Earl I. Anzai (Family Name 安斎　October 4, 1941) served as Attorney General of Hawaii from 1999 to 2002, appointed by

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Benjamin J. Cayetano Benjamin Jerome Cayetano (born November 14, 1939) is an American politician and author who served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002. He is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United State ...

. A career

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, Anzai also served as state budget director from 1995 to 1999 and Office of Hawaiian Affairs special counsel from 1990 to 1994. From 1968 to 1970, he worked for the federal government in the United States Government Accountability Office. He was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in October 1981.

Education

Earl Anzai was raised in

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. Anzai graduated from Kahuku High School in rural

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. He left the islands to study at

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and then

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before successfully obtaining a

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degree in

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from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1964. In 1966, he obtained a

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degree in the same field at the same school. From 1966 to 1968, Anzai received a

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education but transferred to the

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at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he obtained a doctorate of jurisprudence instead in 1981. On May 16, 2008, Anzai was finally initiated as a member of the Beta Chi chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a 1976 alumnus of the National Urban Fellows.

References

External links

Honolulu Star-Bulletin (7 July 1999): Timing is Everything in Anzai Nomination
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anzai, Earl I. 1941 births Living people Hawaii Attorneys General Oregon State University alumni William S. Richardson School of Law alumni Hawaii politicians of Japanese descent University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni