Katherine Leslie Hendricks

Kamehameha School, graduated 1965

University of Hawaii:

Bachelor’s degree in Zoology, graduated 1969

Master’s in Public Health completed while working full time at the State of Hawaii, Department of Health. Her Master’s in Public Health was centered around the Wilson Tunnel. She studied air quality in relation to the trade winds, Kona (south) winds and variable to no winds in the tunnel, collecting data on particulate matter and carbon monoxide.

Mother’s full name: Ella Mee How Akuna Goo

Father’s full name: Richard Warren Sawyer, Sr.

Presbyterian, Kawaihao Church

Married: St. Patrick’s Church, Honolulu, May 2, 1970

She has been married to Todd Hendricks for 55 years

Kathy in the early 1970’s did research on developing:

1. Vaccine for Ciguatera fish poisoning at the UH Hawaii Institute of

Marine Biology

2. Vaccine for Dengue Fever at Leahi Hospital

Kathy then spent about 30 years at the State of Hawaii, Department of Health in

water, air, solid waste, and hazardous waste, monitoring and enforcement.

Eventually she became a Supervisor of the Clean Air Branch, monitoring and enforcement of Clean Air for all the Hawaiian Islands. She also took care of the outer island health department workers, making sure that they were able to go to conferences in Hawaii and on the mainland, to learn new laws and regulations, especially those of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Surviving relatives: Todd Hendricks (spouse), seven grandchildren: Solymar, Grace, Korah, Maximiliane, Sarah, Haruna and Lea. Brother Richard Sawyer, sister Barbara Sawyer and the rest of the Sawyer Ohana.