Ralph S. Kuykendall

Ralph S. Kuykendall was professor emeritus of history and Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the University of Hawaii when he died in 1963, at age 78. He came to the Islands in 1922 at the invitation of the Historical Commission of the Territory of Hawaii, bringing with him an extensive background of historical experience and training on the mainland. After serving as executive secretary of the Historical Commission until 1932, he joined the department of history at the University of Hawaii. Other published works by Kuykendall include A History of Hawaii; Hawaiian Diplomatic Correspondence in the Archives of the Department of State, Washington, D.C.; Constitutions of the Hawaiian Kingdom; and numerous research articles on phases of the history of Hawaii and California. He was also coauthor of Hawaii: A History and editor and principal author of Hawaii in the World War. The Hawaiian Kingdom trilogy is a fitting memorial to this dean of Hawaiian historians.