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Ruddy F. Tongg, Sr. (1905-1988) was an American businessman.〔Mike Gordon, (Ruddy F. Tongg Sr. ), ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', July 2, 2006〕〔Robert C. Allen, ''Creating Hawai'i Tourism: A Memoir'', Bess Press, 2004, p. 52 ()〕 ==Biography== He graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1925.〔 In 1946, he started his own airline company, Trans-Pacific Airlines, now known as Aloha Airlines.〔〔〔(Hawaii Aviation )〕 He also started the Tongg Publishing Co..〔〔 He served on the Boards of Directors of the Honolulu Trust Co., American Finance, Hawaii Thrift & Loan and Hawaiian Motors.〔 A polo player, he became disabled after an accident while playing polo in Kapiolani Park in 1964.〔 In 1965, his pony, Lovely Sage, was the first pony to receive the Willis L. Hartman Trophy established by Willis L. Hartman that same year.〔Horace A. Laffaye, ''Polo in the United States: A History'', McFarland, 2011, p. 232 ()〕 He died at the age of eighty-three, in 1988.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruddy F. Tongg, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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