CLARENCE T.C. CHING

Clarence Thing Chock Ching was born on June 2, 1912 in Anahola, a scenic plantation village on the North Shore of Kauai. He was the fifth of eleven children born to Chinese immigrants Ching Koon Hook and Kam Sing... Seeking a better life for their children, Ching Hook and Kam Sing relocated the family to Honolulu. Clarence enrolled at Saint Louis School, a private Catholic Marianist school founded in 1846. He excelled both in and out of the classroom. He was twice elected Class President and became a member of the school's Chinese Literacy Improvement Association, an honor bestowed to students earning a scholastic average of 85 percent or higher. And although he was frail and sickly as a child, Clarence developed his body and endurance to become a champion boxer in high school... More success followed. Testing the waters of Hawaii's low-cost housing market, Clarence built an ambitious housing development in Moanalua, which led to the developments in the Fort Shafter, Tripler, Red..

Primary location: Honolulu United States