Honorary Members of the Honolulu Orchid Society

Honorary membership is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a member of the Honolulu Orchid Society. Any person who has rendered outstanding contribution and service toward the advancement of orchidology may be elected to honorary membership by a two-thirds vote of the membership at a regular meeting, upon nomination by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Trustees. Honorary members are exempt from payment of all dues and assessments and have all the privileges of regular members for life.

  • W. W. G. Moir (1972)
  • Gordon Dillon (1976)
  • Benjamin T. Kodama, Sr. (1979)
  • Edward C. C. Wong (1979)
  • Masatoshi Miyamoto (1981)
  • See Yin Goo (1983)
  • Mrs. Toy Len Chang (1983)
  • Dr. Yoneo Sagawa (1983)
  • Dr. Haruyuki Kamemoto (1986)
  • Roy T. Fukumura (1994)
  • Mrs. Dorothy T. Oka (1994)
  • Harry Whang (1994)
  • Mrs. Williette Wong (1994)
  • David E. De Witt (1996)
  • Melvin Z. Waki (2008)