Two New Directors Lead JABSOM Boosters
Date: December 15, 2005

State Rep. Kirk Caldwell and businesswoman Christine Lau are the newest directors of the Friends of the John A. Burns Medical School. They were elected to the Board of Directors at the group’s recent annual meeting.

Rep. Caldwell has been a member of the State House of Representatives since 2002 representing Manoa-Moiliili. He also works as a private attorney and is a 1984 graduate of the UH Richardson Law School.

Lau operates the firm Island Veterinary Care with her husband, Bertram Lau, DVM. Christine Lau served as Co-Chair of the 2004 Punahou Carnival. They are the parents of UH medical student Briana Lau.

The Friends of the Medical School is a non-profit volunteer group that organizes activities in support of the educational and research mission of the School. Attorney Beadie Dawson serves as its President.