Dr. Kim Suk-Hi

The fund donor, Dr. Kim Suk-Hi (김 석희. 金碩熙) is an internationally known scholar and author. He has published research monographs, college textbooks, and peer-reviewed journal articles. According to an article by Allen Morrison and Andrew Ipken (Journal of International Business Studies, First Quarter, 1991, pp 143-153), he was among the top 26 international business researchers in the world during the 1980s. His practical-oriented articles have appeared in some top journals such as The Journal of International Business Studies, The Columbia Journal of World Business (now the journal of World Business), Management accounting (now Strategic Finance), the journal of financial education, and several others. In addition, Dr. Kim was the founding editor of the two prestigious academic journals: Multinational Business Review (MBR: 1992-2002) and North Korean Review (NKR: 2005-2013). For eight years from 2005 to 2013 as the founder-editor of North Korean Review, he raised more than $100.000 for NKR and other academic activities about North Korea.

In 1992, Dr. Kim visited Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea as a Fulbright Scholar and taught international finance for graduate students. He has also held short-term teaching or research appointments at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the Scott Airforce Base in Illinois, Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Fort Hays State University (in Hays, Kansas), Yonsei University in Korea, Fu Jung Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan, and other institutions. In addition, he has served on editorial review board members for a considerable number of academic journals here in the United States and abroad.

Dr. Kim received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2003, the Global Korea Award from Michigan State University in 2008, a 45 Years-of- Service Award from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2023, and other awards for excellence in teaching and research. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Saint Louis University, his MBA from Pepperdine University, his Master of Arts in Economics from Yonsei University in Korea, and his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Soongsil University in Korea. American missionaries founded Yonsei University on April 10, 1885 and Soongsil University on October 10, 1897.

A Piece of Advice for Yonsei International Summer School Students From Dr. Kim Suk-Hi who 100 percent self-financed eight years of his graduate studies—the two years in Korea and the six years in the United States.

If you look back on your life 30 or 40 years from now on, you will find that those things you obtained during your college days shaped your entire life and career. College is often described as the best few years of your life. A heady time to learn and grow, to experience and experiment, and to “find yourself” and forge your future. In other words, your knowledge, work ethics, and life-time friends you attained during such a heady time will be with you during good times and bad times throughout your life. Even more importantly, nobody can take them away from you

• Professor Kim’s family picture: From left to right
• Do Sim Kim (mother) and Suk Hi Kim (father)
• Kevin K. Kim (2_nd Son)
• Keith E. Kim (3_rd Son)
• Kenneth A. Kim (1_st son)
• This picture was taken in Ann Arbor, Michigan in January 1995 when Kevin received his doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan.

• Rhonda Herman (left), the Publisher of North Korean Review and Suk Hi Kim (right), the Founding Editor of North Korean Review at Chicago, January 6, 2007, when the Annual Conference of the American Economic Association was held.