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 who eventually became a prominent advocate for neutral Korean reunification at the...
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. Yoon attended Harvard University between 1906–1907 as a special student.
Yoon, the only son of Yun Sŏng-hyŏng, was born on...
Lena Kim (Kim Ri-na, 김리나, 金理那, 1942–present) was one of the first Koreans to obtain a PhD degree in art history from the Department of Fine Arts at Harvard.She was an esteemed professor of Korean and Buddhist art at Hongik University from 1976 until she...
Herbert Choy (Ch’oe Yŏng-jo, 최영조, 1916–2004) was the first person of Korean ancestry to be admitted to the bar in the United States, and the first Asian American to be appointed as a United States federal judge.[1] Choy was born on January 6, 1916 in the...
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...
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...
Kwang Lim Koh (Ko Kwang-nim, 고광림, 高光林, meaning “Shining Forest,” 1920–1989) was the first Korean to receive both a master’s and a doctorate degree from Harvard Law School.[1] Koh was born on October 20, 1920, in Cheju (Jeju) Island in Japanese-occupied...
Yersu Kim (Kim Yŏ-su, 김여수 金麗壽, 1936–present), one of the earliest Korean graduates of Harvard College, was an eminent professor of philosophy at Seoul National University from 1977 to 1998 and the director of UNESCO’s Division of Philosophy and Ethics...
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.
Lee was born in the Pyongyang area in 1902, the second...
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).[1] His life and career were markedly global and rich, spanning several countries and covering numerous topics in...
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.1 Park also has the distinction of being one of the first Koreans...
Kyung Durk (K.D.) Har (Ha Kyŏng-dŏk, 하경덕 河敬德, 1897–1951) was a sociologist, publisher, and public intellectual. Kyung Durk Har was born on July 25, 1897 in Iksan, Chŏlla Province, in the present-day South Korea. The eldest of three boys and three girls...
