1. Neal Shaw Blaisdell served as Mayor of Honolulu from 1955 to 1969 as a member of the Hawaii Republican Party.
12 Facts About Neal Blaisdell
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Neal Blaisdell was born in Honolulu and had European and Hawaiian ancestry.
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Neal Blaisdell's father was William Wallace Blaisdell II, who served as fire chief of Honolulu; and his mother was Maliaka "Malie" Alaneao Merseberg.
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Neal Blaisdell attended the University of Hawaii and later transferred to Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he was quarterback of the school's football team, graduating in 1926.
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Neal Blaisdell was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
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Neal Blaisdell received Bucknell's Alumni Award for Meritorious Achievement in 1968.
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Neal Blaisdell was a golfer, and started his day with push-ups.
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Neal Blaisdell returned to Honolulu to become a teacher, high school coach and athletic director.
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Neal Blaisdell was elected representative of the 4th district to the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii in 1945, and the territorial senate in 1947 and 1949.
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Neal Blaisdell ran against Frank Fasi and was elected in 1954, taking office in 1955.
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From 1965 to 1966, Neal Blaisdell was president of the United States Conference of Mayors.
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Neal Blaisdell suffered a stroke while doing yard work and died on November 5,1975, one day shy of his 73rd birthday.