William “Whiskey” Barnhart was voted to Life Membership in the Outrigger Canoe Club at the Annual Meeting on February 26, 1996. Barnhart is a second generation member of the Club and joined the Club in 1928 when he was eight years old. Bill’s father was president of the Club in 1931-32.
In the 1940s Barnhart served three terms as chair of the Volleyball Committee, was Athletic Coordinating Committee Chair, and Club Captain. For 20 years from 1948-1968 he was manager of the Club mountainball/baseball team. In 1950 he was vice-chair of the Canoe Committee, and from 1951-53 was coach of the Wahine 6 volleyball team.
From 1954 through 1991, he became a permanent fixture on the Judges of Election Committee, including two years as chair. He later served on the Historical Committee for 24 years including two as chair. In 1994 when he was chair of the Historical Committee, he began the computerization of the index files of the photograph subcommittee. This led to the computerization of the trophy index files as well.
Historical Committee
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1994 Chair
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Judges of Election
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1989 Chair
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Nominating Committee
1953 Member
Athletic Committee
1949 Member
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Club Captain
1953
Baseball Committee
1955 Manager
1956 Chair
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Canoe Committee
1950 Vice Chair
Mountainball Committee
1959 Chair
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1961 Chair
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Volleyball Committee
1949 Chair
1952 Member
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Mountainball Team
1948 Manager
1949 Manager
1950 Manager
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1953 Manager
1954 Manager
1955 Manager
1956 Manager
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1960 Manager
1963 Manager
1964 Manager
1968 Manager
Volleyball Committee
1946 Chair
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Women’s Volleyball Team
1951 Coach
1952 Coach
1953 Coach
Men’s Volleyball
1948 1st, Men’s Open 6