Chuck Hazama

Charles K. "Chuck" Hazama (born 1932) is a Native Hawaiian and a former mayor of Rochester, Minnesota. He served as Mayor of Rochester for eight two-year terms, from 1979 to 1995. Before he was Mayor, he served as the executive director of the Rochester YMCA. Hazama worked to promote Rochester, and his efforts were recognized when Money Magazine named Rochester the number one place to live in 1993.[1] He also worked to create a citywide system for flood control following Rochester's flood of 1978. In 1995, Chuck Hazama didn't seek re-election and was succeeded by Chuck Canfield.

Chuck Hazama
42nd Mayor of Rochester, Minnesota
In office
January 6, 1979 – January 6, 1995
Preceded byAlexander P. Smetka
Succeeded byChuck Canfield
Personal details
Born1932 (age 88–89)
Hawaii
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Aly Hazama
Alma materUniversity of Northern Iowa

Currently, Hazama is on the Advisory Council of Malulani Hospitals, where he is a Director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center.[2] He attended University of Northern Iowa, class of 1957.[3] He also served as the honorary chair for Rochester's Sesquicentennial Celebration in 2004. His wife Aly died in 2002. Chuck has two children: Son, Charles K. Hazama, born in 1959 and daughter, Ann Hazama born in 1961.

See also

List of mayors of Rochester, Minnesota

References
  1. CNN Story about No 1 Place to Live 1993
  2. Mululani Board
  3. "UNI Alums". Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
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