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CELT OF THE YEAR 2007
Kathleen (Katie) O’Neill
Katie was born in Lynn and grew up in the Boston area of Massachusetts.
While attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Katie spent a lot of time traveling through Europe with Ireland, Scotland, Spain and England being a few of her stops. She even spent some time as a barmaid in an English pub!
After graduating, she continued her travels and spent 2 years in Japan as an English teacher.
Finally finding a home with the Outback Steakhouse family, Katie eventually became a member of Outback’s International Training Team. She worked her way to the top by opening branches in Japan, Guam and Maui. At the ripe old age of 29, Katie was offered an ownership at the Hawaii Kai Branch.
With Katie, everything is about teamwork and mutual support. She never stops singing the praises of her own team and it’s not often (if ever!) that she’ll blow her own horn.
Community service and sponsorship are two of the things that make Katie so special. She is adamant about giving back to the community that supports her. Some of her recent Outback Steakhouse events involve the Relay for Life in Kailua, a halau fundraiser, the MDA Telethon and of course sponsoring neighborhood High Schools including Kaiser & Kalani.
A staunch supporter of the Saint Andrew Society of Hawaii, Katie always has a private room reserved for our monthly board meetings at her restaurant and sponsors several of our events every year.
Congratulations, Katie, and thank you so much!!!
CELT OF THE YEAR 2006
 Barbara Coon
CELT OF THE YEAR 2005
 Scott C.S. Stone
Scott Stone has been a long-time supporter of the local Scottish community. He was an early member of the Caledonian Society of Hawaii when he resided on the island of O'ahu.
Hist military career begain with a congressional appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which he declined, so he could enlist in the Navy/Marine Corps where he served aboard the Destroyer, USS Twiningand the Cruiser, USS Manchester in the far east during the early 50's. He continued his military service in the U.S. Army Reserve with the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry. He later transferred to the U.S. Navy for service in Vietnam and extended active duty with the 3rd Fleet and the Pacific Fleet. In 1992, he retired as a navy Commander.
As a journalist, Mr. Stone was the foreign correspondent for Reuters(in Hawaii and the Pacific), COX News Service (In Asia and the Pacific) and the New York Times News Service. He was also the Media Advisor and Speech writer for acting Governor George Ariyoshi, Lieutenant Governor Nelson Doi, and Cogressman Cec Heftel.
He is a prolific writer of both fact and fiction for which he has won many accolades, including Honolulu Press Club awards for reporting. The Edgar Allen Poe National First Prize award for his Novel "The Dragon's eye", and he has had his work picked for permanent inclusion in the Camp David Library for "Wrapped in the Wind's Shawl" which he co-authored with John E. McGowan.
Born in East Tennessee of Scots, Norwegian, and Cherokee/Shawnee Ancestry, he now resides with his wife, Walelu, on the big island of Hawaii.
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