Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Bailey, M. Benjamin Bairos September 17, 1876 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr orr@hawaii.com October 21, 2009, 8:20 pm Source: the Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist M. BENJAMIN BAIROS, Pure Food Expert. Safeguarding public health is the service rendered Honolulu by M. B. Bairos, A.B., food commissioner and analyst, in charge of enforcing the territorial food and drug bureau regulations and assisting in maintaining sanitary conditions where foodstuffs are distributed. Mr. Bairos entered this work in 1916 as a deputy commissioner, being promoted to his present position in 1918. He is also collaborating chemist in Hawaii for the United States Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture. Arriving in Hawaii in 1910, Mr. Bairos was instructor in charge of the science department of McKinley High School until 1916. Before coming to the islands he had wide experience in scientific work, being connected with the California state board of health and acting as director of the state sanitation exhibit in 1909. He was field agent in charge of a campaign against malaria mosquitoes at Oroville, Calif., in 1910 until coming to Hawaii. Born at Biggs, Butte Co., Calif., Sept. 17, 1876, Mr. Bairos is the son of A. and Marie Bairos. He was graduated from the State Normal School at Chico, Calif., in 1899 and after teaching school for a number of years attended Stanford University, where he received an A. B. degree in 1909. Mr. Bairos and Rose L. Shafsky were married in Honolulu, Aug. 17, 1913. They have four children, Margaret Cheva, Ellen Louise, Jean Seymour and Marion June Bairos. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Honolulu Ad Club. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/bailey120bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb