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Article: Ogata new OHA administrator
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- July 1, 1997
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has placed its economic development future in the hands of a 50-year-old former telecommunications executive.
Although Randall K. Ogata declined an interview after being named OHA administrator yesterday, those who worked with the former president of Honolulu Cellular Telephone Co. say the Mililani resident will be an asset for the agency.
Bethanne Enoki, Honolulu Cellular's director of human resources and customer service, worked with Ogata from 1987 to 1994. Ogata's calm demeanor, she said, will help focus the often-charged OHA board of trustees.
"He takes things very easily," Enoki said. "He just sort of goes with the flow, he's not highly reactive or ...