Fred Hemmings

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Fred Hemmings

Member of the Hawaii State Senate from the 25th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2000

Born	January 9, 1946 (1946-01-09) (age 62) Honolulu, Hawaii
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Lydia
Religion	Roman Catholic

Fred Hemmings is a Republican member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 25th District since 2000. Previously he was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1984 through 1990.

He is also a surfer, and author. He is a 1965 graduate of Punahou School.^[1] As 1968 world surfing champion, Hemmings is considered one of the most successful surfers of all time. After a career of professional surfing in the 1960s and 1970s, Hemmings entered politics. In 1991, Hemmings was inducted into the International Surfing Hall of Fame, and in 1998 the Hawaii State Sports Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Bibliography

The Soul of Surfing (1999). Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-205-7

[edit] References

^ John Clark ’64 (2006). Mark Cunningham '74: One of the World’s Best. Punahou School Alumni Profile. “Punahou has a wonderful surfing history, and many of its students and teachers are legends. When you look at the cast of characters from Punahou, it’s a real who’s who of the sport: former faculty members Peter Cole, Ricky Grigg and Fred Van Dyke; alumni Fred Hemmings ’65, Gerry Lopez ’66, Jeff Hakman ’67 and Don King ’78, to name a few.”