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Walter Francis Dillingham (April 5, 1875 – October 22, 1963) called the "Baron of Hawaii Industry", was an American industrialist and businessman from Honolulu, Hawaii. He gained favors from Hawaii politicians to develop urban Honolulu and Waikiki .
Benjamin Franklin Dillingham (September 4, 1844 – April 7, 1918) was an American businessman and industrialist during the late Kingdom of Hawaii era, throughout the period of the Republic of Hawaii, and during the first two decades of the Territory of Hawaii.
The Bank of Hawaii Corporation (Hawaiian: Panakō o Hawaiʻi; [2] abbreviated BOH) is an American regional commercial bank headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is Hawaii's second oldest bank and its largest locally owned bank in that the majority of the voting stockholders reside within the state.
Mary Dillingham Frear (standing left) at a reception for Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, along with her husband and Queen Liliuokalani (seated dressed in black), 1912. Walter was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of both the Provisional Government of Hawaii and the Republic of Hawaii, and chief justice of the Territory of Hawaii.
On November 3, 1933, the bank’s title was changed to the Bishop National Bank of Hawaii at Honolulu. [25] [24] On April 15, 1960 the title dropped “Honolulu” becoming The First National Bank of Hawaii. [24] Finally, on January 2, 1969 the bank gave up its converted from a national to a state bank with the title The First Bank of Hawaii. [24]
The Dillingham Transportation Building was built in 1929 for Walter F. Dillingham of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, who founded the Hawaiian Dredging Company (later Dillingham Construction) and ran the Oahu Railway and Land Company founded by his father, Benjamin Franklin Dillingham.
On December 31, 1947, a final excursion carrying company President Walter F. Dillingham (Benjamin Dillingham's son), along with numerous guests, departed from Kahuku behind American Locomotive Company steam engine number 70 through 71.4 miles (114.9 km) of countryside back to the Honolulu station. [6] The OR&L was finished after fifty-eight years.
Jardine then diversified its holdings, buying the franchises in Hawaii for restaurants such as Pizza Hut and Taco Bell and auto marques such as Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar. Starting in 2003, Jardine gradually sold its various holdings in the islands. [7] [8] Theo H. Davies (Manila), founded in 1928, currently exists as a separate holding company.