Skip to main content

Memorial Tributes Volume 16 (2012) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

UN-CHUL PAEK
Pages 216-219

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 217...
... He was born in Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, in South Korea on December 2, 1934. A self-starter who loved learning about the world, he valued education as a path to a better life after enduring personal loss and hardship following the Korean War.
Read the entire page →
From page 218...
... He was inducted as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1998 for the practical production of optical fibers. In recognition of his lifelong contribution to the development of science and technology, he received the National Order of Civil Merit -- the Presidential Medal of Honor -- from former South Korean President Dae-Jung Kim.
Read the entire page →
From page 219...
... and Woon-Seo and their families; his nephew Sang Hoon and his wife Kyung Sook; and his great-nephew Yoonha (James)
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • optical fibers
  • practical production
  • optical fiber
  • clad lightguide
  • optical society

  • south korea
  • executive vice
  • drawing fibers
  • kyung sook
  • personal loss

  • korean president
  • research students
  • enduring personal
  • nephew sang
  • lightguide fibers

  • korean war
  • valued education
  • electronics engineers
  • korean government
  • lifelong contribution

  • lifelong scholar
  • national order
  • world academy
  • graduate studies
  • work included

  • wife kyung
  • ceramic society
  • korea academy
  • third world
  • sang hoon


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.