Beau Biden wife and two children, his father, and two siblings (a brother and a half-sister, both younger). His funeral was attended by a large number of people, including then President Barack Obama, then First Lady Michelle Obama, their daughters Malia and Sasha, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, former US Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. At his funeral, he was given the Legion of Merit Award by General Odierno, for his services in the Iraq War. President Obama described Biden as "an original. He was
Malia (canoe) Catalina-to-Newport race in 1959 was the alleged pirating of a fiberglass plug of the "Malia". This shell, reportedly taken without authorization while the "Malia" awaited shipment back to Hawaii, was later made into a mold. From this mold, and the hulls that came from it, other molds were made. The majority of the fiberglass canoes in use in Hawaii and California today have been made from these molds. Thus the "Malia" inadvertently sired a noble fleet of fiberglass-and-resin-canoes. In 1960, a California-made fiberglass model of the "Mālia" competed in the annual paddling race across the Molokai Channel (the Molokai Hoe)