Eric B. Shumway (born 1939) was the president of Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYU-Hawaii) from 1994 to 2007.
He developed the system of po malanga (preaching at night) and po hiva (night singing) that allowed for village-wide sharing of the church's teachings with those not ready for one-on-one meetings.
Under the direction of his mission president, M. Vernon Coombs, created a set of lessons for use in Tonga that focused on presentation and preaching instead of questions and answers as this was felt to better conform to Tongan cultural norms.
[9] During Shumway's tenure as president of BYU-Hawaii, the school focused on increasing the percentage of students from outside the United States.
[10] Shumway edited a book entitled Tongan Saints: Legacy of Faith, a collection of the experiences of various Latter-day Saints in Tonga that was published as part of the celebration of the church's centennial in Tonga.