{"id":1527,"date":"2017-03-09T10:20:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2020-02-14T01:25:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T11:25:42","slug":"james-s-burns-mourned-at-the-university-of-hawaii-medical-school-where-he-was-a-living-reminder-of-his-fathers-commitment-to-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/james-s-burns-mourned-at-the-university-of-hawaii-medical-school-where-he-was-a-living-reminder-of-his-fathers-commitment-to-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"James S. Burns mourned at the University of Hawaii medical school, where he was a living reminder of his father\u2019s commitment to higher education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1527\" class=\"elementor elementor-1527\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-641a22ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"641a22ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4937a55c\" data-id=\"4937a55c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2428bf22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2428bf22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">James S. Burns mourned at the University of Hawaii medical school, where he was a living reminder of his father\u2019s commitment to higher education<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-138e2065 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"138e2065\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-46f67bb elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/author\/hi-vizibility-marketing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity Health Partners of Hawaii\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a474e5f elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/09\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>March 9, 2017<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c216c67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c216c67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9345085071_60087ccf8f_o.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1531\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9345085071_60087ccf8f_o.jpg?w=1943&amp;ssl=1 1943w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9345085071_60087ccf8f_o.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9345085071_60087ccf8f_o.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9345085071_60087ccf8f_o.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9345085071_60087ccf8f_o.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9345085071_60087ccf8f_o.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-690e245b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"690e245b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44932d6b\" data-id=\"44932d6b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f62e0b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7f62e0b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153d1969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"153d1969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"UHMedNowTitle\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Honorable James S. Burns, 79, died on March 9, 2017 in Honolulu.<\/em><\/p><\/div><p><strong>March 9, 2017 &#8212;<\/strong> The students, faculty, staff and Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) today expressed great sorrow at the passing of the Honorable James S. Burns, son of the former Governor for whom the school is named.<\/p><p>\u201cHe has been a good friend and trusted advisor to me; someone who always had the school\u2019s best interests at heart,\u201d said Jerris R. Hedges, MD, Professor and Dean of the University of Hawai\u02bbi John A. Burns School of Medicine. \u201cJames Burns embodied his father\u2019s legacy, a commitment to provide educational opportunity at the highest level to the children of Hawai\u02bbi; a legacy cherished by every graduate of the John A. Burns School of Medicine.\u201d<\/p><p>Every year, without fail, Hedges noted that Burns would meet with incoming first-year medical students to tell them, first-hand, about JABSOM\u2019s history and why it is vitally important to have a medical school as part of the University of Hawai\u02bbi.<img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54089 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6x402_James-Burns-with-Dean-Jerris-Hedges-MD-at-the-JABSOM-KakaakoCampus-in-2013.jpg?w=800\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6x402_James-Burns-with-Dean-Jerris-Hedges-MD-at-the-JABSOM-KakaakoCampus-in-2013.jpg 600x, http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6x402_James-Burns-with-Dean-Jerris-Hedges-MD-at-the-JABSOM-KakaakoCampus-in-2013-150x100.jpg 150x, http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6x402_James-Burns-with-Dean-Jerris-Hedges-MD-at-the-JABSOM-KakaakoCampus-in-2013-300x201.jpg 300x\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p><p>James Burns served as the president and a member of the \u201cFriends of the Medical School\u201d organization, and on the board of the medical school\u2019s faculty practice plan, University Health Partners of Hawai\u02bbi. He took part in the annual ceremonies welcoming new MD students to the school, those celebrating their graduation, and he frequently could be found on campus to meet with school leaders and chat with those studying or working at JABSOM.<\/p><blockquote><p>In 2014, at a gathering of medical school alumni at the Kaka\u02bbako campus, Burns said, \u201cThis is a dream come true. My father would be very proud of the fact that his vision was actually accomplished and we\u2019re actually producing sufficient doctors to take care of old folks like me. Which I think is great. That\u2019s called real vision. I\u2019m really proud of this school. I\u2019m proud to have the name Burns attached to this school. And I congratulate all of you for all you do for it and I urge you to continue to do more.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><div id=\"attachment_54091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Burns with Ruth Oshiro. Ruth\u2019s husband, the late Robert Oshiro, managed Governor John Burns\u2019 election campaigns and was his trusted advisor.<\/p><\/div><p>Burns, a 1962 graduate of Villanova Law School, retired in 2007 as the Chief Judge of the state\u2019s second-highest court, the Hawai\u2019i Intermediate Court of Appeals. He was drafted and became an enlisted man in the U.S. military from 1962-1964. He rose to the rank of Captain In the Hawai\u2019i National Guard, where he served from 1965 to 1977. In addition to his support for the medical school named after his father, Burns also served as an adjunct professor on the faculty of the William S. Richardson Law School at the University of Hawai\u02bbi, and a member of its board, the Friends of the William S. Richardson School of Law.<\/p><p>James Burns is survived by his wife, Emme Tomimbang and two adult children.<\/p><p>Services are pending.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a7909e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a7909e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cbdb131\" data-id=\"6cbdb131\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69137899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"69137899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/news-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&lt;&lt;   &nbsp;Return To News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 9, 2017 &#8212; James Burns, son of John A. 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