James Cordeiro grew up on Maui in Spreckelsville and Pa'ia when these
towns were HC$S plantation neighborhoods with small "local"
populations. The close and interrelated community made Maui "no ka
oi!". He attended St. Anthony's grade school and high school before
entering the University of Hawaii in 1962. In Honolulu he obtained
part-time employment with the Reed/Carter advertising agency where he
learned graphics and like many others "gripped" for their contract
photographer (David Cornwell) for a "free" lunch. It didn't last ...
not with a lousy GPA! He returned to Maui and entered Maunaolu College
to maintain a student deferment and resumed the island lifestyle with
the notion (a very common idea then) that it would last forever ... or
until the draft board found out.
