Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 5, 1 May 1988 — Preservation Award Given to Hawaiian [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Preservation Award Given to Hawaiian

fully recorded over 9,000 individual tombstone inscriptions for the island of O'ahu. She has produced two major photo exhibits and has lectured extensively throughout the state on the historic, cultural and genealogical significance of old eemetery sites in Hawai'i. Mrs. Pumell is a daughter of Nathan and Dorothy Napoleon of Kailua. She is also the granddaughter of Koa and Annie Irvine of Manoa and Katherine Napoleon of Kailua. She and her husband Jock, employed by International Business Machines (IBM), are the parents of one son, Dodge Pi'ikoa Pumell. Mrs. Pumell also has been one of the driving forces behind the Pahukini Heiau restoration project at the Kailua dump site.

Nanette Napoleon Pumell

Nanette Napoleon Pumell, director of the Cemetery Research Project, last month was honored by the Historic Hawai'i Foundation by being named winner of its certificate of merit award for outstanding achievement in preservation, restoration and interpretation of sites, buildings and districts of significance to the history and culture of the state. Competition for this prestigious award is keen and many nominations are received by the Foundation. Six were selected this time. The awards ceremony was held at Washington Plaee with Governor and Mrs. John David Waihee III among those in attendance. Mrs. Pumell has worked on her project for the last three years. Since that time, she has success-