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<p><em>David Charles Bangert</em> was born in Chicago, IL and was the product of the public school system in the Chicago suburbs. That system provided him with an excellent base for his future at West Point. He had opportunities for leadership, athletics and academia. As he completed his high school years, Dave had his choice of colleges. With encouragement from his dean of students, he chose West Point because of the broadness of its academic, athletic, and leadership development programs. It allowed him to develop skills he would not have had if he had chosen from the other opportunities.</p>
<p>While at West Point, Dave never had a problem with the Tactical Department and never walked an hour on the Area. He apparently kept himself invisible. He ended up as the recreation officer on the brigade staff. In academics he excelled in sciences and mathematics, while battling the French Program for the first two years. He graduated with stars on his collar. He took great pride in coaching his classmates, and many of them owed the bars on their shoulders at graduation to his patient help. </p>
<p>As a junior officer in the Corps of Engineers, he worked for three years in Thailand. He mastered the construction of highways and led the construction of a base for training the Thai brigade for Vietnam. After Thailand, Dave found himself teaching ROTC at the City College of New York, where he immersed himself in the arts that the great city offered. </p>
<p>After leaving the Army, Dave spent seven years on construction projects in Africa, first in Tanzania and then in Ethiopia. </p>
<p>His company brought him back to the United States, where he spent a year upgrading the railroad from Washington to Boston. He still wanted to work overseas and, with much lobbying of the firm, was transferred to Saudi Arabia. It was an exciting new project. The Kingdom was building a new city on the Red Sea at the terminus of the trans-Arabian pipeline. Dave thrived with the scope and complexity of the project. When he left seven years later, it was a thriving city of 50,000 residents.</p>
<p>Dave was ready for a career change. He enrolled in the MBA program at the University of Hawaii. Halfway through the program, he decided that teaching in a business school would be interesting. Realizing that he needed a doctorate, he applied to and was accepted at the Harvard Business School, where he completed his Ph.D. in decision science in two and a half years. Dave added conflict management to his fields of interest and participated in the Harvard Negotiation Roundtable. He returned to the University of Hawaii as an assistant professor. </p>
<p>At the university, Dave was an engaged contributor to, and board member of, the program on conflict resolution. When the college faced reaccreditation by a new set of criteria, the faculty elected him to lead the effort, even though he was a junior assistant professor. He successfully led the college through accreditation. </p>
<p>Dave consistently earned awards for teaching excellence from students and peers, including the university’s highest award, the Regent’s Medal for Teaching Excellence, in 1995. Dave designed and delivered programs in leadership, business strategy, total quality management, organizational development, and negotiations for MBA and executive programs at the University of Hawaii, as well as at the East-West Center, the Czechoslovak Management Center, and the Center for Creative Leadership. </p>
<p>In addition to his responsibilities as a professor, he served as director of numerous leadership and management programs, such as Honolulu Community College’s Leadership Development Program and the Advanced Management Program, the Queen’s Medical Center Leadership Development Program, and the Hawaii Pacific Health’s Physician Leadership Program.</p>
<p>In 2002, the university honored Dave with his second UH system-level award, the Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Faculty Service to the Community Award. The award reflected his continuous service to the community. </p>
<p>Both in service to the community and as an independent consultant, Dave was an active facilitator, trainer, and strategic planner. He worked with numerous diverse organizations, such as universities, private industries, non-profit organizations, federal agencies, and others, including foreign entities. He was most active with the Aloha United Way. He provided service to United Way for 30 years, serving on the United Way Executive Committee, as well as numerous other committees.</p>
<p>Dave was blessed with three amazing wives. He met his first wife, Sheila, in Tanzania, and she was with him through the construction period and while he earned his doctorate at Harvard. His second wife, Linda, became a training, teaching, and coaching partner and worked with him during the years of executive education. She passed away from cancer in 2012. His third wife, Sandy, is a ball of energy. As Dave’s energy decreased, Sandy’s energy increased. She and Dave traveled the world together.</p>
<p> Dave was a rare blend of managerial experience, academic accomplishment, and theoretical knowledge. For those of us who had the privilege of knowing Dave, his spirit and zest for excellence will always resonate with us. He challenged us to be the best we could be, to strive for excellence in all we do, to face our fears and do it anyway, and to live our lives without regrets.</p>
<p>Well Done, Dave! Be Thou at Peace.</p>
<p><em>— Wife and Classmates</em></p>
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