Frank Fasi
| Frank Fasi | |
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| Mayor of Honolulu | |
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In office January 2, 1985 – September 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Eileen Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Harris |
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In office January 2, 1969 – January 2, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Neal Blaisdell |
| Succeeded by | Eileen Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 27, 1920 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | February 3, 2010 (aged 89) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Political party |
Democratic (Before 1984) Republican (1984–1994) Best Party (1994–1996) Independent (1996–2004) |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Ohama (1946–1957) Joyce Miyeku Kono (1958–2004) |
| Children | 5 (with Ohama) 6 (with Kono) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Connecticut |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Frank Francis Fasi (August 27, 1920 – February 3, 2010) was an American politician having the distinction as the longest serving Mayor of Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. He also served as a territorial senator and member of the Honolulu City Council. A perennial candidate for Hawaiʻi offices, Fasi was popularly credited for having built the foundations on which Honolulu now thrives as one of the largest modern municipalities in the nation.
Frank Francis Fasi was born on 27 August 1920 in Hartford, Connecticut, to Sicilian immigrants Carmelo and Josephine Lupo Fasi. Carmelo owned an ice business, and Frank began working for his father at age 11. An athletic youth, he finished 7th out of class of 476 in high school, and graduated from Trinity College where he had been a history major on an academic scholarship.
Fasi tried to join the United States Marine Corps after graduation from Trinity. The Marines turned him down because of his color blindness. Going back for a second try, he hired a friend to take the eye test for him, and Frank Fasi became a Marine. He served in the Pacific Theatre of World War II and was briefly stationed on Kauai. He was discharged as a First Lieutenant in Boston, Massachusetts in 1946, and immediately returned to Hawaii. In 1956, he resigned his commission as captain in the Marine Corps Reserve.
Fasi settled in Honolulu where he became an entrepreneur, opening his own contracting, building demolition and salvage company.
In 1958, Fasi entered into politics, winning his first race to represent his district in the senate of the Territory of Hawaiʻi. His term was cut short when Hawaiʻi achieved statehood and the territorial legislature was dissolved in 1959. After returning to his business, Fasi once again ran for office in 1965 winning a seat on the Honolulu City Council where he served as a councilman through 1968.
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