Song Yi-kyun
Song Yi-kyun | |
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Born |
Pyongyang, Korea | February 28, 1885
Died |
Stockton, California, US | November 27, 1927
Nationality | American |
Known for | Korean Independence Activist |
Home town | Pyongyang, Korea |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 송이균 |
Hanja | 宋二均 |
Revised Romanization | Song Igyun |
McCune–Reischauer | Song Ikyun |
Song Yi-kyun (Hangul: 송이균; Hanja: 宋二均; 1885–1927) was a Korean-American activist in the Korean Independence Movement.
Life
Song Yi-Kyun was born in 1885 in Pyongyang, Korea. In 1913, he left Pyongyang to San Francisco for study. As a student, he became actively involved in the Korean independence movement and joined the Korean National Association(대한인) in October 1914, during the earlier years of the organization. [1] From 1915 to 1916, he served as a student assistant in the Sacramento Regional Societies which was under the North American General Assembly of the KNA.[2]
In May 1920, he became the commissioner of the Princeton District and provided financial support for the Independent Newspaper of the newly formed Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. [3] He also collected donations for the North American General Assembly [4] and served as a recruiting committee member for the Princeton region for the relief of Korean and Chinese-Korean Families.[5] In 1921 and 1922, he continued supplying funds for the Independence Movement as the treasurer of the Sacramento Regional Congress, and the Maxwell Regional Association. [6]
While working for the KNA, he helped establish the Willows Korean Aviation School in Glenn County, CA. [7] He was the assistant administrator and in July 1920 published "The Prospectus of Korean Aviation School" to recruit Korean aviators for the Korean Independence Movement. [8]
From 1914 to 1926, he supported the independence movement fund several times.[9] He continued his work in the KNA until 1927, when he died of a brain aneurysm from an accident.
Legacy
In 2016, Song Yi-Kyun was posthumously awarded the President's Commendation Award (대통령표창) for his contributions during the Korean Independence Movement. [10]
References
- ↑ Kunminhoe Membership List
- ↑ The New Korea, no. 386 (1916 Feb. 8)
- ↑ The New Korea no. 721 (1920, Dec. 2)
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.)
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.).
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.).
- ↑ Chang T.E., & Han, W.S. (2015) Korean American Pioneer Aviators: The Willows Airmen
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.).
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs.
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs.
Bibliography
- The New Korea, no. 386 (1916 Feb. 8), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/3985/rec/1
- The New Korea, no. 423 (1917 Feb. 15), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/4155/rec/34
- Kunminhoe Membership List, retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll126/id/10959/rec/3
- The New Korea, no. 724 (1920 Dec. 23), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/5660/rec/57
- Chang T.E., & Han, W.S. (2015) Korean American Pioneer Aviators: The Willows Airmen. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books
- The New Korea, no. 705 (1920 Aug. 12) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/5590/rec/43
- The New Korea, no. 953 (1924 Jan 24), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/6320/rec/11
- The New Korea no. 721 (1920, Dec. 2), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/5675/rec/60
- Jang Tae Han. (2014 April 24), [1920, 대한민국 하늘을 열다-39] 비행학교/비행대 창설 (12)1920년 7월5일 공식 개교. Korea Daily http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=2493910
- Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.mpva.go.kr/narasarang/gonghun_view.asp?id=14820&ipp=50