From Left to Right: Wing Tek Lum, executive vice president, Lum Yip Kee, Limited; Bruce Ah Leong, Kahu;Tan Tek Lum, president, Lum Yip Kee, Limited; and Vance Roley, dean, Shidler College of Business.
HONOLULU – With a traditional Hawaiian blessing, the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i unveiled its newly upgraded Lum Yip Kee (LYK) Graduate Reading Rooms to students and faculty last week. Funded by a gift from Lum Yip Kee, Limited, a local investment and real estate company, the rooms received needed electrical work and an updated computer room including new computers, workstations, chairs, carpeting and mobile tables for group work.
Lum Yip Kee, Limited, first established the room in 1976 in honor of Honolulu entrepreneur and banker Lum Yip Kee (1866-1943), who was recognized as one of Hawai‘i’s pioneers in agriculture, merchandising, banking and land development. Since then, the room has gone has through numerous renovations all funded through the generosity of Lum Yip Kee, Limited.
"We are extremely grateful to Lum Yip Kee, Limited and the entire Lum family for their continuous investment in our graduate students,” said Vance Roley, dean of the Shidler College of Business. “In the last 37 years, thousands of graduate students have utilized this room as a resource to study, collaborate in groups, practice presentations, and develop ideas that will further their academic and professional careers. I think Lum Yip Kee would be proud that his legacy continues through the success of our students.”
President and CEO of the University of Hawai‘i Foundation Donna Vuchinich added, “Lum Yip Kee, Limited and the Lum family’s ongoing generous support has made it possible for our students and faculty to work and learn in a state of the art environment, building pride and excellence in our faculty and students. We are deeply grateful for their continued investment that will help our students remain competitive.”
Today, Lum Yip Kee, Limited remains a family-run company. Two grandsons, Tan Tek Lum and Wing Tek Lum, serve as President and Executive Vice President, respectively. They are joined by great-grandchildren, Melissa Y. J. Lum, Secretary, and Jeffrey M. C. Lum, Treasurer.
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The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Established in 1949 as the College of Business Administration, the College was named in 2006 after alumnus Jay H. Shidler, founder and managing partner of The Shidler Group. The Shidler College of Business is renowned for its expertise in international management education and is consistently ranked among the nation's top 25 graduate schools for international business by U.S. News & World Report. Long recognized for its Asia-Pacific focus, the College is a professional school offering a wide variety of degree, certificate and executive programs. The UH Shidler College of Business is the only graduate program in the State of Hawai‘i accredited by AACSB International. For more information, visit www.shidler.hawaii.edu.
