My late grandfather

Recently while I was talking about my late grandfather to my children and grandchildren, I remembered that one of his classmates we met at Oberlin college referring him as a Japanese Student.

 

It was when I visited the Oberlin campus in memory of my late grandfather in 1969. I felt it was insulting my late grandfather still being considered as Japanese.



My grandfather graduated from the Oberlin College in 1929 during the Japanese occupation of Korea and his classmates naturally remembered him as a Japanese student.

I decided that it is my duty to correct his school file on his behalf regarding to his nationality and finally sent a letter to the president of the Oberlin College.

The archive department responded to my letter informing me of his alumni file already corrected. His file indicated that he was born in Korea and is a Korean.



The following is a copy of my letter to the Oberlin College, Ohio and a letter from the Oberlin College followed in a couple of weeks.

Below is the letter I sent to Oberlin College.