chester frank kahapea (march 14, 1945 – march 4, 2011) was an american soil scientist, technician and former paperboy. kahapea became a symbol of the hawaiian statehood after an iconic photo of him appeared in newspapers around the united states holding a special edition copy of the "honolulu star-bulletin" headlined "statehood." kahapea became known in state history as "the face of hawaii statehood."