Ruddy F. Tongg Sr. (1905-1988) was an American businessman. [1] [2]
Biography
He graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi in 1925. [1]
In 1946, he started his own airline company, Trans-Pacific Airlines, now known as Aloha Airlines. [1] [2] [3] He also started the Tongg Publishing Co. [1] [2] He served on the Boards of Directors of the Honolulu Trust Co., American Finance, Hawaii Thrift & Loan and Hawaiian Motors. [1]
A polo player, he became disabled after an accident while playing polo in Kapiolani Park in 1964. [1] In 1965, his pony, Lovely Sage, was the first pony to receive the Willis L. Hartman Trophy established by Willis L. Hartman that same year. [4]
He died at the age of eighty-three, in 1988. [1]
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