Duke Bainum
| Mark Edmund "Duke" Bainum | |
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| Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 30th district |
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In office 1990–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Joan Hayes |
| Succeeded by | Romy M. Cachola |
| Member of the Honolulu City Council | |
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In office 1995-2003, 2008-2009 |
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| Born | July 21, 1952 Takoma Park, Maryland |
| Died | June 9, 2009 (aged 56) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Resting place | Diamond Head Memorial Park |
| Nationality | United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Ann Harumi Toma (née) |
| Children | Z Bainum Kona Bainum Johnny Lesseos (step) Jennifer Lesseos (step) |
| Alma mater | John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii |
| Occupation | General practitioner |
| Profession | Physician |
| Website | www.dukebainum.com |
Mark Edmund "Duke" Bainum (July 21, 1952 – June 9, 2009) was an American politician and physician. Bainum served in the Hawaii State House of Representatives as a member of the Hawaii Democratic Party and was elected in a nonpartisan race to the Honolulu City Council and held various committee chairmanships during his tenure. In 2004, Bainum ran for Mayor of Honolulu in the state of Hawaii, but lost to former White House Aide Mufi Hannemann. Bainum was married to Jennifer Toma Bainum.
According to a 2012 interview with Katie Sullivan, Bainum was born in Takoma Park, Maryland to Irvin C. Bainum, a banker, and Evea J. Bainum, and raised "dirt poor" with his older brother Timothy. His paternal uncle, Stewart W. Bainum, Sr., was the founder of Choice Hotels, a hotel chain, and HCR Manor Care, a retirement facility chain.
In 1980, he graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to attend the University of Hawaii Surgical Residency Program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. While there, Bainum's colleagues nicknamed him "Duke" because his Arkansas accent made him sound like John Wayne. He reportedly liked it so much that he officially made part of it his legal name in 1987. Bainum completed his internship two years later. After becoming a physician, Bainum treated patients in Nepal for three months, helped Kauai residents after Hurricane Iniki, and from 1987 to 2004 was an on-call doctor at the Sex Abuse Treatment Center in Honolulu.
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