Neil's Spotlight The President-elect's ties to Hawaii
November 5, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama's parents were friends and classmates with Congressman Abercrombie at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the flagship campus of the UH system in Hawaii's First Congressional District.
The university notes that Obama's parents had a Russian class together in Hawaii Hall (below). That's Congressman Abercrombiel walking down the stairs.