[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 24 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S1780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CELEBRATING ALEXANDER McGREGOR DAO DOANE'S 1ST BIRTHDAY

 Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, it is my great privilege to pay 
tribute to Alexander McGregor Dao Doane as he celebrates his first 
birthday on February 17, 2007, with his parents, W. Allen and Christina 
Doane. This is the couple's first child, born at 11:44 a.m. at the 
Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. At birth, Alexander was 7 pounds 
9\1/2\ ounces and 20 inches long.
  In addition to being happy and fulfilled parents, the Doanes are 
pillars in Hawaii's corporate leadership circle. Allen is chairman of 
the board and chief executive officer of Alexander and Baldwin. Founded 
in 1870, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious companies 
operating in Hawaii, with its primary focus in real estate development, 
ocean cargo carriage and sugar production. Christina was born in 
Saigon, Vietnam, and immigrated to Hawaii as a child where she would 
earn her bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii, a master's in 
business administration from Hawaii Pacific University, and enter the 
field of corporate marketing. She is presently enjoying the full-time 
joys of motherhood.
  To give you some sense of the depth of the Doanes' commitment to our 
community, 8 days after Alex's birth, on February 25, 2006, as the 
event cochairs, Allen and Christina, hosted the American Heart 
Association's Heart Ball. With more than 1,200 guests in attendance, 
$792,000 was raised for this worthy charity. They never skipped a beat. 
I am very proud to call Allen and Christina, and now Alex, my 
constituents from the great State of Hawaii.
  Alexander is named for one of the founders of Alexander and Baldwin, 
Samuel Thomas Alexander. He was described as ``outgoing and 
adventurous, the idea man.'' Who knows what the future will hold for 
Alexander McGregor Dao Doane. It is no happenstance that Alexander and 
Baldwin's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the 
symbol ALEX. Happy Birthday.

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