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RESOLUTION N0. $~9 83
WHEREAS, P. Ernest Bouvet, a respected community leader of
the Hamakua District, has recently retired from his longtime
career in the sugar industry; and
WHEREAS, during this period spanning thirty-four years,
t9r. Bouvet started as a process engineer at the Medine Sugar
Company in Mauritius, West Indies, a British Colony, and
ascended to the office of Vice-President and General Manager of
TheoDavies Hamakua Sugar Company, a position he held upon his
retirement; and
WHEREAS, Ernest Bouvet has been credited with the expansion
of the Honokaa Sugar Company which included the installing of a
6MW and a 7.5MW turbo-generator, a 300,000 pound boiler,
conceptualizing and implementing the bagasse densification
process plant, and was responsible for the successful
consolidation of the Honokaa and Laupahoehoe Sugar Companies
thereby creating the largest single plantation in the State of
Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, his expertise within the industry will be
perpetuated in that Mr. Bouvet has co-authored such
publications as "Pelletizing Bagasse for Fuel (1980)" and
"Identification of the Basic Conditions for Economic Generation
of Public Electricity From Surplus Bagasse in Sugar Mill
(1982)", a study commissioned by the World Bank.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
OF HAWAII that it extends best wishes to P. Ernest Bouvet upon
his retirement from his illustrious career in the sugar
industry, and thanks him for the many public service
contributions he so generously gave to the communities in which
he resided.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of
Hawaii remit true copies of this resolution to
Mr. P. Ernest Bouvet; Francis S. Morgan, President, of
TheoDavies Hamakua Sugar; and David K. Newbigging, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Jardine, Matheson and Company, Ltd.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 20th day of April, 1983.
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