Walter F. Frear
Walter Francis Frear | |
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Hawaiʻi Supreme Court | |
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Born | Grass Valley, California | October 29, 1863
Died | January 22, 1948 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii | (aged 84)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Mary Dillingham Frear |
Occupation | Lawyer, Judge |
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Walter Francis Frear (October 29, 1863 – January 22, 1948) was a lawyer and judge in the
Life
Frear was born October 29, 1863, in
He was appointed as circuit judge on January 1, 1893, by
on July 5, 1900, he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of what was then the Territory of Hawaii.[6]Frear was appointed governor after
The Frears founded the Mary D. and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary Trust to sponsor educational projects. Frear Hall, a dormitory building built in the 1950s on the
The Frear home, known as “Arcadia,” was located at 1434 Punahou Street. It was built in 1907. Upon Mary's 1951 death it was donated to Punahou School.[10] The property is currently occupied by Arcadia, a retirement residence.
The Frear Center, located at 1132 Bishop Street,[11] was named after Walter and Mary Frear. It is a classroom building of Hawaii Pacific University, and was designed for information systems and computer science courses. The trust also supported Chaminade University of Honolulu.[12]
Personal life
Frear's father died on May 25, 1922, in Oakland, California. His mother was Frances Elmira Foster (January 29, 1836, in Boston, Massachusetts-February 7, 1924, in Oakland, California), and he had five siblings: Lizzie Lavina Freer, Hugo P. Frear, Henrietta Frear, Philip Foster Frear, Caroline Frear. Lizzie married Edward Frederick Woodward, who served as Mayor of Santa Rosa, California, and as a California state senator from 1903 to 1906. He was also named the surveyor of the Port of San Francisco in 1909.
Frear descends from the initial Freer immigrant to the United States, Huguenot refugee Hugo Freer, who was a patentee, or founder, of
His 4th cousins, once removed were J. Allen Frear Jr., a United States Senator from Delaware (1949-1961), and Romeo H. Freer, United States Congressman from West Virginia (1899-1901).
Works
- Frear, Walter Francis (1922). Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.).
- Frear, Walter Francis (1935). Anti-missionary Criticism with Reference to Hawaii. Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co.
- Frear, Walter Francis (1947). Mark Twain and Hawaii. Lakeside Press.
References
- ^ John William Leonard; Albert Nelson Marquis (1903). Who's who in America. Marquis. p. 516.
- ^ Proceedings respecting the resignation of Rev. W. Frear as pastor of the Fort Street Church, of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands: Farewell discourse of the Pastor. Hawaiian gazette office. 1881.
- ^ Memorials of eminent Yale men: a biographical study of student life and university influences during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Yale University Press. 1914. p. 398.
- ^ Frear, Mary Emma Dillingham (1934). Lowell and Abigail: a realistic idyll. Yale university press. p. 307.
- ^ "Supreme Court, Chief Justices of office record" (PDF). state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ^ "Frear, Walter F. office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- hdl:10524/373.
- ^ "Frear, Mary Dillingham office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ Gima, Craig (June 30, 2008). "New dorm is pride of UH: A school official says the $71 million facility is a "dramatic step in the right direction"". Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ "Frear Hall (1951)". The Punahou74 Experience. July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ "FC Building - Frear Center - 1132 Bishop Street". Hawai'i Pacific University official web site. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ "Mary D. and Walter F. Frear Trust Honored for its Support of Chaminade University's New Introductory Wet Lab". press release on Chaminade University of Honolulu web site. February 26, 2007.