People

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Courtesy of Hei Jong Lim.

Kyung Durk Har

A.B. (1925), A.M. (1927), Ph.D. (1928)

Kyung Durk (K.D.) Har (Ha Kyŏng-dŏk, 하경덕 河敬德, 1897–1951) was a sociologist, publisher, and public intellectual.... Read more about Kyung Durk Har

Andrew Kang
Courtesy of Dr. Andrew Kang.

Andrew Ho Kang

B.S. (1957) from Wofford College; M.D. (1962) from Harvard University

Andrew Ho Kang (강호, 姜虎, 1934–present) is the Goodman Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee.... Read more about Andrew Ho Kang

Yong Jeung Kim

Yong-jeung Kim

Yong-jeung Kim (alternatively spelled as Yongjeung Kim, Yong-jung Kim, or Young Jeung Kim) (Kim Yong-jung, 김용중 金龍中, 1898–1975) was a businessman, writer, and activist... Read more about Yong-jeung Kim

Myo Mook Lee joint commission 1947 cropped

Myo Mook Lee

Myo Mook Lee (Yi Myo-muk 이묘묵 李卯默; 1902–1957) was a Korean educator and politician who worked as an interpreter for the American Military Government and as a diplomat for the South Korean government.... Read more about Myo Mook Lee

Lim’s Harvard yearbook photograph. Courtesy of the Lim family.

Youngil Lim

A.B. (1958), Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles (1965)

Youngil Lim (Im Yŏng-il, 林榮一, 1932–2021) was one of the first Koreans to graduate from Harvard College after the Korean War (1950–1953).... Read more about Youngil Lim

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Kwangjai Park

A.B. (1958), Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley (1965)

Kwangjai Park (Pak Kwang-jae, 박광재  朴光在, 1934–2014), one of the earliest Koreans who received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, was a professor of physics at the University of Oregon... Read more about Kwangjai Park

No-Yong Park
Portrait of Park No-Yong from Lanhei Kim Park's book. Courtesy of Lanhei Kim Park and Mei-Lan Shaw.

No-Yong Park

A.M. (1930), Ph.D. (1932)

No-Yong Park (1897 or 1899–1976), or Pak No-yŏng (박노영 朴魯英), was a Korean-born activist who, upon arrival in the United States, became a self-proclaimed Chinese immigrant lecturer and writer.... Read more about No-Yong Park

Hyung Nai Song

Hyung Nai Song

M.P.H. (1946) and M.S.H. (1956) from Harvard School of Public Health

Hyung Nai Song (Song Hyŏng-nae, 宋亨來, 1914–2012) was one of the first Koreans to study abroad in the United States after the end of Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945) who became a central figure in establishing South Korea’s public health system after 1945.... Read more about Hyung Nai Song

Spackman wearing an altered army uniform. Courtesy of James Choi Spackman.

James Choi Spackman

A.B. (1962)

James Choi Spackman (Korean name Ch’oe Sŏk-chin, 최석진 崔石振, 1939–present) is the former President of Prudential Life Insurance Company of Korea (1993–2000), President of Prudential International Insurance Group’s Asia Region (2000–2002), and its President and CEO (2002–2005).... Read more about James Choi Spackman

Yoon's portrait in The Korean Evangel (1909)
Yoon's portrait in The Korean Evangel (1909).

Pyeng Koo Yoon

Pyeng Koo Yoon (Yun Pyŏng-gu, 윤병구 尹炳球, 1880–1949), also known as P. K. Yoon, was a missionary, priest, and independence activist.... Read more about Pyeng Koo Yoon