Alan Hyun-Oak Kim

Background

Kim, Alan Hyun-Oak was born on September 6, 1932 in Nishiwaki, Hyogo, Japan. Came to the United States, 1966. Son of Chang-Yong Kim and Elizabeth Keum-Sun Yoon.

Education

Bachelor in Philosophy, Kuungbuk National University, Taegu, Republic of Korea, 1958. Master of Arts in Philosophy, Seoul National University, 1962. Master of Arts in Linguistics, San Jose (California) State University, 1974.

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University Southern California, 1985.

Career

Instructor philosophy Korean Air Force Academy, Seoul, 1958-1964, Seoul Women's College, 1960-1961. University research associate East Asian Studies Center, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1974-1979. Lecturer California State University, 1980.

Visiting scholar Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1982. Research associate National Center for Bilingual Research, Los Alamitos, California, 1884-1885. Postdoctoral fellow Asian Studies Center, lecturer university extension University of California at Los Angeles, 1986.

Assistant professor Portland (Oregon) State University, 1986-1988. Assistant professor Japanese and linguistics Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, since 1988. Visiting lecturer Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1989, Sang Myung Women's University, Seoul, 1992, Seoul National University, 1995.

Achievements

• Alan Hyun-Oak Kim has been listed as a noteworthy linguistics educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Linguistic Society of America (life), Rotary (Paul Harris fellow).

Connections

Married Soraya Young-Ae Hwang, November 19, 1961 (divorced May 1985). Children: Elaine Kim-Seireeni, Mirena Kim-Levine, Serena F. Married Fern Dale Budslick, July 25, 1998.

Children: William Budslick Junior, Jennifer Applegate.

Father:

Chang-Yong Kim

Mother:

Elizabeth Keum-Sun Yoon

Spouse:

Fern Dale Budslick

Spouse:

Soraya Young-Ae Hwang

child:

Jennifer Applegate Kim

child:

William Budslick Junior Kim

child:

Elaine Kim-Seireeni Kim

child:

Mirena Kim-Levine Kim

child:

Serena F. Kim