Larry Price

:"This article is about the former NFL player, civil servant and Hawaii personality. For others, see Larry Price (disambiguation).

Larry Price is an athlete, media personality, journalist and former civil servant in Hawaii, United States. A resident of Honolulu, he is currently an author, political news columnist for MidWeek [cite web | url=http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice | title=The Right Price | work=MidWeek] and radio co-host of the locally popular "Perry and Price" on KSSK-FM alongside Michael W. Perry. [cite web | url=http://2005.ksskradio.com/main.html | title=KSSK Radio] He also writes and produces television documentaries. [ cite press release | url=http://www.chaminade.edu/news/pressReleases.php?pg=content_larryPriceMBA.html | title=Dr. Larry Price Named Professor of Human Resource Management for Chaminade MBA Program | publisher=Chaminade University | date=2003-09-11 | accessdate=2008-01-11] Price was formerly an investigative reporter for Honolulu ABC network affiliate KITV and Head Coach of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Warriors football team. Price played with the Los Angeles Rams professional football team, the present-day St. Louis Rams NFL team. He signed with the team as a free agent in 1967. [cite web | url=http://2005.ksskradio.com/pages/LarryPrice.html | title=Larry Price | work=KSSK] In celebration of its centennial, the City and County of Honolulu named Price to its official list of Top 100 Citizens.cite web | url=http://perryandprice.com/larryprice.asp | title=Larry Price | work=Perry and Price]

Education

Price attended President Theodore Roosevelt High School in Honolulu. Price holds several college degrees: a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967 and Master of Business Administration in 1971 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He also holds a 1985 Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Southern California and completed post-doctoral work at Stanford University from 1997 to 2003. He continues to teach as MBA professor at Chaminade University of Honolulu.cite news | url=http://starbulletin.com/2003/08/12/features/story1.html | title=Still Having Fun | work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | date=2003-08-12 | accessdate=2008-01-11 | first=Jason | last=Genegabus]

Athletics

While attending Roosevelt High School and The University of Hawaii at Manoa, Price lettered in football, and went on to play in the NFL.Price was the University of Hawaii at Manoa's first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I head coach. He currently serves as Chairman of the State of Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame Cybermuseum and President of The OIA Foundation.

Radio personality

Before working at KSSK, Price worked for the administration of Hawaii Governor George Ariyoshi and served as the University of Hawaii Director of the Small Business Management Program. Congressman Cecil Heftel needed a new Vice President of Public Relations and Publicity for his radio station and hired Price for the position in 1977. In August 1983, Price was paired with afternoon radio deejay Michael W. Perry to host the station's morning drive program. A top rated program in the state, the two continue to host the same program today despite various station ownership changes.

Perry and Price host a popular live radio variety show each Saturday in front of a ballroom audience. Over twenty years, it had been broadcast from the Champeaux at the Ilikai Hotel, the Hanohano Room of the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and currently at the John Dominis Restaurant in Waikiki. The show's popularity has garnered frequent appearances by celebrities that include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolly Parton, Oprah Winfrey and many more. [cite web | url=http://perryandprice.com/meetperryprice.asp | title=About the Show | work=Perry and Price]

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