Background
Liem, Channing was born on October 30, 1909 in Ulyul, Republic of Korea. Son of Posung and Posun (Yu) Liem.
Diplomat Political science educator
Liem, Channing was born on October 30, 1909 in Ulyul, Republic of Korea. Son of Posung and Posun (Yu) Liem.
Bachelor of Science, Lafayette College, 1934. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1945.
Postdoctoral fellow, Yale, 1954-1955;
director, Korean Church and Institute, New York City, 1936-1941;
consultant Far Eastern affairs, United States Office Censorship and War Information, New York City, 1942-1945;
instructor, Princeton, 1946-1948;
Korean affairs adviser, United States Military Governor in Korea, Seoul, 1948-1949;
professor political science, Chatham College, 1949-1960;
professor political science, State University New York College of New Paltz
also chairman, professor political science Asian studies, professor emeritus, State University New York College of New Paltz, since 1978. Ambassador Republic Korea to United Nations, 1960-1961. Special envoy to Republic Korea to Southwestern African Republics, Cameroun, Dahomey, Congo, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana, Senegal, 1961.
Adviser National Committee for Defense Democratic Rights, Republic Korea, since 1972.
Trustee Korean Education Foundation American, 1944-1955. Honorary chairman board directors Philip Jaisohn Foundation. Member American Political Science Association, International Mark Twain Society (honorary), Union Overseas Koreans for Democracy and Unification (senior chairman) Clubs: Princeton (New York City).
Married Popai Lee, January 29, 1940. Children: Edith (Mistress Young Jo Sul), G. Ramsay, Paul L.