Jerry Shaw-Yau Chang

Jerry Chang: Higher Education (Chair)

Jerry Chang (D-South Hilo), chairman of the state House of Representatives Higher Education Committee. "The commission that accredits colleges and universities throughout the west recently complimented UH Hilo on its new College of Pharmacy," adds Chang, who was an early supporter of the pharmacy college.

Guiding the Hilo College of Pharmacy into ranking among the nation's top 25 pharmacy schools is one of Pezzuto's top long-range goals. "I didn't leave a top-ranked school at Purdue to be the dean of a school ranked 90th," he says. He's especially impressed with the college's high-quality students and outstanding faculty. "Many of them are experts in native Hawaiian plants," he points out.

Lawmakers expected to attend the session include House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee Chairman Bob Herkes, Finance Chairman Marcus Oshiro, and Higher Education Committee Chairman Jerry Chang.

Among those scheduled to attend are House Speaker Calvin Say, Vice Speaker Pono Chong, Majority Leader Kirk Caldwell and Higher Education Committee Chairman Jerry Chang.

Jerry Chang, D-2nd (S. Hilo), said lawmakers might consider creating more targeted tax breaks.However, the state should wait a year or two to determine the impact of the new production tax credits passed last year before making further changes.

Lawmakers also will consider funding a new facility to house the three-year-old Academy for Creative Media.

"We do need a facility - a permanent home for them, so we will be working on that this session," said Chang, chairman of the Committee on Higher Education.

On October 3, 2001, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP commenced a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of all purchasers of Clarent Corporation ("Clarent" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CLRN--news) securities between April 19, 2001 and September 4, 2001 (the "Class Period"), against Clarent, Jerry Shaw-Yau Chang (Chairman of the Board), Simon Wong (Chief Financial Officer), Michael F. Vargo (Chief Executive Officer and a Director), and Mark E. McIlvane (Senior Vice President).