East-West Center Oral History Project : Frank Damon and Robert Kamins

Abstract

In 1960, Hawai'i's first senators, Hiram Fong (Republican) and Oren Long (Democrat), and 47 other senators sponsored Senate Bill S.3385 which authorized the establishment of the East-West Center. Fong's administrative assistant, Frank Damon, and Long's administrative assistant, Robert Kamins, recount their memories of Hawai'i's first years in the U.S. Senate and the passage of this bill.Click on the PDFs to read more. Includes photograph, interview quotes, and the full interview narrative.