaii, on 
June 7, 1910. They have six children, William Charles III, Richard Kelii, Mary 
Ann, Lincoln Leleiwi, Stanley Alapai, and Rebecca Kaohuleilani.


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