Samuel Crowningburg-Amalu

1917-1986 Hawaiian author and previous columnist for the popular Honolulu Advertiser. His epitaph credits him as a poet and historian. Numerous articles also credit him with being a con man. He was born in Kauai’s Koolau District, the son of Charles and Ethel P. Amalu, and the grandson of Kilauea Lighthouse keeper Samuel Apollo Amalu. AKA Sammy Amalu