Michael McEnerney, MBA ’71, former University of Hawai‘i regent and professor, passed away in July 2021 at 72. McEnerney was appointed to the university's board of regents in 2015 and served on several committees until 2020. He taught undergraduate and graduate classes as a visiting professor at UH Mānoa. In addition to his MBA, McEnerney also held a bachelor’s in accounting and business administration from the University of Wisconsin Platteville and a juris doctorate from Northwestern University. In the early 1980s, he opened an accounting firm which became McEnerney Shimabukuro Okazaki and Fujita CPAs, AAC. He worked as a forensic accountant and was also a licensed attorney. His community service included serving as a member of the Tax Review Commission for the State of Hawaiʻi, along with service to numerous community organizations.