“President of VTP for more than 10 years, our dear friend Williamson designed the original vaka.org website, and helped in the production of VTP’s early video efforts. Williamson gave training to Dixon Wia, Jennifer Vailau, and other video students from Taumako. Williamson visited Taumako in 2007. He said it was the fulfillment of his dream to just lie in a fishing net swing and see the adults building canoes and the children learning how. His kindness and acuity was appreciated by all cross-culturally. His son Arlen is a great paddler in Hawaii. Williamsons wife Helen is now living with Arlen and family, and proudly wears the shell necklace that Chief Jonas presented her with in gratitude for her feeding and caring for his son Dixon when he was visiting Kauaʻi. Williamson passed away in 2012.”