CARROLL
FOR INFORMATION: Call John S. Carroll (808) 526-9111 or E-mail [email protected]
My birthplace was St. Mary’s Kansas in December of 1929. My
father was a college professor at St. Mary’s College, a Jesuit College. I was raised in Marin from 1930 till the end of High School, in 1947. I came to Hawaii in 1949 to play football under the tutelage of Coach Tommy Kaulukukui. I lived in
Hilo, attended UH Hilo and later graduated from UH Manoa with a Bachelor of Education degree. I also earned my professional teaching certificate while working towards a Masters Degree in Far Eastern Studies. Army prior to graduation from UH and served in
Korea during the war. I returned to Hawaii and later transferred to the U.S. Air Force after graduating from UH. After jet fighter pilot training, I was a combat ready fighter pilot, instrument flight examiner, tactical evaluation officer and operational planner for about fifteen years. My first major plan was planning the first deployments of fighters by the Hawaii Air National Guard. I was certified as a staff Judge Advocate and finished my military career as the joint staff Judge Advocate for both the Army and Air National Guard units, State of Hawaii. I was a
graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and the Air War
College. I received my first Air Force Commendation for authoring the State’s Code of Military Justice and a second for other outstanding service as Joint Staff Judge Advocate General for the State of Hawaii. I retired from the USAF/ANG in 1984 with the rank of Colonel (0-6). After earning my USAF wings, I went to work as a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines. I was employed by Hawaiian from 1958 to the end of 1989. I was an ALPA union member for more than thirty years. I still fly float gliders commercially for Honolulu Soaring on Oahu. I attended law school at St. Mary’s University College of Law, San Antonio, Texas. While there I flew the Delta Dagger, F-102 for the Texas Air National Guard. I received the Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree at a time when the normal degree was the Bachelor of Law (Ll. I was admitted to practice law in Hawaii in 1965, after passing the bar examination. I continue to be a licensed attorney and use his legal skills, frequently pro bono, to benefit others. I have specialized in Aviation law and associated with Melvin Belli on the Aloha and United Airline cases of recent years. In addition to aviation tort, I was
involved in corporate structuring and certification for Part 135 carriers, assisted Japan Air Line (JAZ) management in working proposals to US FAA administrators with respect to frequency of landing and gate use in the United States, negotiating leases of airport offices at Haneda, Sydney and San Francisco airports and international contractual arrangements for pilot leasing, simulator utilization and other areas involving knowledge of aviation operations and the applicable laws of the nations involved. I retired as Chairman of the Board of Hawaii Aviation Contract
Services. The company provided pilots to Japan Airline and Jalways, JAL’s JCAB certificated subsidiary as well as Nippon Cargo Airways (NCA) and All Nippon (ANA). I formed the company in 1989 before retiring from Hawaiian. My partner and co-founder was Alexander “Blackie” Bell, formerly of Hilo and a graduate of Kamehmeha. The company currently employs many pilots. The Republican Party of Hawaii drafted me to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966. I ran a credible statewide campaign that year and was identified as a conservative. Former National Committee Woman, Libby Kellerman guided me to Washington where I met with Hawaii’s Senator, Hiram Fong and the legendary Senate Republican leader, Everett Dirksen, of Illinois. In 1970 I was elected to the State House of Representatives and served four terms. I served one term in the State Senate commencing in 1978. I was elected GOP Party chairman in 1980. I have enjoyed flying international flights for Hawaiian Air and have traveled to many countries over the years. My international travels started with a two-year stay in Japan with my father. I also made many trips to Japan as an Air Force Pilot for training, as an airline pilot for Hawaiian Air and as President and Chairman of the Board of Hawaii Aviation. In addition to Japan, I have visited Korea, China, the Philippines, Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa, England, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Australia, and Egypt, among others. I enjoy riding horses and herding cattle with the cowboys of Ahualoa and Waimea, soccer (makule league), bicycling, squash, surfing, diving, sailing and hunting. I live on a small farm raising, horses, cattle, sheep and dogs. I live in Ahualoa on the Hamakua Coast of the Island of Hawaii. I am currently seeking to rectify the inequities facing the State of
Hawaii as we suffer under a shipping monopoly, an overburdening government and political leaders who don’t seem to have a clue as to how this State should extract itself from the economic chaos it currently faces.
