Executive Profile
Tuesday, December 29, 1998

Name: Debra White
Age: 43
Position: Contracts officer, manager, Bishop Museum
First job: Department store clerk, Dallas
Favorite pastimes: Surfing the Internet, swimming

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Bishop Museum sets
sights on changes

Debra White will oversee the accounting, management information systems, press and distribution services departments at Bishop Museum.

"We're looking at breaking ground on a new planetarium next year," White said. "We're tearing down the old planetarium and constructing a state-of-the-art planetarium -- the only one like it in the world."

Construction bids are expected back next month.

White worked as finance director of investments/controller of Voyager Subma-rines & Subs Inc. for Roberts Hawaii.

White also was with Mobil Oil Corp. for 18 years where she held positions off senior financial accounting staff assistant, U.S. division information architect, and audit supervisor. She earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Texas, and a master's degree in business administration from Amber University in Texas.

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By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin