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class=top1>Founder of Korean Studies in US James Palais
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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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