The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation donated $5 million to help transform Cooke Field, UH Mānoa's only on-campus, all-purpose track and field, football, soccer and recreational facility, to realize its potential as a center of student activity. In recognition of this historic gift, the new facility will be named the Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex.

The Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex will enhance the experience students have at UH Mānoa, give students and the community a welcoming place to gather to participate in sports, and watch competitions, practices or performances.

Clarence T.C. Ching

The late Clarence T.C. Ching was a developer, realtor, banker, affordable housing pioneer, and philanthropist. He was born on Kauaʻi in 1912. His father, an immigrant from Canton, China who came to Hawaiʻi to work in the rice fields, sent his sons to St. Louis School because he wanted them to get the best education they could. He was well known for developing the areas around Honolulu Airport, Salt Lake, Moanalua, Ft. Shafter and Tripler with noted Hawaiʻi businessman and former St. Louis classmate K.J. Luke. In 1970, he built Kukui Gardens, one of the largest affordable rental projects in the state, home to roughly 2,500 residents.

In 1967, Clarence founded the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation to support charitable and educational functions.