Don Graham

Donald Houston Graham Jr. (June 14, 1914 – August 17, 2010) was an American real estate developer and businessman credited with transforming the urban landscape of Hawaii by building condos, resorts, hotel, residences and shopping centers. He developed and constructed the Ala Moana Center in Ala Moana, which opened in 1959 and remains the largest outdoor shopping mall in the United States. Critics at the time regarded the shopping center as a potential failure due to its layout and design, which oriented the mall away from the Pacific Ocean.

Graham remained active in GMR LLC until two weeks before his death in 2010. He was survived by his wife, Kathryn Graham; his son, D.H. “Mac” Graham III; his daughter, Pattiann Smith; stepdaughter, Sara P. Hewitt; stepson, Breck Perkins; and five grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a brother and a sister.