Joong Oh Rhee

His father

His mother

On the left, as a young boy in the 1940s

In highschool

In the navy

At his wife's college graduation, in his Navy uniform

Before leaving Korea for the U.S.

In the U.S., with his young family and their first car, 1968

With is second brother and family in South Korea, 2013

With his family in South Korea, 2013

With his family

Joong Oh Rhee was born in Iri City (now Iksan City), Korea in 1937. He studied medicine at Seoul National University and immigrated to the U.S. in February 1968 to complete his internship at Charles S. Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City, New York. He then did his residency in Psychiatry and continued to work until his retirement as a clinical professor in Psychiatry at SUNY at Buffalo. In 2000, a professional newspaper in Seoul selected him as one of top twenty Korean intellectuals in the world. He now lives in Clermont, Floria with his wife. He has two children and two grandchildren.

Click on a video below to learn more about some of Joong Oh Rhee's experiences:

Joong Oh Rhee shares his family's experiences during the Korean War. Running time 4:15.

Interview date 3/17/16

Joong Oh Rhee, along with four other narrators, reflects on his Korean-American identity. Running time 5:10.

JO Rhee interview date 3/17/16