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                  class=top1>Founder of Korean Studies in US James Palais 
                  Dies</FONT><BR><FONT class=title1></FONT></TD></TR>
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                        <CENTER>James 
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                  class=article>SEOUL (Yonhap) - James Palais, one of the 
                  world’s most influential Korean history scholars who trained 
                  many Korean scholars in the United States, has died following 
                  a prolonged illness, a former student of his said Wednesday. 
                  He was 72.</FONT>
                  <P><FONT class=article>Palais died Sunday in a Seattle 
                  hospital, where he was being treated for blood 
                  pressure-related illnesses, said Park Chungshin, a Christian 
                  studies professor at Soongsil University in Seoul who received 
                  the news from his alma mater, the University of Washington in 
                  Seattle. Park studied under the direction of Palais in the 
                  late 1970s.</FONT></P>
                  <P><FONT class=article>Known as the “godfather of Korean 
                  students,” Palais was an avid supporter of Korea’s profile and 
                  also a fierce critic of its military government in the 1970s 
                  and 80s.</FONT></P>
                  <P><FONT class=article>His students recount him as a frosty, 
                  tough man at first sight, but one who had sincere affection 
                  for those who were committed to their task. Park remembers his 
                  first encounter with Palais at his office. Park almost mistook 
                  the teacher, a man of small stature who arrived wearing a 
                  motorcycle helmet and jeans, as a maintenance 
                  worker.</FONT></P>
                  <P><FONT class=article>“He didn’t seem affectionate at all. I 
                  was afraid,” Park said, “But he was a man who showed deep love 
                  to those who were eager to study. Many failed under him, but 
                  those who completed his courses know how warm-hearted he 
                  was.”</FONT></P>
                  <P><FONT class=article>Palais trained more than half of all 
                  the Ph.D. recipients in Korean history who are now active in 
                  the U.S. Among the scholars who benefited from him are Bruce 
                  Cummings, the most widely known Korean studies scholar by far; 
                  Carter Eckert at Harvard University; and Clark Sorenson, chair 
                  of the Korean studies program at the University of Washington. 
                  His wide influence led people to say he created a “ Mafia of 
                  Washington.”</FONT></P>
                  <P><FONT class=article>Palais’ life became focused on Korea by 
                  chance. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, he received a B.A. 
                  in American history from Harvard University and enlisted in 
                  the U.S. Department of Defense’s Army Language School in the 
                  early 1960s.</FONT> <BR></P>
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                  17:48</FONT></DIV></TD>
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