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At Berkeley, he had helped establish an intensive course in the Korean language in the Far Eastern and Russian Language School of the University Extension. In addition, he acquired for the East Asiatic Library several hundred volumes in the Korean language: "These constitute one of the first such
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with a bachelor's degree in 1930. McCune returned to Korea for a few years, and taught at Union Christian College in Pyongyang, where his parents were working. He also owned and managed Taeon, a formerly Chinese-owned business, which enabled him to finance his graduate education.
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McCune began teaching Korean language and history at Occidental College, where he taught from 1939 to 1946, advancing from the rank of Instructor to Associate Professor.
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In 1946, he began teaching at UC, Berkeley. In 1948, he was promoted to associate professor of history at Berkeley, but he died that year because of heart problems.
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A Daughter's Journey: Birth to Marriage: the Story of Evelyn Becker McCune, Arthur L. Becker, Her Father and George McAfee McCune, Her Husband
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and in the same year was a delegate to the National Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, at Coronado, California."
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They became engaged and then married during a crisis because of McCune's health problems; his heart had been weakened by the
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who had sailed to the country in 1905. Korea was annexed by Japan in 1910.
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chronicles in connection with his dissertation. In 1941, he received his
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at Occidental College in 1935. He started doctoral work at the
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of the Korean language, which was widely used for decades.
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The young George had a younger brother, 26: 620:University of California, Berkeley alumni 497:"George McAfee McCune, History: Berkeley" 480: 460: 381:at University of California, Berkeley. 542: 517: 356: 292:The McCunes worked in Pyongyang and 13: 388:that he suffered from as a child. 329:University of California, Berkeley 267:University of California, Berkeley 97:University of California, Berkeley 14: 631: 477:, Lulu, pp. 85, 87, 108, 161, 164 315:in New Jersey. He graduated from 560:Linguists from the United States 472:Heather McAfee McCune Thompson, 208: 180:Choji Maek'ŏp'i "Maeng" Maek'yun 129:system of romanization of Korean 518:Shavit, David (November 1990). 401:Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 511: 430:collections in this country." 150: 1: 615:American expatriates in Korea 453: 192:American linguist (1908–1948) 166:Joji Maekeopi "Maeng" Maekyun 435:Council on Foreign Relations 411:(OSS), the precursor to the 409:Office of Strategic Services 403:, the United States entered 7: 413:Central Intelligence Agency 377:, Korea, after getting her 179: 165: 10: 636: 600:Occidental College faculty 499:. 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Pyongyang
Korean Empire
Berkeley, California
United States
University of California, Berkeley
Occidental College
Linguist
McCune–Reischauer
Hangul
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
/məˈkjn/
mə-KEWN
McCune–Reischauer
romanization
Korean
Edwin O. Reischauer
Occidental College
University of California, Berkeley
Pyongyang
Presbyterian
missionaries
Sinch'ŏn
Shannon
Huron College
South Dakota
Rutgers University
Occidental College
MA

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