Ruddy F. Tongg Sr.
Ruddy F. Tongg Sr. (1905-1988) was an American businessman.[1][2]
Biography[]
He graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1925.[1]
In 1946, he started his own airline company, Trans-Pacific Airlines, now known as Aloha Airlines.[1][2][3] He also started the .[1][2] He served on the Boards of Directors of the Honolulu Trust Co., American Finance, Hawaii Thrift & Loan and Hawaiian Motors.[1]
A polo player, he became disabled after an accident while playing polo in Kapiolani Park in 1964.[1] In 1965, his pony, , was the first pony to receive the established by Willis L. Hartman that same year.[4]
He died at the age of eighty-three, in 1988.[1]
References[]
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1988 deaths
- University of Hawaiʻi alumni
- American polo players
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- American business biography, 1900s birth stubs