James Stanton Seishiro Burns, 79, died at Queen's Medical Center, on March 9, 2017, after complications from pneumonia. He was a Senior Advisor at the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law and a retired Chief Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.
Burns was born in Honolulu in 1937, the youngest child of Beatrice M. Burns and John A. Burns, Hawaii's first elected Democratic governor. His middle name was in gratitude to Henry Seishiro Okazaki, a Japanese masseur whose assistance enabled the paralyzed Mrs. Burns to give birth to her healthy son.
Burns graduated from Saint Louis College (now Saint Louis School) in 1955 and earned his B.S. degree from Benedictine University and his law degree from Villanova Law School. Burns worked summers as a park ranger at Glacier National Park, Montana. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964, he was in the Hawaii Army National Guard from 1965 to 1977, rising to the rank of Captain, while also in private practice as an attorney. Burns served 31 years on the bench, starting as a per diem District Court judge in 1976. He was a member of the Circuit Court when he was named Associate Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in 1980. He served as Chief Judge of that court from 1982 to 2007. Burns was also president of both the American Judicature Society and the James S. Burns Aloha Chapter, American Inns of Court IV.
His father, Governor Burns, had been instrumental in the creation of the University of Hawaii's law and medical schools, and Jim enhanced that legacy as a generous and active supporter of both. He served on the Board of the University Health Partners of Hawaii. Jim was affiliated with UH Athletics, 'Ahahui Koa Anuenue,the PGA, Waialae Country Club, which he served twice as President, and St. Louis Alumni Association, serving as President for over 20 years. He was also an amateur gardener who saved ti leaves from the late Chief Justice William S. Richardson's memorial, then planted and nurtured them in the native Hawaiian garden at the law school, where they thrive today.
Burns is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Emme Tomimbang Burns; daughter, Meredith A. Burns (Henry P. Ting); granddaughter, Elizabeth Ting; son, Brendan P. Burns (Pat); brother John A. Burns, Jr.; and Dakota and Montana (pet dogs). Jim was predeceased by his parents and sister Sheenagh Burns. He was previously married to the late Lynette Hofmeister, mother of his two children.
Family, friends and Club members will gather on Tuesday, April 18 for Jim Burns' Hawaiian Night at Waialae Country Club at 4 p.m. Visitation, 6 p.m. Program, and 7:30 9:00 Tributes. Limited parking. There will be a memorial service at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, Burns' 80th birthday, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, followed by interment at the Plaza Columbarium. Additional tributes are planned to honor Jim Burns: April 9 4 p.m. PBS Long Story Short, Jim Burns: A Local Boy April 11 4 p.m. Supreme Court Special Session at Aliiolani Hale April 12 John A. Burns School of Medicine Remembrance (private) April 13 11 a.m. Garden Naming Ceremony, UH Law School Courtyard April 18 Noon Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of our Lady of Peace, 1184 Bishop St. Offering by St. Louis Class of '55.
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, April 9, 2017.
Burns was born in Honolulu in 1937, the youngest child of Beatrice M. Burns and John A. Burns, Hawaii's first elected Democratic governor. His middle name was in gratitude to Henry Seishiro Okazaki, a Japanese masseur whose assistance enabled the paralyzed Mrs. Burns to give birth to her healthy son.
Burns graduated from Saint Louis College (now Saint Louis School) in 1955 and earned his B.S. degree from Benedictine University and his law degree from Villanova Law School. Burns worked summers as a park ranger at Glacier National Park, Montana. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964, he was in the Hawaii Army National Guard from 1965 to 1977, rising to the rank of Captain, while also in private practice as an attorney. Burns served 31 years on the bench, starting as a per diem District Court judge in 1976. He was a member of the Circuit Court when he was named Associate Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in 1980. He served as Chief Judge of that court from 1982 to 2007. Burns was also president of both the American Judicature Society and the James S. Burns Aloha Chapter, American Inns of Court IV.
His father, Governor Burns, had been instrumental in the creation of the University of Hawaii's law and medical schools, and Jim enhanced that legacy as a generous and active supporter of both. He served on the Board of the University Health Partners of Hawaii. Jim was affiliated with UH Athletics, 'Ahahui Koa Anuenue,the PGA, Waialae Country Club, which he served twice as President, and St. Louis Alumni Association, serving as President for over 20 years. He was also an amateur gardener who saved ti leaves from the late Chief Justice William S. Richardson's memorial, then planted and nurtured them in the native Hawaiian garden at the law school, where they thrive today.
Burns is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Emme Tomimbang Burns; daughter, Meredith A. Burns (Henry P. Ting); granddaughter, Elizabeth Ting; son, Brendan P. Burns (Pat); brother John A. Burns, Jr.; and Dakota and Montana (pet dogs). Jim was predeceased by his parents and sister Sheenagh Burns. He was previously married to the late Lynette Hofmeister, mother of his two children.
Family, friends and Club members will gather on Tuesday, April 18 for Jim Burns' Hawaiian Night at Waialae Country Club at 4 p.m. Visitation, 6 p.m. Program, and 7:30 9:00 Tributes. Limited parking. There will be a memorial service at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, Burns' 80th birthday, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, followed by interment at the Plaza Columbarium. Additional tributes are planned to honor Jim Burns: April 9 4 p.m. PBS Long Story Short, Jim Burns: A Local Boy April 11 4 p.m. Supreme Court Special Session at Aliiolani Hale April 12 John A. Burns School of Medicine Remembrance (private) April 13 11 a.m. Garden Naming Ceremony, UH Law School Courtyard April 18 Noon Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of our Lady of Peace, 1184 Bishop St. Offering by St. Louis Class of '55.
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, April 9, 2017.
James Stanton Seishiro Burns, 79, died at Queen's Medical Center, on March 9, 2017, after complications from pneumonia. He was a Senior Advisor at the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law and a retired Chief Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.
Burns was born in Honolulu in 1937, the youngest child of Beatrice M. Burns and John A. Burns, Hawaii's first elected Democratic governor. His middle name was in gratitude to Henry Seishiro Okazaki, a Japanese masseur whose assistance enabled the paralyzed Mrs. Burns to give birth to her healthy son.
Burns graduated from Saint Louis College (now Saint Louis School) in 1955 and earned his B.S. degree from Benedictine University and his law degree from Villanova Law School. Burns worked summers as a park ranger at Glacier National Park, Montana. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964, he was in the Hawaii Army National Guard from 1965 to 1977, rising to the rank of Captain, while also in private practice as an attorney. Burns served 31 years on the bench, starting as a per diem District Court judge in 1976. He was a member of the Circuit Court when he was named Associate Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in 1980. He served as Chief Judge of that court from 1982 to 2007. Burns was also president of both the American Judicature Society and the James S. Burns Aloha Chapter, American Inns of Court IV.
His father, Governor Burns, had been instrumental in the creation of the University of Hawaii's law and medical schools, and Jim enhanced that legacy as a generous and active supporter of both. He served on the Board of the University Health Partners of Hawaii. Jim was affiliated with UH Athletics, 'Ahahui Koa Anuenue,the PGA, Waialae Country Club, which he served twice as President, and St. Louis Alumni Association, serving as President for over 20 years. He was also an amateur gardener who saved ti leaves from the late Chief Justice William S. Richardson's memorial, then planted and nurtured them in the native Hawaiian garden at the law school, where they thrive today.
Burns is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Emme Tomimbang Burns; daughter, Meredith A. Burns (Henry P. Ting); granddaughter, Elizabeth Ting; son, Brendan P. Burns (Pat); brother John A. Burns, Jr.; and Dakota and Montana (pet dogs). Jim was predeceased by his parents and sister Sheenagh Burns. He was previously married to the late Lynette Hofmeister, mother of his two children.
Family, friends and Club members will gather on Tuesday, April 18 for Jim Burns' Hawaiian Night at Waialae Country Club at 4 p.m. Visitation, 6 p.m. Program, and 7:30 9:00 Tributes. Limited parking. There will be a memorial service at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, Burns' 80th birthday, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, followed by interment at the Plaza Columbarium. Additional tributes are planned to honor Jim Burns: April 9 4 p.m. PBS Long Story Short, Jim Burns: A Local Boy April 11 4 p.m. Supreme Court Special Session at Aliiolani Hale April 12 John A. Burns School of Medicine Remembrance (private) April 13 11 a.m. Garden Naming Ceremony, UH Law School Courtyard April 18 Noon Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of our Lady of Peace, 1184 Bishop St. Offering by St. Louis Class of '55.
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, April 9, 2017.
Burns was born in Honolulu in 1937, the youngest child of Beatrice M. Burns and John A. Burns, Hawaii's first elected Democratic governor. His middle name was in gratitude to Henry Seishiro Okazaki, a Japanese masseur whose assistance enabled the paralyzed Mrs. Burns to give birth to her healthy son.
Burns graduated from Saint Louis College (now Saint Louis School) in 1955 and earned his B.S. degree from Benedictine University and his law degree from Villanova Law School. Burns worked summers as a park ranger at Glacier National Park, Montana. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964, he was in the Hawaii Army National Guard from 1965 to 1977, rising to the rank of Captain, while also in private practice as an attorney. Burns served 31 years on the bench, starting as a per diem District Court judge in 1976. He was a member of the Circuit Court when he was named Associate Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in 1980. He served as Chief Judge of that court from 1982 to 2007. Burns was also president of both the American Judicature Society and the James S. Burns Aloha Chapter, American Inns of Court IV.
His father, Governor Burns, had been instrumental in the creation of the University of Hawaii's law and medical schools, and Jim enhanced that legacy as a generous and active supporter of both. He served on the Board of the University Health Partners of Hawaii. Jim was affiliated with UH Athletics, 'Ahahui Koa Anuenue,the PGA, Waialae Country Club, which he served twice as President, and St. Louis Alumni Association, serving as President for over 20 years. He was also an amateur gardener who saved ti leaves from the late Chief Justice William S. Richardson's memorial, then planted and nurtured them in the native Hawaiian garden at the law school, where they thrive today.
Burns is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Emme Tomimbang Burns; daughter, Meredith A. Burns (Henry P. Ting); granddaughter, Elizabeth Ting; son, Brendan P. Burns (Pat); brother John A. Burns, Jr.; and Dakota and Montana (pet dogs). Jim was predeceased by his parents and sister Sheenagh Burns. He was previously married to the late Lynette Hofmeister, mother of his two children.
Family, friends and Club members will gather on Tuesday, April 18 for Jim Burns' Hawaiian Night at Waialae Country Club at 4 p.m. Visitation, 6 p.m. Program, and 7:30 9:00 Tributes. Limited parking. There will be a memorial service at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, Burns' 80th birthday, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, followed by interment at the Plaza Columbarium. Additional tributes are planned to honor Jim Burns: April 9 4 p.m. PBS Long Story Short, Jim Burns: A Local Boy April 11 4 p.m. Supreme Court Special Session at Aliiolani Hale April 12 John A. Burns School of Medicine Remembrance (private) April 13 11 a.m. Garden Naming Ceremony, UH Law School Courtyard April 18 Noon Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of our Lady of Peace, 1184 Bishop St. Offering by St. Louis Class of '55.
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, April 9, 2017.
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