Senator Daniel Inouye Named 1980 Recipient Of AOTOS Award

U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii, Chairman of the Senate Sub-Committee on Merchant Marine and Tourism and architect of the Senate's Ocean Shipping Act of 1980, has been named the 1980 recipient of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award.

The award, for distinguished service to the American Maritime Industry and given annually by United Seamen's Service, following a nationwide poll, will be presented at a gala dinner and dance September 26, 1980, at the New York Hilton.

On behalf of the AOTOS Award Committee, Shannon Wall, president of the National Maritime Union and chairman of the Committee, announced the Senator's selection at National Maritime Day ceremonies in New York on May 22. Senator Inouye is the 12th recipient.

The Senator was born in Hawaii.

He has served in elective office since 1954, and when Hawaii gained statehood became its first Congressman.

Besides serving his country as an elected official, the Senator has a distinguished record of military service as well. In 1943, when the 442nd Special Regimental Combat Team was formed composed entirely of Americans of Japanese descent, he left his medical studies at the University of Hawaii to join this regiment which was to become famous in the annals of the U.S. Army.

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