His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, head of state of Western Samoa, will confer a chiefly title on Polynesian Cultural Center President Lester W.B. Moore today.

The investiture ceremony will take place on the grounds of Brigham Young University-Hawaii.The ceremony will mark the first time a Samoan head of state has bestowed a chiefly title on a non-Samoan. The title to be bestowed, Galumalemana, indicates its holder to be a member of the council of chiefs of Galumalemana.

The title will be the second for the Office of the President of the Polynesian Cultural Center. King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga conferred the chiefly title Mafi Fakapotu on Moore in 1993 to mark the center's 30th anniversary.

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Moore is a native of Utah.

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