1890 May 20 born St. Mary’s, Ontario, Canada

1908 Enrolled University of Minnesota

1912 BA from University of Minnesota

1912- 14 Taught English in Japan left Dec 1914. Koyama Village, near Kyoto Village

1915 Mother died: Frances Ann Henderson Sinclair (1854-1915) (ancestry.com 26feb2012)

1916 Father died: John Sinclair (1836-1916) (ancestry.com 26feb2012)

1917 WWI Registration Card (ancestry.com 26feb2012): Greg M. Sinclair 27 Born: May 20 1890 St. Marys Ontario Canada Occupation: Salesman at John F. Sinclair & Co. June 5 [no yr. 1917?]

1919 Masters Degree Columbia University in NYC

1919 Co-published with Buhachio Mitsui published An Adopted Husband, translation of Futabatei’s Sono Omokage (New York Alfred A. Knopf)

1923-26 Returned to Japan to teach. In 1926 he was teaching in Hikone Higher Commercial School most pictures are from 1926

1925 Translated with Kazo Suita, Tokyo People (Tokyo: Keibunkan)

1926 Introduction, preface, and notes to Ten Short Stories by Henry James (Tokyo: Keibunkan)

1928 UH in English Department

1935-40 Director of Oriental Institute UH

1938 Married Marjorie Putnam Sinclair

1940-41 English Department Faculty

1942-56 President of UH

1943 Establishment of Legislative Reference Bureau

1944 Establishment of Fish and Wild-life Laboratory

1944 Philosophy East and West, ed Charles A. Moore, Princeton University Press

1949 East-West Philosopher’s Conference

1949 June University of Minnesota honorary degree – Doctor of Laws

1951 June Honorary degree Ohio State University

1951 Oct – Nov New York

1951 Opening of million dollar chemistry building

1952 Oct – Nov New York

1952 Opening of Frear Hall Women’s dormitory

1953 Oct- Nov NY

1953 Establishment of Phi Beta Kappa chapter at UH

1954 Sinclair and Adlai Stevenson rec’d Hon Degrees from Colombia University 31 Oct 1954

1955 Opening of million-dollar Library Blding 1956 Retired from UH

1956 Chairman, Citizen’s Advisory Commission on Statehood for Hawaii

1976 Sinclair Died

For twenty-eight years Gregg Manners Sinclair worked at the University of Hawaii passionately developing his vision to create an intellectual center that drew from both the Eastern and Western scholarship and traditions. In 1928 he was hired as a member of the English Department Faculty, becoming director of the Oriental Institute (1935-1940) and President of the University (1940-1956).