Dwight received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture from the University of Hawaii in 1972; received his General Contractor's License and Master's Degree in 1975; and enrolled in the University of Southern California's Doctoral Planning Program, specializing in Housing in 1976. He helped to develop the nation's first Architectural Doctorate program at the University of Hawaii and was invited to enroll in its first class by Dean Raymond Yeh, FAIA. He received his ARCHD degree in 2000.
In addition to his extensive construction experience, he received his formal architectural training at Gruen Associates in Los Angeles from 1977 to 1979. He created the architectural practice at Mitsunaga & Associates in Honolulu in 1979 and established Pacific Architects in 1985.
Dwight has designed numerous correctional projects since 1993 at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center, Oahu Community Correctional Center, Kauai Community Correctional Center, Womens Correctional Facility, Juvenile Detention Facility, the Hawaii State Mental Hospital, and at other justice facilities. He has been instrumental in the removal of federal consent decrees imposed on some of these facilities. He has extensive project experience requiring knowledge of ATFP (Anti-Terrorist Force Protection) and AA&E (Arms, Ammunition and Explosives).