{"id":160688,"date":"2022-06-14T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=160688"},"modified":"2022-06-14T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:47:08","slug":"rockne-is-truly-one-of-a-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/14\/rockne-is-truly-one-of-a-kind\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockne is truly one of a kind"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_160655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160655\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-freitas-commencement.jpg\" alt=\"Rockne Freitas\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-160655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-freitas-commencement.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-freitas-commencement-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-freitas-commencement-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rockne Freitas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Former <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> President Albert Simone remembers Rockne Freitas<\/h2>\n<p>Rockne is truly one of a kind. Someone like him comes around once in a generation. He accomplished and represented so much to so many across virtually every dimension of the world in which we live. He was a legend, hero, role model and idol in his home of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. He was humble and had empathy for others. He could be trusted, and worked with excellence on an individual and group basis. He was a sports phenom (All-American in college, All-Pro in the <abbr>NFL<\/abbr> and <abbr>MVP<\/abbr> for the Detroit Lions). He was an icon in education, serving at every rung of the academic ladder up to the very top as chancellor and president at the university and secondary school levels. He led numerous community and charitable organizations, and succeeded in business enterprise.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/14\/in-memoriam-rockne-freitas\/ \">In Memoriam: Pioneering Native Hawaiian educator and athlete Rockne Freitas<\/a>, June 14, 2022<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/14\/rockne-freitas-legacy\/\">Statement by former <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Vice President for Student Affairs Doris Ching<\/a>, June 14, 2022<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/09\/uh-statement-on-the-death-of-rockne-freitas\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> statement on the death of Rockne Freitas<\/a>, June 9, 2022\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I learned and benefited from knowing and working with him. I remember well the day, while he was serving as associate athletic director at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>, that he came to me and said he wanted to throw his hat in the ring for the position of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> vice president for university relations.  As the selection process proceeded, I recalled him at the State Capitol, often several times a week at 11 p.m. and later, meeting with key legislative leaders, assisting them in their work and me in our work together at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>. I concluded then, and this conclusion was reinforced multiple times, that he would add remarkable benefit to the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> mission and that my own work would be so much improved with him at my side.<\/p>\n<p>When I left <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> for the mainland, I continued to watch, smile and admire what he was accomplishing and contributing throughout the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> System and the community at large. Thank you, Rockne, for all you have meant to so many in so many ways over the many exciting years of your life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;Former <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> President Albert Simone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> President Albert Simone remembers Rockne Freitas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[756,947],"class_list":["post-160688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-in-memoriam","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160688"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160726,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160688\/revisions\/160726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}