Pete Kaululaʻau Gustave Thompson (1949–March 2, 2015) was an activist and professor in the Ethnic Studies department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. [1] [2] He is best known for his work in the Waiāhole-Waikāne struggle and the protests against the construction of the Interstate H-3.
Thompson was born in Honolulu in 1949. He graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1967. [2]
As a professor, Thompson helped to write the first curriculum about Native Hawaiians to be taught at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He also did most of his activism while working as a professor, including acting as a founding member of the Kokua Kalama Committee, and acting as chairman of "For People, Land and Sea, Stop TH-3", a community opposing development of the Interstate H-3. He was well-known as a Marxist, and a community organizer with the Waiāhole-Waikāne Community Association. [3] [4] Thompson's interest and support of land rights extended into the greater Pacific, with his attendance at events like the conference in 1974/1975 for a Nuclear Free Pacific. [5]
After working as a professor he became an investment broker at Smith Barney, ranking 51st in the United States in 2008. He also served as a board member for the Hawaii People’s Fund and the Hawaii Institute of Public Affairs. [1]
Thompson died on March 2, 2015. [1]
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