Kenneth Francis Kamu’ookalani Brown (October 28, 1919 – February 7, 2014) was an American politician who was a significant figure in the political, business, and cultural life of the Hawaiian Islands in the decades from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Politically, Brown was influential on environmental and land development issues, and on the role of tourism in relationship to local social and cultural contexts.
Brown managed the passage of long-term environmental protection policies, and advocated for opportunities through which the hotel industry might support the preservation of Hawaiian culture and historic sites.
[1] The latter included support for the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s programs to improve the well-being of native youth through re-connections to traditional ways and values.
[9] Brown's life was celebrated on March 20, 2014, at a gathering at the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii, the first such event in a century to honor a member of the Hawaiian ali'i—Ku i ka Mana.