myself and family personally, he touched myself and my wife as my wife is a graduate of the william s. richardson school of law and i taught at the law school that bears his name. chief justice richardson was born on december 22, 1919 and referred to himself as just a local boy from hawaii. he graduated from university of hawaii and attended law school at the university of crin cincinnati. he volunteered and served in the u.s. army. he saw combat as a platoon leader and later inducted into the infantry officer candidates' school hall of fame. he returned to hawaii and played a key role in promoting statehood and in 1959, chief justice richardson was one of the most prominent figures that deserves thanks from all of us on hawaii becoming a state. chief justice richardson was lieutenant governor serving one term from 1962 to 1966 as a democrat. he was the first of ancestry to hold that office. richardson served as chief justice of hawaii's supreme court and during his 16 years as chief justice, made a number of landmark rulings that has shaped hawaii and our nation to this day. most of all, he is m